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TopicOmicron variant

Topic: Omicron variant

RBI likely to keep lending rate at record low again over Omicron threat

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das is scheduled to announce the monetary policy committee's decision in Mumbai Wednesday.

Initial hospital data in South Africa’s Omicron epicentre shows milder disease

At Steve Biko and Tshwane District Hospital Complex in Pretoria, most patients originally sought treatment for ailments unrelated to coronavirus & were found to be positive during tests.

Omicron has higher risk of reinfection than Delta, Beta variants, Singapore’s health ministry says

The ministry also said studies so far show antigen rapid tests, in addition to the PCR tests, are effective in detecting Covid infection, including Omicron cases.

9 people test positive for Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Jaipur

Those infected include four members of a family who had recently returned from South Africa and five others.

China’s crackdown on Peng Shuai, and the great American ‘gundemic’

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Delhi reports first case of Omicron variant

A 37-year-old man who arrived in Delhi from Tanzania has tested positive, making it the first case of Omicron variant in the national capital and the fifth in the country.

Mandatory Covid negative report for incoming fliers in US amid concern over Omicron

The new protocol comes into effect from 6 December, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has said.

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.

On Camera

‘Until Scheduled Castes get pen and stick in their hands, they will continue to be killed’

On 4 April 1968, Bansgaon MP Molhu Prasad delivered a speech in the Lok Sabha on the atrocities against the Scheduled Castes and their negligible representation despite reservation.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.