New Covid-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.2.75 detected in countries like India: WHO

New Delhi, 7/7:A new sub-lineage BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in countries like India and the World Health Organisation is following this, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “On Covid-19, globally reported cases have increased nearly 30 per cent over the past two weeks. Four out of six of the…

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Lalu Prasad admitted to Delhi AIIMS after being airlifted from Patna

Patna, 7/7:RJD president Lalu Prasad was admitted to the premier AIIMS in Delhi Wednesday night after being airlifted from a Patna hospital where he underwent initial treatment for multiple fractures suffered due to a fall, party sources said. The 74-year-old former Bihar chief minister was accompanied by a team of doctors and his eldest daughter…

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Smriti Irani replaces Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi as minister of Minority Affairs

New Delhi, 6/7:President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignations of Union ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Ram Chandra Prasad Singh with immediate effect, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement on Wednesday.     Minority Affairs Minister Naqvi and Steel Minister Singh submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, a day before the…

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Composer Ilaiyaraaja, athlete P T Usha among four nominated to Rajya Sabha

Mumbai, 6/7:Legendary athlete P T Usha and music maestro Ilaiyaraaja were among prominent personalities nominated to Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Philanthropist and administrator of the Dharmasthala temple Veerendra Heggade and noted screen writer V Vijayendra Prasad were also nominated to the Upper House of Parliament.   “The remarkable PT Usha Ji is an inspiration for…

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Dhawan to lead India in away ODI series against West Indies; Rohit, Kohli among those rested

Mumbai, 6/7: Shikhar Dhawan was on Wednesday named India captain for the three-match ODI series against the West Indies, beginning on July 22 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Regular skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant have been rested for the series.   The senior selection committee of the BCCI…

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