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Be alert : What are new Covid variants and everything you need to know

Be alert : What are new Covid variants and everything you need to know

By Himavardhan GoudEmergenceThe KP.1 and KP.2 corona virus variants are sub-lineages of JN.1, which is in itself an...

23 May 2024 2:36 PM IST

Special ward being prepared at a Govt hospital as preparedness amid concern over new COVID-19 variant JN. 1, in Jammu (PTI Photo)

India Records 514 New COVID-19 Cases, Active Cases Drop

Decline continues as health officials monitor JN.1 sub-variant impact.

11 Jan 2024 3:56 PM IST

Even before the current surge of respiratory illnesses in China, in much of 2023, there have been many children and adults in India. (AP File Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Chandrakant Lahariya | Flu-like illnesses' outbreak in China no cause...

The surge in respiratory illnesses in China is once again in the news. Since mid-October 2023, there had been an...

1 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

Child specialists say parents should play a proactive role to encourage their wards aged between 15 and 18 to take Covid19 jab without fail, as the new variant is spreading. (Representational Image/ DC)

Andhra Pradesh prepared to face Covid-19: Official

Vijayawada: Health commissioner J. Nivas has said that Andhra Pradesh is fully geared up to face Covid-19 as they have...

22 Dec 2022 11:06 AM IST

A view of the decorated Baptist Church at Narayanaguda. (Photo: Surender)

After 2 years curb, Hyderabad gears up for a grand Christmas...

Carolling and house visits resume, but are wrapped up by midnight, to avoid inconvenience to other communities

16 Dec 2022 12:25 AM IST

Move over, slumber parties. Slumber vacations are the new in thing. High-end hotels are offering more sleep-deprived guests than ever before, including tailored sleep outfits, on-site sleep specialists, and digital detox programmes (Photo By Arrangement)

Sleep: The new luxury

The value of a good night’s sleep for maintaining health and well-being has been brought sharply into focus since...

19 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

Infosys has utilised only 95 acres, after nearly 15 years of the allotment of land. Another 352 acres is lying vacant. (Representational Photo:DC)

Infosys to open satellite office in Vizag for local staff

VISAKHAPATNAM: Information technology giant Infosys would start its operations in the two-tiered Visakhapatnam from...

27 Sept 2022 12:05 AM IST

The legal metrology authorities carried out a special drive on March 3 on the eve of Akshaya Tritiya by inspecting 70 gold jewellery shops in the state and booked only six cases relating to a series of violations including under-weighing, with one each in Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, Krishna, Guntur and two in West Godavari. Representational image/DC

Jewellery exports to UAE pick up

Chennai: Gold jewellery exports, which had fallen since the trade was hit by the pandemic, started picking up from May...

26 Aug 2022 3:18 PM IST

Global AIDS fight at crossroads after setbacks during COVID

Global AIDS fight at crossroads after setbacks during COVID

Hard-won progress against HIV has stalled, putting millions of lives at risk, according to an alarming report Wednesday...

28 July 2022 9:58 PM IST

Tirupati on South Central Railways has been identified as the first station on the zone for implementation of the one station one product concept. (Photo: Indianrailinfo)

Tirupati railway station records big jump in passenger revenue

Passenger revenue rose from Rs 66.50 crore in 2020-21 to Rs 199.83 crore in 2021-22

6 April 2022 11:58 PM IST

With 11 medical students testing positive on Tuesday, the total number of students and staff who got infected reached 42. (Photo:KMC)

Coronavirus haunting the medicos of KMC, 42 medicos tested +ve for...

On Saturday last, 17 medical students tested positive for Covid19. The KMC management conducted RT-PCR tests on all 195...

12 Jan 2022 12:46 AM IST