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6 Omicron cases detected in Scotland, some without travel history

Six cases of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant have been identified in Scotland on Monday, taking the UK's total to nine following three cases detected in England earlier. p> The Scottish......

Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines protect against Delta variant: Study

The Delta variant of coronavirus, first identified in India, doubles the risk of hospitalisation compared with the Alpha variant first found in the United Kingdom, but Pfizer and AstraZeneca......

Delta variant reduces vaccine effect: UK experts

The Delta variant of COVID-19, or the B1.617.2 variant of concern (VOC) first identified in India, is about 60 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha strain identified in the United Kingdom and......

UK allows quarantine-free travel to low-risk countries

The United Kingdom on Friday allowed quarantine-free international travel to nearly 60 'lower risk countries', excluding India and the United States, as it released a list of exempt nations posing......

Putin 'probably' approved ex-Russian spy's murder: UK inquiry

Russian President Vladimir Putin "probably approved" the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko who died in a London hospital in November 2006 from radioactive poisoning, a British public......

PNB fraud case: Nirav Modi remanded in custody till April 15

Most of the legal cases in the UK are switching to videolink and telephonic options where possible, with all new jury trials suspended amid the social distancing rules in place to combat the......

'Whatever we do, we have to make an impact'

'Professors can teach even when they are 90 because they don't lose their skill with words. Go deeper and there's spirituality in it,' Dr Swati Piramal tells Pavan Lall. Illustrations: Dominic......

LGBT verdict: Will India Inc manage to walk the talk?

For most companies this would mean extending medical coverage to same-sex partners, say legal experts. The Supreme Court judgement decriminalising certain sections of 377 of the Indian Penal Code......

GM mustard: Is health at risk?

After Bt Cotton spreading in the fields of various states in India, will the first genetically modified food crop be mustard? In mid November, it nearly seemed so, but for the moment, its......

It's time for 'green' banking

Last December, IndusInd Bank inaugurated Mumbai's first solar-powered ATM as part of its "Green Office Project" campaign titled "Hum aur Hariyali". With the solar-powered ATM, the bank expects to......

How Alia Bhatt nailed Udta Punjab

'The starting point of the Udta Punjab casting was that we didn't think stars would do a film like this, so we'd take non-stars.''As the names kept rolling in and we had Kareena Kapoor and Shahid......

CWG 2026 finds new host...

IMAGE: Birmingham hosted the previous edition of the Commonwealth Games in 2022 which kicked off with a grand opening ceremony. Photograph: Alex Davidson / Reuters The Scottish capital of Glasgow......

Scotland's Gilmour contracts COVID, to miss Croatia game

IMAGE: Scotland's Billy Gilmour. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters Midfielder Billy Gilmour will miss Scotland's final Euro 2020 Group D match against Croatia on Tuesday after testing positive for......

F1 teams monitoring Vietnam for coronavirus risks

Two local officials said on Thursday that Vietnam had quarantined a community of 10,000 people near Hanoi for 20 days because of fears the virus could spread there. IMAGE: David Coulthard of......

Competitive sport in England to resume from Monday

'The wait is over. Live British sport will shortly be back on in safe and carefully controlled environments.' IMAGE: The Qipco 1000 Guineas Stakes horse race at Newmarket Racecourse in Newmarket,......

Football: Asia's World Cup qualifiers postponed to 2021

IMAGE: India's last international match was the joint qualifying round match against Oman in Muscat in November last year, which they had lost 0-1. Photograph: AIFF Media The Indian football team......

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