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SG Tushar Mehta to lead Centre's legal team to defend ban on IRF under UAPA

The Centre has constituted a seven-member lawyers' team led by solicitor general Tushar Mehta to defend its decision to declare the IRF as an unlawful association under UAPA

WHO stresses on taking all measures to prevent further spread of Omicron

As the world witnesses the new coronavirus variant Omicron, WHO on Saturday emphasized an urgent scale-up of public health and social measures to curtail its further spread.

Reinfection risk with Omicron is 5.4 times greater than Delta: Study

A new study shows that there is "no evidence" that Omicron is less severe than the Delta variant of Covid-19.

DATA STORY: India records 7,145 cases; death toll rises to 477,158

India has so far administered 1,366,605,173 vaccine doses. That is 3934.57 per cent of its total caseload, and 97.69 per cent of its population

Urgent need to scale-up public health, social measures: WHO on Omicron

The World Health Organization on Saturday stressed on urgent scale-up of public health and social measures to curtail its further spread

India logs 7,145 new infections; active cases in country decline to 84,565

India logged 7,145 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,47,33,194

Court allows Biden vaccine mandate for private employers to take effect

A federal appeals court panel on Friday allowed President Joe Biden's Covid-19 vaccine mandate for larger private employers to move ahead.

As over 21,000 test positive, New York tallies record number of Covid cases

New York state reported Friday that just over 21,000 people had tested positive for Covid, the highest single-day total for new cases

Global Covid caseload tops 273.6 mn, deaths surge to more than 5.34 mn

The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (34,726,049 infections and 476,869 deaths), followed by Brazil (22,204,941 infections and 617,395 deaths).

No scientific data to suggest Covid pills will be useful now: ICMR

The scientific data on anti-viral Covid pills still does not support that these medicines will be useful at the moment, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said

Covid-19 pandemic: Delhi records 69 new cases; positivity rate 0.12%

The number of cumulative cases stood at 14,42,004

Coronavirus pandemic: Mumbai records 295 cases and one death

The tally of Covid-19 cases in the country's financial capital rose to 7,66,508

Covid-19: Chhattisgarh logs 20 new cases, zero death; active tally at 339

The number of recoveries in the state rose to 993,413

Pfizer Inc says coronavirus pandemic could extend to 2024

Vaccine data for younger children delayed, says Pfizer

Omicron variant rewrites the Covid-19 pandemic plan for 2022

Even after Covid becomes a more endemic disease, new variants will spawn outbreaks and seasonal surges for years to come

Coronavirus pandemic: West Bengal logs 580 fresh cases, 7 deaths

West Bengal on Friday reported 580 new COVID-19 cases, 80 less than the previous day's figure, pushing the overall tally to 16,25,955, a health department bulletin said.

Covid-19 pandemic: Gujarat records 60 fresh cases, one death

Gujarat reported 60 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the infection tally in the state to 8,28,427, an official said on Friday evening.

UK records 93,045 Covid-19 cases as Omicron dominant in London

Omicron is thought to be much more transmissible than Delta and new research suggests the new variant largely evades immunity from past coronavirus infection or two vaccine doses

Pfizer study tests extra Covid-19 vaccine dose for kids under 5

For children younger than 5, Pfizer is testing an even smaller dose, just 3 micrograms or a tenth of the adult dose

Covid-19 pandemic: Sikkim reports three new cases, tally rises to 32,452

The Himalayan state has conducted 2,76,104 sample tests for Covid-19 so far