Covid will kill another 1 lakh people, warns Germany’s top virologist
New Delhi | Christian Drosten, one of Germany's top virologists, has warned that a further 100,000 people will die from Covid-19...
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China delivers largest and most advanced warship to Pakistan
New Delhi | China has delivered to Pakistan the largest and most advanced warship that Beijing has ever exported, in a...
China constructs mockups of US warships possibly for target practice
New Delhi | The Chinese military has constructed mockups in the shape of a US Navy aircraft carrier and US warships,...
Chinese cities suspend overseas shopping, couriers on Covid scare
New Delhi | Counties and districts in China's border city Heihe in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have said buying products from...
Covid: Pfizer’s antiviral pill can cut hospitalisations, deaths by 89%
Washington | US drug maker Pfizer on Friday announced that its new antiviral pill against Covid-19 can significantly reduce hospitalisations and...
Alpha Covid variant detected in dogs, cats with severe myocarditis
London | While domestic pets are known to contract Covid-19, UK scientists have for the first time reported of infection from...
UK approves world’s first oral pill against Covid
Washington | The UK's medicines regulator on Thursday approved Merck's molnupiravir -- the world's first oral antiviral medicine against Covid-19, which...
Covid outbreak sweeps 14 provincial regions in China
New Delhi | More regions including east China's Jiangxi Province and northeast China's Heilongjiang Province are grappling with a fresh epidemic...
Delta subvariant A.Y 4.2 now present in 42 countries: WHO
Geneva | More than 26,000 cases of the Delta Covid subvariant AY.4.2, considered up to 15 per cent more transmissible than...
Apple iOS 14 privacy changes hitting us hard: Mark Zuckerberg
San Francisco | Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has once again slammed Apple for its App Store policies, saying the iOS...
