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‘Impractical’ to think Omicron will result in severe disease, death in India: Experts
NEW DELHI, Dec 3: Although Omicron is predicted to cause more breakthrough infections, it is "impractical and impossible" that it will infect huge numbers in India, and result in severe disease and death, if proper measures are taken,…
Union minister meets NE power ministers to review reforms-based scheme
GUWAHATI, Dec 3: Union minister for power and new and renewable energy, R.K Singh held a review meeting with the power ministers of the Northeast here on Friday to discuss the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme.
In his address, Singh…
Militant outfit KLO offers peace proposal: Assam official
GUWAHATI, Dec 3: One more militant outfit, the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), once active in Assam and West Bengal, has made peace overtures to the government, an official said on Friday.
A senior Assam government official,…
120 bigwigs expected for Katrina-Vicky Kaushal’s wedding
JAIPUR, Dec 3: A total of 120 top Bollywood and other celebrities are expected to attend the wedding of film stars Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal which is scheduled on December 9 in Rajasthan, said Rajendra Kishan, the District Collector…
India supplies 70% of world’s vaccines: Mandaviya
NEW DELHI, Dec 3: India caters to 70 per cent of the world's Covid vaccine requirements, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday.
Responding to a question in the Lok Sabha on the coronavirus pandemic, he said that two…
IIT-G sets new record of all-time high in all fronts of placement
GUWAHATI, Dec 3: Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) has set a new record of an all-time high in all fronts during the first two days of the placement process.
As many as 530 offers were made in the first two days of the…
6 different Covid boosters found safe, increase immunity: Lancet
LONDON, Dec 3: Amid calls for pushing booster doses against Covid-19 in view of the new super mutant variant Omicron that is predicted to escape vaccine immunity, a new study published in The Lancet has shown that six different Covid…
CBI still probing information leak case: Navy chief
NEW DELHI, Dec 3: Navy chief, Admiral R. Hari Kumar on Friday said that the CBI inquiry in the information leak case is still underway.
"The central probe agency, CBI is still looking into the matter. An inquiry by the Navy is also…
INSACOG recommends booster dose for 40 plus population amid Omicron threat
NEW DELHI, Dec 3: The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genetics Consortium or the INSACOG has said that a booster vaccine dose for people above 40 years of age 'may be considered' amid the rising threat of new Covid variant Omicron.
INSACOG in its…
Centre clarifies on 3rd wave possibility after Omicron detection
NEW DELHI, Dec 3: Omicron cases are increasingly being reported from countries outside of South Africa. India has also reported two cases of Omicron Covid variant and is likely to spread to more countries.
"Given the fast pace of…