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Vietnam finds new COVID variant, hybrid of India, UK strains

9:30 pm May 29, 2021

HANOI: Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the U.K., the Vietnamese health minister said Saturday. Nguyen Thanh Long said scientists examined the genetic makeup of the virus that had infected some recent patients, and found the new version of the virus. He said lab […]

Rahul emphasises power of local languages

Rahul Gandhi accuses PM of shedding crocodile tears on Covid deaths

11:46 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said a crying prime minister is the government of India’s response to ”the highest Covid deaths” in the country, devoid of vaccines and having the lowest GDP. Gandhi made the frontal attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the grim pandemic situation in the country, leading two other senior Congress leaders, P Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh, too to […]

Biden announces all Americans to be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination by May 1

11:26 am March 12, 2021

Washington: US President Joe Biden has announced that all Americans will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination by May 1 with an aim to get the country, worst-hit by the pandemic, closer to normal by July 4th, Independence Day. In his first prime-time address to the nation on Thursday since assuming office in January, Biden also announced the deployment of more than […]

China honours ‘Bat Woman’ of controversial Wuhan lab as WHO team arrives to probe COVID-19 origins

8:17 pm January 15, 2021

Beijing: China has honoured a virologist of a controversial Wuhan-based bio-lab, which was at the centre of COVID-19 storm, as a WHO team arrived at the Chinese city to probe the origins of the coronavirus. Shi Zhengli from the Wuhan Institute of Virology who has earned the moniker of ‘Bat Woman’ for her passionate research into bats and viruses […]

Cambodian labor leader’s trial for border remarks begins

3:18 pm January 15, 2021

Phoenix: The trial of a Cambodian labor union leader charged with inciting social unrest opened in Phnom Penh on Friday, part of a large-scale legal offensive by the government against its critics. Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions, is standing trial for “incitement to commit felony” for comments concerning territory in border areas, a politically sensitive issue. If […]

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