Latest updates on Covid-19: India continues to record over 18000 new daily infections, no respite yet

Latest updates on Covid-19: India continues to record over 18000 new daily infections, no respite yet

India witnessed a surge of 18,815 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally across the country to 4,35,85,554. With this, the active cases in the country have gone up to 1,22,335, the Union health ministry informed today. With the loss of 38 more lives across the country in the last … Read more

Why not Nu or Xi? As Omicron Covid variant hits global headlines, Twitter dissects WHO’s naming game

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Digital display boards show cancelled flights to London-Heathrow at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Reuters photo) Omicron – B.1.1.529 – the newest variant of concern designated by the World Health Organization has hit the global headlines and sparked fresh concerns of a new wave of infections around the globe. But what perplexed … Read more