Omicron variant stokes concern but vaccine still critical: Experts

The Omicron variant carries 'concerning' mutations that may make it more transmissible and allow it to evade immunity, scientists said on Monday, stressing that the one certainty in the uncertainty......

Why WHO should not have stopped HCQ clinical trials

'WHO has been under a lot of attack, so when they saw the Lancet study, they stopped the clinical trials of HCQ.''They should not have stopped the clinical trials.' Kindly note the image has been......

COVID-19: Dos and don'ts for the elderly

The Centre advises the elderly people to wash their hands and face at regular intervals with soap, stay at home, avoid meeting visitors at home and if such a meeting is essential, maintain a......

Shaheen Bagh, Jamia Nagar erupt in joy over Amanatullah's victory

The residents of Shaheen Bagh, the epicentre of the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests, celebrated the stupendous success of the Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi Assembly polls on Tuesday as many......

Apollo Hospitals plans facility in Africa

The Apollo group is planning to build a hospital in Africa in the next two years. Talks are also on with Tanzania, Uganda, Malta and Libya, said an official of the group. The Nigerian government......

Ban on combination drugs: Knee-jerk reaction won't help

The government had formed a panel under Chandrakant Kokate to study over 6,000 combinations, of which it listed 963 as irrational. The government’s decision to ban 344 fixed-dose combinations......

Despite cap on pricing import of medical devices rises

The growth in imports was led by product categories such as diagnostic items, ultra-sonogram machines, MRI and ECG apparatus, syringes with needles, suture needles, digital thermometers, malaria......

'Ayushman Bharat will be a big flop'

'The biggest gainers under this scheme would be insurance companies.''If the government is going to route the payments through the insurance companies, these companies will be making nearly 30 per......

Relief for Team India!

Kohli's injury not serious: Gill India vice-captain Shubman Gill has allayed fears around Virat Kohli's fitness, saying the batting stalwart is fine and should be fit for the second One-Day......

Tottenham sneak past Liverpool in League Cup thriller

IMAGE: Tottenham Hotspur's Lucas Bergvall celebrates scoring. Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters Lucas Bergvall scored his first goal for Tottenham Hotspur to give his side a surprise 1-0 victory......

PIX: Arsenal rise to second with win over Ipswich

IMAGE: Kai Havertz scores Arsenal's only goal of the match during the Premier League match against Ipswich Town at Emirates Stadium, London, on Friday. Photograph: Ian Walton/Reuters Arsenal moved......

Wimbledon PIX: Djokovic, Zverev cruise; Rublev exits

IMAGES from Day 2 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Tuesday. IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his first round match......

Wimbledon PIX: Djokovic, Zverev, Medvedev in Round 4

IMAGES from Day 6 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Saturday. IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his third round match......