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Hyderabad: The Energy department is gearing up to meet the increasing power supply requirements in the State since the demand touched 11,554 MW on January 9, as against the total consumption of 11,500 MW in January 2021. Consequent to the rise in demand from agriculture and domestic sectors, the power distribution companies (discoms) are leaving […]
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Hyderabad: The special vaccination drive for adolescents between the age groups of 15 years and 18 years launched on January 3, is underway in Telangana at a brisk place. Within a week, government and private healthcare facilities have completed administering first dose of Covid vaccine to 37 per cent of the beneficiaries in 15 years […]
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This meeting comes as the country reported more than 1.5 lakh new COVID-19 cases on Sunday and the case tally of the Omicron variant of the virus reached 3,623 in the country.
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The same period also saw the confirmation of 97 more deaths in the country due to the virus, lifting the death toll since the start of the pandemic to 89,934.
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Hyderabad: The daily new Covid-19 positive infections driven by the Omicron variant have continued to surge in Telangana with authorities on Saturday reporting 2,606 cases out of which 1,583 cases were from areas under GHMC. The health authorities have also reported two fatalities on Saturday, which has taken the total number of deaths to 4041 […]
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New Delhi: Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa will be held between February 10 and March 7 in seven phases with counting of votes on March 10, the Election Commission announced on Saturday, and banned physical rallies and roadshows till January 15 due to Covid concerns. The elections have huge political […]
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Hyderabad: According to the announcement made by the Central government, appointments for the precautionary dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in India will begin from Saturday evening. te. The eligible population – healthcare workers, frontline workers, and those above 60 years of age with comorbidities – who have already taken two doses of the vaccine, can […]
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According to Hans Henri P Kluge, the WHO's Regional Director for Europe, Omicron variant can evade previous immunity in people.
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"The best of all the news I have heard in 2022," a netizen tweeted.
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Hyderabad: With Covid infections driven by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 rising, the ground zero of the two previous waves in Telangana, Gandhi Hospital, is on a state of alert and has completed preparations to treat critical Covid-19 infections. While there is a general agreement among public health officials in Telangana that hospitalisations during the […]
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While the Indian economy is on the path of overall recovery from the worst hit it took at the start of the pandemic, the situation remains volatile in the face of the rapid surge of the Omicron variant and the informal sector continues to be in the red. What is more worrying is the rising […]
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Hyderabad: Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) Director N Balaram on Friday said the management was fully prepared to face any situation in the wake of rise in Covid-19 cases in the State. At a meeting convened with the Singareni area managers to review the situation in view of rising number of Covid positives cases, Balaram said […]
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Mumbai: Maharashtra’s single-day Covid-19 caseload shot above the 40,000-mark on Friday though no new case of the Omicron variant was reported for the day, taking the states overall Covid tally past the 68 lakh-mark, health officials said. For the 11th consecutive day, the state reported a massive spike in Covid-19 infections and suspect cases whose […]
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Washington: The efficacy of boosters against Covid-19 will likely decline over time, and people may need a fourth shot to increase their protection, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel has said. According to Bancel, people who received their boosters last year will likely have enough protection to get them through the winter, when new infections surge as […]
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Guwahati: In wake of the rising COVID-19 cases, the Assam government on Friday revised the timings of the night curfew, which will be imposed from 10 pm to 6 am with effect from January 8. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced this revision while addressing a press conference here in Guwahati. Currently, the night curfew […]
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Hyderabad: The massive surge in daily Covid-19 positive cases driven by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Telangana has continued with health authorities on Friday reporting 2295 positive cases out of which 1452 positive infections were from areas under GHMC. Health officials have also reported three fatalities on Friday, which has taken the overall number […]
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Hyderabad: The present trajectory of the Omicron driven Covid-19 third wave in Mumbai is indicating that the country could witness daily Covid infections peaking at anywhere between 4 lakh and 8 lakh positive cases, the revised SUTRA mathematical model for pandemic, developed by researchers from IIT-Kanpur and Hyderabad, said, adding that the infections will peak […]
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Warangal: Seven persons including five students and two staff members of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, tested positive for Covid-19, prompting the institute management to suspend offline (in person) classes on the campus. “We have decided to suspend the offline classes till Jan 16, and we will take a call on resuming the […]
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Hyderabad: Though COVID-19 came as curse, it also brought some virtues in terms of increasing efficiency levels of employees in the Department of Personnel, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Friday. Speaking at the inaugural session of the 24th national conference on e-Governance here, the Minister of State (independent charge) for Science and Technology, said […]
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New Delhi: India on Friday revised the existing guidelines for all international arrivals in India in view of the rising Covid cases and the Omicron threat, to make seven days home quarantine mandatory. The new guidelines will be effective from January 11 till further notice. Travellers coming from specified countries at risk will have to […]
