In the current third wave of the pandemic, driven by the ‘highly transmissible’ Omicron’variant, as many as 120 districts across 29 states and Union Territories have recorded a weekly Covid-19 positivity rate of 10%, according to government statistics released on Wednesday. Until December 24, just two districts had a positivity …

Effective January 10, India will begin delivering the third dosage of the Covid vaccine to priority categories of the population. Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that India’s vaccination campaign would be expanded to include children for the first two doses and priority populations for the third dosage. Teenagers between the …

A high-power panel accepted the elevation of Lahore High Court judge Ayesha Malik to the Supreme Court on Thursday, bringing Pakistan closer to appointing the country’s first female Supreme Court judge. According to the Dawn newspaper, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), led by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, supported Malik’s …

On the journey from Bathinda to the Hussainiwala National Martyrs’ Memorial in Ferozepur on Wednesday (January 5) afternoon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s car was stuck for 15-20 minutes on a flyover, following which his cavalcade returned to Bathinda airport. Protesters who had blocked the road ahead were to blame for …

Shweta Singh, an 18-year-old woman, was arrested on Tuesday by Mumbai Police for being the main suspect in the Bulli Bai controversy, in which images of many Muslim women were placed on an app without their knowledge in order to conduct a virtual ‘auction.’ As a co-accused in the case, …

Alka Mittal has been named as the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) interim chairperson and managing director, succeeding Subhash Kumar, who retired on December 31. Mittal will serve as ONGC’s first female Chairman and Managing Director for six months from January 1 or until a regular incumbent is appointed, …

Israel is said to have recorded the first case of Florona, which is likely to be a Covid-19 and influenza infection. The first occurrence of this, according to sources, occurred this week in a pregnant woman who was admitted to the Rabin Medical Centre to give birth. The young woman …

After the United States and China, India has the world’s third-largest unicorn population. India now has 54 unicorns, which is more than double the number it had last year. According to Hurun Research Institute’s latest Global Unicron Index 2021, the total worth of all unicorns in the globe has doubled …

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stated today that the Delhi administration is prepared to deal with the Omicron coronavirus variety. He advised people not to panic, noting that while the version was said to spread quicker than previous ones, the symptoms were minor. So far, 24 cases of Omicron have been …

Barack Obama is the world’s most admired man for the third year in a row, while his wife Michelle Obama is the world’s most admired lady for the third year in a row. Priyanka Chopra Jonas is the world’s 10th most admired woman in 2021, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi …