Two known Omicron sub-variants -- rather than any new variants -- have chiefly been responsible for the recent Covid-19 surge in China, according to a study of cases in Beijing published in The Lancet journal.
Taking to Twitter, United Nations Human Right Council said, 'At its 35th special session, the @UN Human Rights Council decided to create a new fact-finding mission to investigate alleged #HumanRightsViolations in the Islamic Republic of #Iran related to the protests that began on 16 September 2022.'
Skipper Rohit Sharma will look to feast on a Zimbabwe bowling attack in his bid to play an innings that is long overdue in a must-win game of the T20 World Cup match in Melbourne on Sunday.
The abduction of an eight-year-old Indian-origin girl in South Africa's Cape Town and the alleged inaction of the police in probing the case has triggered protests by the residents of the city.
It was after many years that an Indian cricket team lived up to expectations outside the sub-continent.
The responsibility for peace in Ukraine now rests in the hands of the two principal belligerents, Russia and the US, and the prime victim of this great power rivalry, Ukraine, points out Nitin Desai.
India were struggling at 81/4 in the 13th over when stand-in skipper Pant was dismissed for 17. It brought Karthik and Hardik together and the pair revived the Indian innings with a brisk partnership of 65 runs.
Images from Day 1 of the third Test between South Africa and India, in Cape Town, on Tuesday.
'A democracy cannot mean the rule of just two people,' said one audience member, who recalled that he too had chanted 'Modi, Modi' when the PM had visited the USA. Many of those gathered admitted to having been Modi supporters. What had changed them was the growing concentration of power. Jyoti Punwani reports from New York.
Amid fears of the spread of new Covid strain 'Omicron' looming large, two South African nationals have tested positive for the coronavirus, and their samples have been sent for further tests to ascertain about the variant, a top official said on Saturday.
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup, Super 12 match between Australia and South Africa.
English umpire Michael Gough was due to officiate Sunday's game between India and New Zealand in Dubai but was withdrawn following his breach and was replaced by South Africa's Marais Erasmus.
Suryakumar Yadav is only the second Indian to hit two hundreds in a calendar year.
Nikhat's form augurs well for India with the Olympics coming up next year.
Ghana and Algeria ratified their top ranking as both advanced to the quarters.
Images from Day 2 of the 2023 US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Tuesday.
India put up yet another dismal batting display, on seam-friendly conditions, to suffer a humiliating 134-run defeat in the second one-dayer against South Africa in Durban on Sunday.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for the second Test against South Africa, starting on January 3?
Meta, which owns the popular messaging app, said it has fixed the glitch, and the service was back.
Rohit maintains that turning tracks remain the team's strength and wants the struggling batters to find a way to score on them.
On Saturday, Sunrisers Hyderabad beat RCB by nine wickets after dismantling the star-studded batting line-up for a mere 68 run
'It won't diminish the IPL, it will only grow them as a brand.'
'The prime minister is talking to his Chachaji and he is crying in the PM's lap, it was such an emotional scene.'
Adani Sportsline shelled out a massive Rs 1289 crore for the Ahmedabad team, which emerged the most expensive franchise.
Rahul, believing in his philosophy of 'less is better', curbed his once-infamous impetuosity
Rahul Tewatia's consecutive sixes off the last two deliveries, with 12 runs required for victory, steered Gujarat Titans past Punjab Kings by six wickets in Friday's IPL match at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
The Indian quartet of Lovely Choubey (lead), Pinki (second), Nayanmoni Saikia (third) and Rupa Rani Tirkey (slip) beat South Africa 17-10 in the women's fours final.
That a brown skinned man -- albeit one who speaks with a posh English accent -- would one day be the front-runner in a race to elect Boris's successor and head the party once led by Churchill and Thatcher would seem indigestible to the white men and women who have formed the trunk of the Conservative party for generations.
Last year, China held a meeting with some South Asian countries on COVID-19 vaccine cooperation without the participation of India.
South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma says "it wasn't ideal" to get a directive on taking the knee hours before the start of their T20 World Cup match against the West Indies and promised to be there for Quinton de Kock, who chose to withdraw from the game instead of following the order.
After five failures in six completed knocks in South Africa, the two veteran batters surely seem to have played their last Test for India.
A three-member committee met Saha to probe into the 37-year-old's allegations against the unnamed journalist.
Soccer's top flight Premier League and the English Football League (EFL) had already announced they were postponing their next round of fixtures.
England were back to their blistering best as they defeated Pakistan by nine wickets to put themselves in a good position to qualify for the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 semi-finals.
The West Indies were 71 for 1 at stumps in their first innings on Day 2 at Kensington Oval, 436 runs behind England, for whom Joe Root (153) and Ben Stokes (120) made contrasting centuries.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from the opening day of the Lord's Test.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith said his team will step on the field for the Boxing Day Test match against India with an aim to set right its poor record in Durban, having lost their last four games at the venue.
India will need to look for a successor for Rohit Sharma, who turned 35 in April, after the ODI World Cup next year.
To resist external pressure, it could use India's inherent assets and try and make democracy stronger by giving more space to human rights and minority rights, advises Aakar Patel.
Veteran Jhulan Goswami's four-wicket haul was beautifully complemented by Smriti Mandhana's sparkling half-century as Indian women outplayed South Africa by nine wickets in the second ODI to level the five-match series 1-1, in Lucknow, on Tuesday.
