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Topic: Mutation

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.

Fauci says new mutation may speed the spread of coronavirus

Research suggests single mutation is emerging that allows virus to replicate better & create higher viral load, measures that could make it easier to transmit.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

‘Standing like a wall’: PM Modi vows to protect interests of farmers in Independence Day speech 

New Delhi: Amid the American tariff hike, PM Narendra Modi in his 12th consecutive Independence Day speech reiterated that India will not compromise on...

‘An expression of outrage’: Operation Sindoor front and centre in Modi’s Independence Day address

New Delhi: Operation Sindoor was centre stage in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 79th Independence Day address from the Red Fort on Friday, highlighting India’s...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.