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Topic: COVID-19

Gujarat man tests positive for Omicron after returning from Zimbabwe, 3rd case in India

The sample of a 72-year-old man from Jamnagar in Gujarat was sent for genome sequencing after he tested positive for Covid Thursday.

India’s Covid R remains steady at 0.94, but several states now have values over 1

Among major states, Telangana, Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka and Mizoram all have R values above 1.

The Omicron variant is dominating the headlines. World leaders start preparing

Clarity on the implications of Omicron will not arrive for a few weeks. Until then, uncertainty risks paralysing leaders and their organisations.

A virus evolution expert explains Omicron and its 50 mutations

It is too early to say if the omicron variant is fitter than delta or if it will become dominant.

Parliamentary panel recommends evaluation of vaccines in view of Omicron Covid variant

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health Friday also recommended that the government should conduct more research and examine the need of administering vaccine booster doses.

Where did Karnataka doctor get Omicron? No ready answer, govt to ‘review his steps over 1 month’

Karnataka govt has also issued a set of new SOPs in view of the new variant, with a double dose of vaccination now mandatory for parents of schoolchildren and government staff. 

Modi’s trust in scientists ensured India developed vaccine in a year, Mandaviya tells Lok Sabha

During a discussion on Covid, Health Minister said that earlier, permissions for vaccine research required 3 years, but Modi govt ‘eased those processes’.

India records 9,216 new Covid infections, active cases increase to 99,976

The death toll climbed to 4,70,115 with 391 fatalities while an increase of 213 cases has been recorded in the active caseload in a span of 24 hours, the health ministry said.

2 Omicron cases detected in Karnataka, first in India, says health ministry

The infected patients are 66-year-old and 46-year-old persons. Contact tracing is on, government says.

South Africa in talks with Pfizer, Merck for Covid pills amid Omicron concerns

South Africa has the highest number of confirmed cases of the Omicron variant, about 3 million, and 90,000 deaths. This is the country's fourth wave of infections.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.