The new and potentially more contagious variant of Covid-19, called B.1.1.529, was first reported to the WHO from South Africa on November 24.

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Meanwhile, two other cases of the variant were reported from Hyderabad in Telangana, in two people who had returned from Africa.

The Samajwadi Party chief took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his 'Lal Topi' comment and also claimed there was a collision in the BJP's 'double engine government'.

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Aakash Chopra has vouched for Ajinkya Rahane due to the fact that he held the position for a long time.

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At the inauguration of Saryu canal in UP last week, PM Modi had pointed out how the cost of the project had risen to Rs 10,000 crore from Rs 100 crore in the last 40 years.

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Group Captain Singh, a decorated officer, was on board the chopper that crashed near Coonoor killing CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 armed forces personnel.

Virat Kohli has quashed rumours of any rift between him and Rohit Sharma.

A mobile team or vaccination centre, which will be stationed at railway stations, slum areas and construction sites, will be in operation in all wards across Mumbai from 6 pm to 10 pm.

CERT-In is advising users to update to the latest software version as several security issues have been found in Apple products.

Children, who contracted Omicron in South Africa, had sore throat unlike scratchy throat, which the infected adults experienced, along with high pulse rate of 100 to 115 beats per minute.

The inner display comes with a 120Hz refresh rate and a touch sampling rate of up to 1,000Hz and 1,000 nits of peak brightness.

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Hollywood actor an filmmaker Ben Affleck spoke about feeling unhappy in his marriage to Jennifer Garner. He has been in and out of rehab multiple times for alcohol addiction, including in 2001, 2017 and 2018.

WHO said that more data was needed to understand the extent to which Omicron may evade immunity derived from either vaccines or previous infection.

Experts have told the Maharashtra Cabinet that a large number of Omicron cases are expected in Maharashtra in January, in an alarming warning.