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‘Not a single patient required ICU…’: Delhi doctor says oxygen levels among Omicron patients...

KEY STORY With the World Health Organization (WHO) and governments across the world warning and preparing for increased hospitalisations due to the Omicron variant...

COVID-19 in India: Omicron begins replacing Delta variant in terms of cases, say official...

KEY STORY Omicron, the new mutant variant of coronavirus, has begun replacing the Delta strain in the country in terms of the number of...

Cold wave likely to grip Northwest India till January 3, says IMD

KEY STORY Parts of Northwest India are in for a chilly New Year as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a cold to...

Centre to send SMS reminders to eligible elderly population for precautionary dose of COVID...

KEY STORY The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Thursday informed that the Union Government will send an SMS alert to the eligible...

Schools to stop online classes once students are vaccinated

KEY STORY A few Central board schools, who are still relying on online classes to teach students, have decided to suspend remote learning once...

Karnataka UG-PG students may soon get maternity leave

KEY STORY  Students pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Karnataka may soon get maternity/childcare leave facilities after the University Grants Commission (UGC) nudged universities on...

Ahead of Karnataka polls, Kharge takes dig at PM Modi via Twitter

KEY STORY Launching a frontal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Senior Congress leader and Opposition leader in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge tweeted...

Karnataka sees 37.1% jump in fresh Covid cases, cluster outbreaks rise

KEY STORY Amid fears of a third Covid wave, the state saw a 37.10 per cent jump in Wednesday’s Covid cases at 566 as...

Omicron and Delta circulating simultaneously, leading to tsunami of cases: WHO chief worried for...

KEY STORY  A "tsunami" of Omicron and Delta Covid-19 cases will pile pressure on health systems already being stretched to their limits, the World...

Belagavi: Alert as water gushes out of Maharashtra dam

KEY STORY  A massive amount of water flowed out of Radhanagari dam, near Kolhapur, due to a technical snag which resulted in the sudden...