Remove content terming 'Indian Variant': India tells social media intermediaries

May 22, 2021

New Delhi [India], May 22 : India took a strong objection to the use of the term so-called 'Indian variant' for the B.1.617 variant...

Delta variant is around 40-60 pc more transmissible than Alpha variant: Dr NK Arora

Jul 19, 2021

New Delhi [India], July 19 : The COVID-19 Delta variant is around 40-60 per cent more transmissible than Alpha Variant, revealed Dr NK Arora,...

PM afraid of 'Indian variant' of coronavirus, says Kamal Nath; BJP minister hits back

May 22, 2021

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 22 : Days after the BJP alleged "Congress toolkit" referred to the new mutant of coronavirus as "Indian variant",...

SAJA advises news organisations against using 'India variant' term for new COVID-19 strain

May 08, 2021

New York [US], May 8 : The South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) is advising news organisations against using the term 'India variant' or 'Indian...

No new COVID-19 variant of concern has emerged, says Dr NK Arora

Oct 03, 2021

New Delhi [India], October 3 : No new variant of concern (VOC) or variant of interest (VOI) of COVID-19 has emerged in the country,...

COVID-19: Omicron gradually replacing Delta variant in many states, says top ICMR official

Jan 18, 2022

New Delhi [India], January 18 : Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) Head of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases Dr Samiran Panda on Tuesday said...