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Bengaluru: Predictive studies opine that the 4th wave of the Covid-19 will start in June-July and last till September, stated Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar on Tuesday. “Karnataka is prepared to face it,” he added. He said that there is no need to worry as of now. The new XE variant of Covid-19 is prominent […]
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Hyderabad: Different hybrid recombinants and mutations of the Omicron variant have continued to get reported by genetic researchers from across India. The latest to be reported is BA. 2 Omicron subvariant with L452R mutation in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Overall, between January and March, about 57 cases of L452R Omicron variant, which was first […]
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Shanghai: Shanghai on Monday divided the whole city into areas belonging to three categories as part of targeted efforts to overcome a local Covid-19 resurgence. It has designated 7,624 closed-off management areas, 2,460 restrictive control areas and 7,565 prevention areas, reports Xinhua news agency citing local authorities as saying. The closed-off management areas refer to […]
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Hyderabad: Sporting traditional attire, thousands of devotees from across the city participated in the ‘shobha yatra’ organised to mark the occasion of Sri Rama Navami in the older parts of the city on Sunday. The main procession was taken out from the Seetharambagh temple at Asifnagar to Hanuman Vyamshala at Koti. The procession passed through […]
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New Delhi: Amid a global rise in Covid cases driven by BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron, India is also seeing a slow yet steady rise in the number of infections in several states. This comes as two cases of the new XE variant – a mutant hybrid of Omicron sub-variants BA.1 and BA.2 – have been […]
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Rajanna-Sircilla: The celestial wedding of Lord Rama and Seetha was celebrated with a difference and grand scale in the ancient Rajarajeshwara Swamy temple, Vemulawada on Sunday. Devotees, who had not been allowed into the temple to take part in Sri Rama Navami celebrations during the last two years due to Covid pandemic, participated in Sri […]
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Kothagudem: After a gap of two years Sri Rama Navami was celebrated with all its splendour and gaiety here at the historical Sri Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Devasthanam. The celestial wedding of Lord Rama and his consort Seetha was performed on a grand note on Sunday as part of Sri Rama Navami in the presence of […]
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Bhadrachalam: All is set for Seetharama Kalyanam as part of Sri Rama Navami to be celebrated at Sri Seetha Ramachandraswamy Devasthanam here on Sunday. The district administration, endowments department and police have made elaborate arrangements for the festival which will attract devotees from all over AP, Telangana and other parts in the country. The TSRTC […]
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New Delhi: Setting at rest fears over Covid restrictions being relaxed, several experts say the two-year stringent mask mandate has led to fatigue and can be removed from public spaces for now just as many countries have done. While the message around the benefits of masking should continue, it would be wise to lift the […]
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Hyderabad: In the last few weeks, IT companies, both large and small, are calling employees back to office in a phased manner. While some companies are already operating at full capacity, some are looking at calling employees only two to three days a week while some others are offering employees come to office whenever required. […]
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London: People infected with Covid-19 are at an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis — a blood clot in the leg — up to three months, pulmonary embolism — a blood clot in the lung — up to six months, and a bleeding event up to two months, finds a study. The findings, published by […]
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New Delhi: The evidence doesn’t suggest the presence of COVID ‘XE’ mutant in India, government sources said on Wednesday and denied media reports that claimed the first case of the variant had been detected in the country. The government sources said that FastQ files of the sample, being said to be ‘XE’ variant, was analysed […]
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Hyderabad: Students appearing for the SSC Public Examinations 2022 will get 30 minutes more time to complete their exam. The exams will be held from 9.30 am to 12.45 pm as against from 9.30 am to 12.15 pm during the earlier years. While the exam duration was enhanced last year as well, they could not […]
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Hyderabad: The new Covid-19 variant, XE, which is said to be more contagious, dangerous than its predecessors Omicron and Delta is detected in India. The first case of the new worrisome variant has been detected in Mumbai on Wednesday. Out of the 376 samples tested in Mumbai, one turned positive for the XE variant. This […]
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Hyderabad: Vaccine maker Biological E Limited (BE) announced that it has been selected as a recipient of mRNA technology from the World Health Organisation (WHO) technology transfer hub. After examining a number of proposals from India, the World Health Organisation’s Advisory Committee on Vaccine Product Development (ACPDV) selected Biological E Limited as a recipient of […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad International Airport has recorded 109 per cent of pre-Covid daily average domestic passenger traffic on a single day on March 27. With scheduled international commercial flights resuming from March 27, the GMR Hyderabad airport is seeing increase in passenger traffic. The airport also recorded the highest number of post-Covid Air Traffic Movements […]
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Visakhapatnam: Waltair Division of East Coast Railway on Sunday began issuing linen in trains in a phased manner. It started with train No. 22847/22848 Visakhapatnam- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus- Visakhapatnam (Via Raipur) weekly train on the day and the supply of bedrolls will be made available in all other trains which will take few more days […]
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Mancherial: Bringing some relief to the government, four important sources of income such as Stamps and Registrations, Prohibition and Excise, Transport, Mines and Commercial Tax departments of the district saw a considerable rise in revenues in the 2021-22 fiscal when compared to the corresponding year. This positive trend can be attributed to slow down in […]
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New Delhi: India’s virus tally rose to 4,30,27,035 with 1,260 fresh cases being reported in a day, while the number of active infections further declined to 13,445, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll from the pandemic climbed to 5,21,264 with 83 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao conveyed his Ugadi festival greetings to the people of Telangana and hoped the new year ‘Shubhakrut’, which wraps up the auspiciousness in the name itself, will bring good fortune to the people in all spheres. Stating that Telangana, which is on the path of progress in a short period, […]
