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UK health authorities elevate version of Indian COVID-19 variant as concerning

9:29 pm May 7, 2021

London: Health authorities in England on Friday elevated one subtype of the so-called Indian variant from under investigation to a Variant of Concern (VOC) following a rise in the number of cases in the UK and evidence of community transmission. The B.1.617.2, classified as a Variant Under Investigation (VUI) on April 28, is now known as VOC-21APR-02 […]

South Africa to end captive lion industry, rhino horn and ivory trade

11:28 pm May 6, 2021

Johannesburg: In a major policy move, the South African government has decided to end its multimillion-dollar lion-breeding industry, which supplies cubs for tourism, lions for trophy hunting and bones for traditional medicine. It also decided to halt further trade in rhino horns and ivories. Though the policy is yet to be made into law, if […]

Rajasthan records three more Covid deaths, 55 new cases

First patient with S Africa variant of COVID-19 confirmed in Delhi

11:59 pm March 16, 2021

New Delhi: A33-year-old man, currently admitted at LNJP Hospital here, has become the first confirmed case of COVID-19 caused by the South Africa variant of the novel coronavirus in Delhi, sources said on Tuesday. He was brought to the hospital about a week ago, and has been kept isolated in a separate unit, a source said. The LNJP Hospital had […]

Variants-wary Germany turns back 5,000 at border

11:03 pm February 15, 2021

Berlin : German authorities say police have turned back some 5,000 people at the country’s borders with the Czech Republic and Austria’s Tyrol region since tight controls were introduced on Sunday. Germany imposed checks to slow the spread of the British coronavirus variant from the Czech Republic and the South African variant from Tyrol. It is restricting entry to German citizens and residents, truck drivers, transport and […]

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

Country saddened by insult to Tricolour on Republic Day: PM Modi

3:29 pm January 31, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the country was saddened by the ”insult” to the Tricolour on Republic Day, referring to the religious flag incident at Red Fort during the farmers’ tractor parade. In his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ broadcast, Modi maintained that his government is committed to ”modernising” farming and has been taking many […]

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