NEW DELHI: The new Parliament building is all set for inauguration this Sunday, but the government’s original plan to build chambers for around 800 MPs by March 2024 is almost an impossibility. That’s because the government is yet to finalise the building plan even months after it had floated a tender inviting bids for the … Read more
MOHALI: Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, 95, was admitted to a private hospital in Mohali on Saturday evening. The hospital released a statement stating that Badal was admitted with gastritis and bronchial asthma. Badal is under the treatment of Dr Deepak Bhasin and Dr Digambar Behera; he is improving with all his parameters … Read more
SEOUL: North Korea said Friday that six people died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread “explosively” across the nation, a day after its first acknowledgement of a Covid-19 outbreak. The true scale is unclear, but a big Covid-19 outbreak could be devastating in a country with a broken health care … Read more
NEW DELHI: The health ministry is considering a proposal to reduce the gap between the second dose of Covid vaccine and the precaution dose to three months for those planning to travel abroad. However, a final decision on the matter is yet to be taken, sources said. Currently, only those adults who have complete nine … Read more
BEIJING: The Asian Games due to take place in Hangzhou in September have been postponed indefinitely, organisers said Friday, as China battles a resurgence of Covid cases. No reason was given for the delay, but China is racing to extinguish its largest outbreak of Covid-19 since the early days of the pandemic. “The Olympic Council … Read more
JOHANNESBURG: Two new sublineages of the Omicron coronavirus variant can dodge antibodies from earlier infection well enough to trigger a new wave, but are far less able to thrive in the blood of people vaccinated against Covid-19, South African scientists have found. The scientists from multiple institutions were examining Omicron’s BA.4 and BA.5 sublineages – … Read more
If your muscle ache isn’t getting better or is affecting you more than ever talk to your doctor. He/she may prescribe you some medication and ask you to perform some mild exercises to reduce the stiffness in the joints and muscles. Even if it hurts, do not sit quietly, it will make the matter worse. … Read more
MUMBAI: The IPL game between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings on Wednesday evening has been put under serious doubt after wicket-keeper batter Tim Seifert tested positive for Covid-19. The New Zealand player is the second overseas cricketer in the Capitals team after Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh to catch the infection, taking the overall count of … Read more