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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

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘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.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.