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Melva Mlambo, right, and Puseletso Lesofi, both medical scientists prepare to sequence COVID-19 omicron samples at the Ndlovu Research Center in Elandsdoorn, South Africa. (AP /Jerome Delay)

Signs of Omicron milder than Delta variant: South African doctors

Just 3% of patients hospitalized recently with COVID-19 have died, versus about 20% in the country's earlier outbreaks

12 Dec 2021 12:23 PM IST

Genetic analysis showed the presence of the highly pathogenic N5 strain. (Photo: AFP/File)

Japan to cull 7,000 chickens after new bird flu outbreak confirmed in...

According to the prefecture's authorities, a poultry farm confirmed finding several dead birds on Friday

12 Dec 2021 12:16 PM IST

Xiaomi announces new battery with 10 per cent bigger capacity,...

Xiaomi was able to increase the silicon content inside the battery about 3 times and has resulted in more efficient...

12 Dec 2021 11:41 AM IST

Tax authorities raids Chinese entities for money laundering. (PTI Photo)

Govt unlikely to announce capital infusion for PSU banks in Budget...

To augment their resources, banks would be encouraged to raise funds from the market

12 Dec 2021 11:19 AM IST

A family digs through the remains of their apartment in Mayfield, Ky., Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across multiple states late Friday, killing several people overnight. (AP/Timothy D. Easley)

Storms leave dozens dead in five US states, Kentucky hardest hit

Rescue efforts were complicated because Mayfield's main fire station and emergency services hub were also hit by the...

12 Dec 2021 11:12 AM IST

Rakesh Tikait (PTI)

Mahapanchayat will be held from time to time to discuss farmers'...

Tikait lauded the role of media in highlighting farmers' protest

12 Dec 2021 10:27 AM IST

A BMC health worker conducts thermal screening of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 testing, at Dadar Railway Station in Mumbai. (PTI/Shashank Parade)

India's active COVID cases decline to 92,281, lowest in 560 days

The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 45 days now

12 Dec 2021 10:06 AM IST

$This photograph taken on December 7, 2021, shows a syringe with bottles reading \Vaccine\. (Photo: AFP)$ India

India's top syringe maker asks PM Modi to lift factory shutdown order...

Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices (HMD) said it will take adequate measures to ensure its factories are not...

12 Dec 2021 9:53 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Parliament to attend the Winter Session, in New Delhi. (PTI /Manvender Vashist)

PM Modi's Twitter handle hacked briefly, bitcoin tweet posted

Twitter said necessary steps have been taken to secure PM's account and there are no signs of any other account being...

12 Dec 2021 9:19 AM IST

The AIMIM had organised the rally for various demands like the implementation of Muslim reservations in the state, the use of Waqf board lands. (PTI)

Owaisi holds rally in Mumbai defying police ban

The Triranga Yatra launched by the AIMIM from Aurangabad concluded in Mumbai

12 Dec 2021 8:33 AM IST

Major (retd) Probal DasGupta with late CDS Gen Bipin Rawat. (Photo by arrangement)

The General I Knew

This piece is a personal tribute to an extraordinary general, gentleman and my battalion commanding officer

12 Dec 2021 8:29 AM IST

The stolen watch that police claimed to have recovered, which was customised for the legendary footballer Diego Maradona, in Sivasagar on December 11, 2021. (PTI)

Diego Maradona's luxury watch, stolen in Dubai, found in Assam

Assam DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said that the watch belonged to Maradona himself and was being stored in Dubai in a safe...

12 Dec 2021 6:51 AM IST