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New cases in that week of the current wave, driven by the omicron variant, were about 20,000 a day, compared with 4,400 in the same week of the third wave. (Bloomberg Image)World
South Africa hospitalization rate falls 91% in Omicron wave

Only 1.7% of identified Covid-19 infections in the second week of the fourth wave of infections were admitted to the...

17 Dec 2021 2:01 PM IST

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (AFP Photo)World
Boris Johnson suffers humiliating defeat in UK special election

A no-confidence vote takes place if 15% of Conservative MPs (54) write to the chair of the so-called 1922 committee,...

17 Dec 2021 1:57 PM IST

This general picture shows emergency vehicles in front of a building where a fire broke out in Osaka. (Photo: AFP)World
27 feared dead in building fire in Japan's Osaka

TV footage showed dozens of firefighters working inside and outside the eight-storey building

17 Dec 2021 9:35 AM IST

Sandile Cele, a researcher at the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, works on the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. (Photo: AP)World
Trial of new oral drug against COVID-19 begins in South Africa

South Africa has been struggling with its plans to achieve the herd immunity through vaccinations

16 Dec 2021 4:34 PM IST

Kids and adults wait for their booster or second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Northwest Community Church in Chicago. (AP/Nam Y. Huh, File)World
US faces a double coronavirus surge as omicron advances

Universities are abruptly closing classrooms during finals week with infections multiplying at a fast rate

16 Dec 2021 11:25 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind (ANI)World
President Kovind arrives in Bangladesh for 50th Victory Day...

It is President Kovind's first trip abroad since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic

15 Dec 2021 11:39 AM IST

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (AFP file image)World
Top US lawmakers urge Biden to prioritise Tibetan issue, to meet Dalai...

The lawmakers advocated for a US policy towards Tibet that protects the rights, autonomy and dignity of the Tibetan...

15 Dec 2021 11:11 AM IST

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Stow Health Vaccination center, in Westminster, London. Johnson says that Britain faces a \tidal wave\ of infections from the omicron coronavirus variant and he has announced a huge increase in booster vaccinations to strengthen defenses against it. (Jeremy Selwyn/Pool Photo via AP)World
Unprecedented Omicron spread, 'probably' in most countries: WHO

Omicron now accounts for around 3 percent of cases in the US, a figure that is expected to rise rapidly as has been seen...

15 Dec 2021 10:39 AM IST

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (right) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo: PTI)World
British PM Boris Johnson says UK and India are natural partners

Johnson said that over the coming decade, India and the UK will continue to deepen their bonds

14 Dec 2021 11:25 AM IST

An earthquake of 4.8 magnitude hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday morning. (Representative Image)World
7.3-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia, tsunami 'possible'

The USGS said the quake struck around 100 kilometres north of the town of Maumere

14 Dec 2021 9:48 AM IST

In this April 14, 2020 file photo, the thumbs up Like logo is shown on a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. (Photo: AP)World
Facebook executive blames society, not social networks for COVID-19...

Facebook's Andrew Bosworth noted that free speech can sometimes be dangerous, but democracy must be able to tolerate it

13 Dec 2021 2:52 PM IST

Medical workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant at a temporary screening clinic for coronavirus in Seoul. (Photo: AP)World
South Korea to test AI-powered facial recognition to track COVID-19...

The nationally funded project in Bucheon is due to become operational in January, a city official told Reuters

13 Dec 2021 11:24 AM IST

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