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Friday, November 8, 2024
TopicOmicron

Topic: Omicron

Has Omicron reached its peak? Perhaps not — it might be the last Covid variant of concern

Covid might very likely be mild as some past exposure creates immunity that reduces the likelihood of hospitalisation and death.

Centre to send teams to 10 states with high Covid cases & low vaccination rate

Health ministry says teams will be deployed to Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Mizoram, Karnataka, Bihar, UP, Jharkhand, and Punjab.

183 of 358 Omicron cases analysed, 87 fully vaccinated and 70% asymptomatic, Modi govt says

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan Friday also said that 121 cases had foreign travel history, while in 44 cases the infected had come in contact with foreign travellers.

RBI making e-transactions more secure commendable. But its obstinacy has made digitalisation a circus

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Why RBI must stick to fundamentals amid global churn to ensure macroeconomic stability

More and more central banks are shifting their focus back to inflation even as growth recovery remains nascent. In this environment, RBI should avoid drastic policy responses.

PM Modi to hold Covid review meeting today as India records 236 Omicron cases

The central govt Tuesday said Omicron is at least thrice more transmissible than Delta variant & asked states/UTs to activate war rooms and keep analysing small trends and surges.

Doctors are back on TV for Omicron, but channels distracted with Aishwarya, Jaya

‘Don’t drop your mask’ is the news channels' verdict and it was business as usual in parliament. But Aishwarya's ED case & Jaya's meltdown went prime time.

Alarm and night curfews won’t stop Omicron. Double down vaccinations, start boosters

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India’s Omicron tally now at 213, Delhi has recorded 57 cases

Omicron infections have been detected in six other states, including Maharashtra which has 54 cases. A total of 6,317 new coronavirus cases were also lodged in the last 24 hours.

No evidence to suggest existing vaccines don’t work on Omicron variant, Modi govt tells RS

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said vaccines are expected to still offer protection against severe disease and vaccination with the available Covid vaccines remains crucial.

On Camera

Trump-proofing Europe is a real project. And India can benefit in this

Poland PM Donald Tusk highlighted that the ‘Trump pill’ will serve as a much-needed wake-up call for Europe to make painful but necessary structural changes.

How to Trump-proof India’s trade policy: ‘Give US tariff concessions, block Chinese dumping’

Donald Trump has been vocal about India’s high import tariffs and has threatened retaliation. Simultaneously, his tough stand on China could see Chinese goods flood India.

China unveils J-35A stealth fighter, with striking resemblance to US F-35. Here’s how they compare

The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.