3,48,421 new coronavirus cases reported in India: The tally of coronavirus is higher in the country from the past few weeks. A total number of 3,48,421 cases for coronavirus are reported in the country in the last 24 hours taking the total tally of cases to 2,33,40,938. The total number of Indians who recovered from coronavirus reached 1,93,82,642.
India’s catastrophe: Diplomatic and personal for Harris
2 hours ago Then-Vice President Joe Biden, (centre), ducks down so all of the family of then-Sen. Kamala Harris can be seen for a group photo during a mock swearing in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington. File/Associated Press
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G. Balachandran turned 80 this spring a milestone of a birthday in India, where he lives. If not for the pandemic, he would have been surrounded by family members who gathered to celebrate with him.
But with the virus ravaging his homeland, Balachandran had to settle for congratulatory phone calls. Including one from his rather famous niece: Vice President Kamala Harris.
Bangladesh ruling govt is worse than Pak dispensation: Mirza Abbas
Dhaka, May 12 (UNI) Mirza Abbas, one of the leaders of Bangladesh s main opposition BNP, on Wednesday termed the ruling Awami League more dangerous than Pakistan government .
In an interview with UNI , Mr Abbas said that in 1971 Pakistan had tortured the people of his country and committed genocide but the ruling party of Bangladesh Awami League has also accepted the cruelty of Pakistanis. No civilized country in the world can do this in the way it has cracked down on the opposition leaders and workers by killing democracy. So far, Pakistan has not apologized for their actions. Similarly, the Awami League has not apologized to the people of Bangladesh for their actions.
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MUMBAI, India Outside an upscale Indian hospital last week, Baljeet Asthana put her phone on selfie mode, propped her eyeglasses on her head so she could stare directly into the camera, and hit record.
Through a white polka-dot mask, she described her family’s ordeal: Her 82-year-old mother was inside the hospital “struggling for her life,” Asthana said. Her mother desperately needed an intensive care unit bed, but the hospital Fortis Hospital, one of the best-equipped private facilities in the capital, New Delhi was full. Officials told the family to look for an ICU bed elsewhere.
World Health Organization declares B.1.617, first identified in India, the fourth variant of concern
At their Monday COVID-19 press brief, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the highly contagious variant first identified in India, classified as B.1.617, as a variant of concern, meaning that it is now considered a global health threat. Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, the technical lead for the COVID-19 pandemic, explained, “In our consultation with our virus evolution working group, our epidemiology teams, and our lab teams internally, there is some available information to suggest increased transmissibility of B.1.617.”
She added that this variant could also reduce neutralization from antibodies, implying it has the ability to evade immunity to some degree, one of the key reasons it was classified as a variant of concern. The designation is used for those mutations that have been demonstrated to be more contagious, deadly or resistant to the COVID-19 vaccines currently being