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Topic: Mutation

Covid mutants multiply as scientists race to decode variations

The future of SARS-CoV-2 is hard to predict because it's not just the individual mutations that matter, but also the order & combinations in which they occur.

What is double mutation & why it’s the latest buzzword as India sees a Covid surge

The double mutation in India is a variant carrying both the L452R and E484Q mutations. Both of these are able to evade detection by the immune system.

The coronavirus is mutating, but so are our antibodies

Several studies have compared the difference between antibodies produced after Covid and those that can be detected six months later. The findings are impressive.

IISc study says Covid virus now mutating much faster, variants in India have multiple origins

New Delhi: A new study by scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) suggests the Covid-19 virus is now mutating much faster than...

Covid ‘X Men’ — the 7,000+ mutations in India, how to understand them & where they came from

From 'ancestral' mutation to immune evasion, find out the basics about the many Covid variants prevalent in India.

5 more test positive for new Covid strain in India, tally now at 25

The ministry said that from 25 November to 23 December midnight, about 33,000 passengers disembarked at various Indian airports from the UK.

Covid-19 hospitalisations continue to rise in New York, no slowing of rate of positive tests

Travelers from the UK face more restrictions due to a new variant of the virus spreading, with the US insisting arriving Britons have a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of departing the country.

New Covid strain not seen in India yet, won’t impact potential of vaccines, govt says

Passengers who have travelled from UK since 25 Nov will be traced and tested. Health ministry says mutation does not change the severity of the pandemic.

6 key questions & answers about new Covid variant in UK

The new Covid strain has prompted strict lockdown measures across England & led several countries to put up travel restrictions to protect against its spread. Here's what we know.

Covid vaccines will be equally effective despite mutation of coronavirus, says CSIR chief

CSIR DG Shekhar Mande said the transmissibility of the new strain of coronavirus, N501Y, is a 'bit higher' but this doesn't mean it is more lethal and more people are going to die.

On Camera

The govt’s ‘fix’ to speed up insolvency could add at least a year to the process

The proposed amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to reduce timelines and provide for a mechanism that involves minimal interaction with the court. It fails on both counts.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘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.