Dutch Find 61 Covid Cases On South Africa Flights Amid New Strain Worry

Dutch health authorities said Saturday the new 'Omicron' strain of Covid-19 was "probably" among some of the 61 passengers who tested positive after arriving on two flights from South Africa.

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Late Left Leader's Daughter A Trinamool Candidate In Kolkata Civic Poll

Basundhara Goswami, the daughter of late RSP heavyweight and former West Bengal minister Kshiti Goswami, has created a flutter by being nominated a Trinamool candidate in the upcoming Kolkata...

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Karnataka Seeks Centre's Go-Ahead To Administer Booster Dose: Minister

In view of rising COVID-19 cases, the Karnataka government requested the Centre to allow the state to administer the booster dose of vaccine to prevent the third wave, informed state Revenue Minister...

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Utmost Discretion Necessary For Judges In Courtroom Utterances: President

President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said that it is incumbent upon the judges to exercise "utmost discretion" in their utterances in the courtrooms.

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UK, Germany, Italy Detect Cases Of New Covid Variant

Britain, Germany and Italy detected cases of the new 'Omicron' coronavirus variant on Saturday and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new steps to contain the virus, while more nations...

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Tribal Man Says He Was Tortured In Custody, Kerala Police Denies Claim

A tribal man's claim on Saturday that he was tortured in custody and forced to confess to some thefts, led to the Opposition Congress and AISF, the youth wing of CPI and an ally of the ruling LDF,...

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Child Will Stay With Foster Mother Who Cared For Her For A Decade: Court

Coming to the rescue of a 10-year-old girl given in adoption in a battle for custody between two women, the Madras High Court has ruled the minor cannot be separated from her foster mother who had...

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'Omicron' May Be A Wake-Up Call: WHO's Dr Soumya Swaminathan

Ms Swaminathan added that this variant could be more transmissible than Delta, though one can't say anything authoritatively yet. We will know more about the strain in a few days, she said.

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Delhi Workers Get Rs 5,000 Each As Aid Amid Construction Ban

Delhi government on Saturday deposited Rs 5,000 each in bank accounts of 2.95 lakh construction workers who have been affected by ban on construction activities in national capital in view of high...

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Three-Tier Security In Place For Tripura Civic Poll Counting On Sunday

3-tier security is in place for counting of votes for over 200 seats in Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) and other civic bodies in Tripura, where it was held on Thursday amid court cases, arrests...

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Arvind Kejriwal's Dare To Punjab Chief Minister Over Electricity Bills

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said he is sending his Punjab counterpart Charanjit Singh Channi copies of one lakh 'zero' amount Delhi electricity bills and dared him to show even...

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Vaccine Efficacy Against New Covid Variant Under Examination: Scientist

Vaccines that have been directed towards the spike protein of the virus may find difficulty in mounting adequate immunity against the mutated version because of the structural changes that have been...

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Five Tamil Nadu Forest Department Officials "Detained" In Kerala: Police

5 forest department officials from Tamil Nadu, who had gone to Palakkad to enqure about speed of train which mowed down three elephants near Ettimadai on outskirts of the city on November 26, were...

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Delhi Police Busts Racket That Promised Oxygen Cylinders In Second Wave

The Delhi Police Cyber Cell has arrested nine members of a gang which allegedly duped around 1,000 people on the pretext of delivering medical oxygen cylinders during the second wave of COVID-19...

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2 Cops Suspended In Sex Racket Bust In Odisha: Police

Two constables were suspended and a Sub Inspector sent to Police Line following busting of a sex racket at a hotel in Anoopshahr area, police in Bulandshahr said on Saturday.

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