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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicUK strain of virus

Topic: UK strain of virus

Punjab blames comorbidities, ‘roster’ of protesting farmers for Covid surge, Centre disagrees

Punjab officials say high burden of non-communicable diseases is contributing to its Covid mortality. But central govt says people are dying as they’re reaching hospitals late.

Novavax vaccine shows above 85% efficacy in combating original Covid virus and UK strain

Results of phase 3 trials of the vaccine showed 85.6% efficacy against the UK strain, 89.3% efficacy against original strain but only 49.4% efficacy against the South African strain.

150 people test positive for UK variant of Covid in India so far

All of them have been kept in single room isolation in designated health care facilities by the respective state governments, the health ministry had said earlier.

Woman who returned from UK tests positive for Covid in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad

Aurangabad's officials said that the woman's sample was sent to National Institute of Virology for analysis to decipher whether she contracted infection in the UK or in Aurangabad.

On Camera

The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

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.