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Volunteers hand out boxes of Covid-19 antigen Lateral Flow Tests (LFT), in north east London on January 3, 2022. (Tolga Akmen / AFP)

Omicron cases are hitting highs, but new data puts end in sight

A combination of widespread immunity and numerous mutations have resulted in a virus that causes far less severe disease

4 Jan 2022 10:56 AM IST

Teenagers stand in a line at a COVID-19 vaccination centre as they wait to be inoculated in Mumbai, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022.Vaccination for teenagers between 15 and 18 age group in India began on Monday. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil)

India records 37,379 new COVID cases; Omicron tally rises to 1,892

An increase of 26,248 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

4 Jan 2022 10:19 AM IST

ecurity personnel during an encounter with militants at Gusoo village on the outskirts of Srinagar, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Two militants including a wanted Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Salim Parray were killed in two encounters. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan)

Top Lashkar commander gunned down in Srinagar

The terrorist was involved in several other terror activities, including attacks on the security establishment

4 Jan 2022 8:32 AM IST

States deputy chief minister and home minister, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa. (AFP)

Trouble again in Punjab Congress as elections near

Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Monday said he was ready to give up the home portfolio to state unit chief Navjot Singh if...

4 Jan 2022 7:10 AM IST

CoWin system collapsed several times on the day it opened for public registration.

Flaw in CoWin allows anyone to get extra jabs with different IDs

This is possible since the CoWin platform accepts details of different ID cards but is not able to detect if it's the...

4 Jan 2022 6:57 AM IST

Experts believe the Chinese are building the bridge within its territory to prevent India from taking any pre-emptive action as it had taken back in August 2020 by occupying the strategic heights on the south bank of Pangong Tso, which allowed Indian troops to dominate the Chushul-Moldo Chinese garrison. (Representational Image/ Twitter)

China building bridge across Pangong Tso lake

The banks of Pangong Tso were the most tense standoff point between the Indian and Chinese armies for nine months before

4 Jan 2022 6:46 AM IST

The storm of infection, as distinct from the waves in the past, comes quickly, runs through a community community and drops off equally fast. (Representational Image/ PTI)

K.C. Singh | Global friction, Omicron: Challenges for govt rising

According to several experts, being exposed to Omicron builds up antibodies that counter the Delta or other past strains

4 Jan 2022 3:22 AM IST

Kashmiri children look from behind a closed window of their house during a counterinsurgency operation on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. (AP)

Aakar Patel | Kashmirification & Gujaratification of India is here...

If we observe the events of the recent past, it appears he is right

4 Jan 2022 2:48 AM IST

Anti-China protest in Kathmandu over land encroachment. (Photo: ANI)

Nepal tight-lipped over Chinese encroachment of its territory in...

In September last year, a seven-member committee was formed by the Nepal government to study the Nepal-China border

3 Jan 2022 4:56 PM IST

A student takes a selfie as a health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine to teenagers in Thane, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. (PTI)

Over 40 lakh 15-18 children given COVID-19 vaccine doses on first day

The Centre will also decide within the next two to three days which vaccine should be administered as a precaution dose

3 Jan 2022 4:13 PM IST

A vehicle set ablaze after violence broke out after farmers agitating were allegedly run over by a vehicle in the convoy of a union minister, in Lakhimpur Kheri. (Photo: PTI)

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SIT files chargesheet, Union minister's son...

Four agitating farmers were run over by a vehicle, while four others were killed in the violence

3 Jan 2022 3:35 PM IST

A health worker prepares to administer a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a teenager at a government school in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI)

India seeks emergency meeting of WTO's General Council to discuss...

WTO is a 164-member multilateral body which formulate rules for global exports and imports

3 Jan 2022 3:19 PM IST