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Captain Kohli Returns For Cape Town Decider, Ishant May Come In For Siraj As India Chase Historic First Test Series Win In South Africa

India may scale second wave peak, but has 2x infra: Govt

New Delhi: India will likely cross the peak that it witnessed during the second Covid wave but is fully prepared with two times more infrastructure and services to tackle the upsurge, government sources said even as daily cases increased more than 28 times in the last 14 days.

Imran Masood joins SP, leaves Congress faceless in West UP

: In a jolt to Congress ahead of the assembly elections, senior Congress leader and AICC secretary in-charge of Delhi, Imran Masood, joined Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday, leaving the grand old party faceless in western Uttar Pradesh. Masood, considered a heavyweight in Saharanpur, has called the poll race a “direct fight between SP and BJP” and, hence, he chose to “stand with Akhilesh Yadav now”.

Bulli Bai: B'lore accused gets Covid, sent to judicial custody

Vishal Kumar Jha (21), the engineering student from Bengaluru arrested in the Bulli Bai case on January 3, has been sent to judicial custody till January 24 after he tested positive for Covid.

Feel of hill station in city, vicinity as temperature dips

The minimum temperature recorded at the Santacruz observatory on Monday was lower than that in the interiors of the state like Dahanu, which recorded 15 degrees, and Ratnagiri 19 degrees.

Booster Drive Kicks Off Today; Less Than 10L Eligible In State

Mumbai: Fewer than 10 lakh people in Maharashtra, including frontliners and senior citizens, will qualify for the booster dose that is being rolled out from Monday. In Mumbai, less than two lakh people from these special groups are eligible to receive the free third shot.

Caste, Communication, Covid

Not just social strategies & digital tools, EC’s campaign rules will also influence UP, Punjab polls

Cyprus Scientist Reports Strain That Combines Delta & Omicron

Identifies 25 ‘Deltacron’ Cases; Experts Speculate If It’s Lab Contamination

Daily Cases Fall 2nd Day In A Row In City, Under 20k On Sun

Mumbai: The number of Covid-19 cases fell for the second day in a row in the city, taking fresh detections below 20,000 on Sunday. Mumbai detected 19,474 fresh cases, a 4% drop from Saturday’s 20,318. Even as the city added just 844 more new cases over the previous day, the daily positivity rate remained at 28.5%, a stark indicator that enough tests are either not done or recorded.

Early Data Hints At Omicron's Potential Toll Across America

Demonstrators protest against compulsory vaccination in Prague

How Exercise Can Affect Your Appetite

Even if we burn calories during a workout, our bodies may nudge us to sit more to reduce our overall energy expenditure and compensate for the loss of fat

Now Is The Time To Upgrade To N95 Masks, If You Still Haven't

As omicron cases go up, experts are advising people to choose N95s over cloth/ surgical masks

What To Do About Lower Back Pain

Try to incorporate a good daily stretch into your morning routine. Just a few minutes of manipulating the joints you use the most, such as your back, knees, hips and elbows, “will warm them up for the day ahead and help protect against injury”, says UK-based rheumatologist Dr Rod Hughes.

Sri Lanka's president asks China to restructure debt repayments

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday discussed with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi if Beijing could help his country to overcome the forex crisis by rescheduling its external debt. He raised the issue when Wang, who arrived in Sri Lanka on Saturday for a two-day visit, called on him at the presidential secretariat in capital Colombo.

Smart classes part of new 5-year plan

Integrated Labs, Vocation Edu To Be Focus Areas

Latham century helps Kiwis dominate Day 1

Christchurch: New Zealand promised to bounce back quickly from their first-Test loss to Bangladesh and captain Tom Latham redeemed the pledge with a commanding unbeaten century Sunday on the first day of the second Test.

Expedite jabs for teenagers on ‘mission mode', urges PM

Seeks Active Surveillance In Clusters

DIGGING DEEP

England Hold Rampant Aussies For A Draw In Fading Light In Sydney, Avoid Whitewash

To boost fight, ‘precaution dose' of vax begins today

‘SMSes Sent to Over 1 Crore Beneficiaries’

Canada down Spain for title

Sydney: Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime put in commanding performances against Spanish opponents to win their respective singles matches and fire Canada to the ATP Cup title on Sunday.

3 wards covering Andheri (W), Juhu, Vile Parle (E), Borivli become hotspots

Mumbai: Even as active Covid cases in the city crossed the grim milestone of one-lakh, the civic wards covering Andheri (W), Juhu, Vile Parle (E), Jogeshwari (E) and Borivli have become hotspots.

Omicron Drives Global Daily Average Of Cases Past 2m

Pace Of Infections Doubled In Past Week; Health Services Hit In US & Europe

Red Alert In SC As Positivity Rate Among Judges At 12.5%

The Supreme Court faces a Covid red alert as the positivity rate among the judges crossed 12% on Saturday with two more judges testing positive, taking the number of infected ones to four, and more than 150 staff getting quarantined.

Covaxin Booster May Offer Longer Protection: Study

A booster shot of Covaxin, administered six months after the second dose, may be able to confer long-term protective efficacy against severe Covid-19 infection, a study has found.

‘NOVAX' CASE GROWS CURIOUSER

Djokovic Received Oz Open Medical Exemption Because He Tested Positive For Covid In December, Say Lawyers

‘Peak of wave soon, but it may also ebb quickly'

National health experts feel that though Covid cases may peak in India very soon, the current wave driven by the Omicron variant of the virus may ebb equally fast.

Yr after tragedy, hosp in Bhandara gets fire ready

More Manpower, Better Infra Added To Avoid Repeat

When ‘Wins' is the new national kickboxing champ from Koliwada

City teen won a recent national kickboxingchamionship

Union minister Naqvi prays for PM at Haji Ali, sets tongues wagging

Union minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi prayed for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Haji Ali Dargah on Friday. Naqvi was in Mumbai for two days till Saturday in connection with a meeting of Haj trainers at Haj House in south Mumbai.

SSP linked to PM Punjab row, 6 other IPS officers shunted

Transfer Comes Hours Before EC Rings Poll Bell