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Tokyo: The highly contagious Omicron variant of Covid-19 can survive upto eight days on plastic and 21 hours on skin — a much longer period of time than other variants of concern like Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta, as well as the original strain, according to a study. The study posted on pre-print, and not […]
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New Delhi: The Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra, during an event on the occasion of National Voter’s Day in Delhi, on Tuesday, informed that there are more than 95.3 crore voters in India, out of which 49 crore are male and 46 crore are female voters. Addressing the event today, CEC Chandra said, “Today there […]
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Hyderabad: The Chikkadpally police booked about 100 cases against people who violated the mask rule and were found with no masks in public places on Monday. As part of strictly implementing the ‘Mask On’ policy in view of the surge in Covid-19 cases, the police conducted special drives against mask rule violators at various locations. […]
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Sangareddy: In a move to encourage the citizens to take Covid-19 vaccination, Akshaya Patra Foundation, which was having a mega kitchen at Kandi village in Sangareddy district, has started giving Rs 550 worth grocery kit, which was named as Rakshak Kit, to citizens who turn up at their vaccination centre at Kandi from Monday onwards. […]
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Mumbai: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Monday formally announced India’s ouster from the ongoing Asian Cup for women here, saying that all their matches stand “null and void” after the hosts’ withdrawal from the clash against Chinese Taipei owing to a massive Covid-19 outbreak in their camp. A day after India failed to field […]
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London: About 50 per cent of people infected with Covid-19 during the first wave of infections in 2020 may have long-term and even permanent changes to their sense of smell, according to preliminary research from Sweden. From the early pandemic days, sudden loss of smell, or an impaired or distorted perception of odours, emerged as […]
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As per government data, new infections were 27,469 less than that reported on Sunday. However, the daily positivity rate rose to 20.75 per cent from 17.78 per cent yesterday.
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Nalgonda: TRS MLC Gutha Sukender Reddy on Sunday asked the people to cooperate with the health workers to conduct of door-to-door fever survey in the district. He and Miryalaguda MLA Nallamothu Bhaskar Rao visited the 36th ward, where health workers were conducting the fever survey on Sunday. He said the fever survey yielded good results […]
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Chennai: Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Sunday said that COVID-19 cases were reduced in the state, adding that if cases continue to decline, the government will consider withdrawing Sunday lockdown. “Cases are reducing in comparison to last one or two days. It is satisfactory. If cases continue to reduce, we will think about […]
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Hyderabad: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Omicron, Lambda, and Delmicron in between. Since it was first notified in 2019, Covid-19 virus has changed into multiple variants and hundreds of mutations have taken place. While billions got affected by this deadly virus, more than five million have lost their lives. Even after two years since this novel […]
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Hyderabad: More than one lakh people with Covid-19 symptoms were identified in Telangana in the first two days of the state-wide fever survey. Healthcare workers are going door-to-door in Hyderabad and all other districts to identify people suffering from fever and other symptoms of Covid-19. The survey entered third day on Sunday. Health Minister T. […]
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Lucknow: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu eased past young compatriot Malvika Bansod in straight games to win her second women’s singles title at the Syed Modi International badminton tournament here on Sunday. Playing in a depleted field due to multiple COVID-19 cases, top seed Sindhu hardly broke her sweat to get past Bansod 21-13 21-16 […]
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Mumbai: As the countdown to the Union Budget 2022-23 has begun, the Indian equities market is likely to remain volatile in the week beginning Monday. Market participants will try to envisage the reforms and measures that could be announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the budget to be presented on February 1 and make […]
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New Delhi: The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is in the community transmission stage in India and has become dominant in multiple metros where new cases have been rising exponentially, the INSACOG has said in its latest bulletin. It also said BA.2 lineage, an infectious sub-variant of Omicron, has been found in a substantial fraction in […]
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The active caseload has jumped at 21,87,205 which constitute 5.57 per cent of the country's total positive cases.
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Nirmal: Setting an example to government employees in serving the needy, a doctor and nurses working with a State-run hospital in Bhainsa performed delivery of a woman belonging to Maharashtra who was infected by Covid-19 on Saturday. Laxmibai, a resident of Dharmabad in neighbouring Maharashtra was admitted to the government-run Area Hospital in Bhainsa when […]
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Hyderabad: Students appearing for the Intermediate Public Examinations (IPE), April 2022, will have more choices among questions to choose from. In the intermediate exams held in October 2021, some sections in the question papers had 50 per cent choices among questions. These choices will be further enhanced for ensuing inter examinations. In order to reduce […]
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Hyderabad: Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat on Saturday urged the citizens to join hands with police and support in fighting Covid-19. Speaking after handing over the N95 masks, surgical masks and sanitizers provided by the Rachakonda Security Council (RKSC) to the police personnel at his office, the Commissioner commended the gesture of RKSC and […]
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Hyderabad: The Covid-19 incidence in Telangana continued to remain high with a total of 4,393 cases reported from across the State on Saturday. Hyderabad continued to lead the chart of the Covid-19 positive cases with 1,643 cases reported from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits. According to a bulletin released by the Director of […]
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Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Discharging duties in Kumram Bheem Asifabad, one of the backward districts in the country, is undisputedly challenging for a public servant. Some officials feel working in any part of this entity is a punishment. However, a government teacher and a Sub-Inspector, posted in remote parts of this district, found it as a […]
