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Spread of Omicron avoidable if precautions taken, says senior scientist
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): A possible third wave of pandemic triggered by Omicron, the new variant of COVID-19, can be avoided if necessary precautions are taken, a senior scientist said on Friday and noted that the country also has the advantage of a large section of population
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Large population in India has 'hybrid immunity,' favourable factor against
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): A large section of India's population has "hybrid immunity" against COVID-19 and the "strong" resistance it entails is a positive factor in view of emergence of Omicron variant of the virus, a senior scientist has said.
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Right of land ensured for every Tripura citizen, says Giriraj Singh at NGD
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], December 3 (ANI): Union Minister for rural development and Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh on Friday said that Tripura has tremendous potential for growth in primary sectors like agriculture and allied services and new technological interventions to ensure the right
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Members in Lok Sabha raise concerns about Omicron variant, emphasise vacci
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 2 (ANI): Members in Lok Sabha on Thursday expressed concerns about Omicron, the new variant of COVID-19, as they raised queries about "booster dose" and providing vaccination to the entire population of the country.
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Amid Omicron scare, NITI Aayog's VK Paul says increased COVID-19 vaccine u
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Amid the scare of Omicron variant of the COVID-19, Dr VK Paul, Member-Health of NITI Aayog on Thursday said that the priority of the Centre is to fully vaccinate the adult population of the country against the COVID-19 and urged people get fully vaccin
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MoS Bharati Pravin Pawar chairs World AIDS Day celebrations
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): Aligning with the theme of World AIDS Day 2021 "End Inequalities. End AIDS. End Pandemics", the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar emphasized on the need to focus and tackle gender inequalities, discrimination again
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COVID-19: Mega drive starts in Gwalior to inoculate 100 pc population with
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 1 (ANI): A mega vaccination drive has begun in Gwalior to vaccinate the people with the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccines in the wake of a possible third wave in the country, said the Chief Medical Officer of Gwalior, Dr Manish Sharma on Wednesda
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COVID-19: Omicron may spread six times more than Delta, says Telangana hea
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Telangana (Hyderabad) [India], November 30 (ANI): Omicron variant might spread six times more than the delta variant, however, the variant might cause mild symptoms, said, Director of Health Department, G Srinivas Rao.
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No caste-based Census other than SCs, STs since Independence: MoS Nityana
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): The Centre on Tuesday said that it has not enumerated caste wise population other than Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the census since independence.
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BJP-ruled states ahead in vaccination coverage, no state ruled by Congress
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): No state ruled by Congress or its allies has been able to give the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to over 90 per cent of its population and second dose to over 50 per cent of its residents, government sources have said.
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Behaviour of Omicron variant at 'individual, population level' not known,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): The new strain of COVID-19 has been named as 'variant of concern' based on laboratory and population-based observations and more information is being gathered on how it is behaving "at an individual level and at the population level," a senior ICMR offi
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Sakal 'We Are In This Together', an initiative by Sakal Media Group to bri
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 25 (ANI/PRNewswire): Around 20% of the Indian population suffer from mental illness. Despite that, only a handful of people come forward to seek help.
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