LONDON: The number of Delta variant infections has jumped by 33,630 in a week to hit a total of 75,953 in the UK, with the highly transmissible variant first identified in India now making up 99 per cent of all Covid-19 cases in the country, health officials warned on Friday. Public Health England (PHE), which … Read more
Backing the 12-16 weeks gap between the two doses of Covishield in the country, the chief investigator of the AstraZeneca vaccine clinical trials on Friday said that the level of protection provided by one dose of the preventive significantly increases in the second and third months after the jab. In an interview with The Wire, … Read more
The US House Judiciary Committee will vote next week on a package of recently introduced antitrust bills including several targeting the market power of Big Tech, committee chair Jerry Nadler said on Wednesday. Five antitrust bills were introduced last week in the House of Representatives. They will be marked up in committee to consider changes and … Read more
There were a lot of up-and-coming designers who showcased at the London Fashion Week 2021, which was more or less a phygital fashion week. Baring a few designers who did live shows with restriction, the others showcased their collection online through fashion films and shoots. Here are the highlights. Robyn Lynch New Gen 2021 designer … Read more
Vaccination to Scale up from Next Week, Keeping an Eye on Delta Plus Variant: VK Paul The Delta Plus variant is being kept an eye on, and the vaccination process in India is expected to scale-up in the coming week with renewed energy, NITI Aayog member VK Paul said in a Health Ministry briefing on … Read more
Kerala reported 488 Covid-19 deaths and 2,67,002 cases from May 5-12, the week in which the state went for a complete lockdown, as against 1,214 deaths and 1,08,165 cases from June 2-9, marking a 149 percent rise in weekly deaths and 59 per cent drop in cases, according to a report by Times of India. … Read more
The Vatican has upheld the order to expel Sister Lucy Kalappura, the nun who participated in the protests against rape accused bishop Franco Mullackal. She was expelled in August 2019 from Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC) citing “disciplinary grounds”. The latest letter that she has received states that the Supreme Tribunal has rejected her recourse. This … Read more
The Uttarakhand government on Monday extended the Covid curfew in the state till June 22 but announced some important relaxations such as opening the chardham yatra for locals on the condition of a negative RT-PCR test report. The period of the current curfew in the state was to come to an end at 6 am … Read more
The Centre is planning to set up 50 innovative modular hospitals across the country in the next two-three months. According to a report by Times of India, these modular hospitals will be built adjacent to an existing hospital building as an extension of operational infrastructure. A 100- bed modular hospital with a dedicated zone of … Read more
It’s a campaign that started when the pandemic was a distant nightmare and it is about to wrap up at a time when the world looks much different thanks to the rampaging novel coronavirus. The story of how the first edition of cricket’s World Test Championship (WTC) itself progressed captures all the drama and grit … Read more