2021: How Covid kept the world on tenterhooks, with surprises aplenty

The optimism of a year that started with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, seen as the beginning of the end of the pandemic, has petered out as 2021 winds to a close. IMAGE: Patients on oxygen support......

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......

More children infected with Covid in 2nd wave: Experts

More children are testing positive in the second Covid wave but the infection is mostly mild and the mortality rate low, say experts, citing increased testing and enhanced understanding of symptoms......

New Covid lineage identified, 2nd in India after 'double mutant' virus

A new lineage of the SARS-CoV-2 virus linked with high infectivity and immune escape mutation has been identified in India, but there is no evidence yet that it is driving the Covid surge either in......

Ashish Vidyarthi-Rupali On Their Honeymoon?

Movie stars are not only madly in love in...well, the movies, but also in their real lives! And social media is proof! Photograph: Kind courtesy Ashish Vidyarthi/Instagram At 57, Ashish Vidyarthi......

Why Is Sunny So Happy?

Esha's baby turns five... Sayani is festive-ready... Ram Charan takes RRR to Japan... Photograph: Kind courtesy Sunny Leone/Instagram Sunny Leone wishes husband Daniel Weber on his 44th birthday:......

PIX: The Big Fat Filmi Weddings Of 2012

Wedding is a special day in the life of a man and woman. But a celebrity wedding is just as big for those covering or reading about it. The year 2012 saw some of our hottest stars give up their......