Omicron variant: South Africa decries travel ban by several countries

South Africa on Saturday said it was being 'punished' for its advanced ability to detect new COVID-19 variants early, as several countries imposed travel ban on it due to the new potentially......

Omicron variant in 'fluid motion', says US expert Dr Fauci

America's top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has said that the new COVID-19 Omicron variant is in 'fluid motion' in South Africa and the US scientists are in 'very active' communication......

UK detects 2 cases of Omicron, puts 4 more African nations on red list

The UK on Saturday detected two cases of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, according to health secretary Sajid Javid as he added four more African countries to Britain's travel red list. IMAGE:......

Omicron scare: Sri Lanka bans travellers from 6 southern African countries

Sri Lanka will ban entry to most travellers from six southern African countries from Sunday, after a potentially more contagious new coronavirus variant called Omicron was identified in South......

India-Africa trade to reach $70 bn by 2015

This summer it is destination Africa for India Inc.Political leaders, industrialists and businessmen are increasingly looking to tap the resource-rich countries of the world's second largest......

Banking with a difference at Games Village

Catering to the needs of the residents of the Commonwealth Games Village, the Central Bank of India branch here has become a big hit among the athletes, international delegates and those who reside......

Will the world embrace jatropha revolution?

Today, the intractable upward mobility of the price of crude has become a major problem to the Western industrialised nations. Friendly governments in Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Iraq, and even Libya......

India's record on developing its human capital

The United Nations Development Programme has just put out its latest Human Development Report, containing the human development index (HDI) for 177 countries, with the data being for 2005. India......

PHOTOS, World Cup qualifiers: Brazil crush Peru; Romania hold Italy

IMAGE: Brazil's Douglas Costa (left) celebrates a goal against Peru during their 2018 World Cup qualifying match in Salvador on Tuesday. Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters An inspired......

WC qualifiers: Hong Kong dents China's soccer dream

IMAGE: China's players, left, react as Hong Kong's players celebrate after drawing in their World Cup qualifying match. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters Hong Kong held China to a nil-nil draw in a......

WC qualifier: Messi stars as Argentina rally to win over Columbia

Lionel Messi and Alexis Sanchez, club mates at Barcelona, sparkled as Argentina and Chile put behind them a weekend to forget with victories in the South American 2014 World Cup qualifiers on......

African Nations Cup qualifier: Ivory coast cruise

Didier Drogba scored twice to maintain the Ivory Coast's perfect start to the 2012 African Nations Cup qualifiers on Sunday while other top contenders Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia also won. Algeria......

Indian boxers continue to pack the punch

There was no stopping the Indian boxers' victory march at the Commonwealth Games. Asian gold medallist Suranjoy Singh (52kg) and Amandeep Singh (49kg) advanced to the quarter-finals, while......