Covid: What is Delta, Delta Plus & can vaccines fight it?

While virologists say theoretically the vaccine that works on Delta should work on the Delta Plus variant as well, more research is needed, reports Sohini Das. IMAGE: A scientist examines COVID-19......

Delta variant now reported in 85 countries: WHO

The Delta variant, the significantly more transmissible strain of COVID-19, is expected to become a "dominant lineage" if current trends continue, the World Health Organisation has warned after it......

Delta variant reduces vaccine effect: UK experts

The Delta variant of COVID-19, or the B1.617.2 variant of concern (VOC) first identified in India, is about 60 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha strain identified in the United Kingdom and......

Covishield, Covaxin work against Delta, other variants: Govt

Vaccines Covishield and Covaxin work against SARS-CoV-2 variants Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta, while effectiveness tests against the Delta Plus variant is ongoing, the government said on Friday.......

Reliance Q3 net rises 7.4% on rebound in retail, higher telecom earnings

Reliance Industries Ltd on Thursday reported a 7.4 per cent rise in its December quarter net profit as retail business rebounded, telecom earnings surged on higher tariffs and mainstay oil and......

Reliance back on growth path, multiple catalysts to drive performance

Reliance Industries Ltd, India's most valuable company, is back on a growth path after six months of challenges as it posted better than expected earnings in the December quarter, brokerages said.......

Delta Airlines returns to India after 9 years

The full schedule and details of the New York-Mumbai non-stop service will be announced later this year.  A top American airline -- Delta Air Lines – on Friday said that it would resume......

Reliance's O2C jitters: A refining challenge that's crimping growth

Weighed down by the oil-to-chemicals (O2C) business, Reliance Industries (RIL) results for the April-June quarter (Q1) of 2024-25 (FY25) missed Street estimates. Photograph: Shailesh......

Australian team donates prize money to crisis-hit Sri Lanka

The funds revealed by Australian players will go towards programmes by UNICEF that support nutrition, healthcare, safe drinking water, education, and mental health services for 1.7 million......

UEFA says no plan to take away Euro semis, final from Wembley

IMAGE: General view during training at the Wembley. Photograph: Matt Dunham/Reuters UEFA has no plans to replace Wembley as host stadium of the Euro 2020 semi-finals and final, European soccer's......

Beijing marks 100 days to Winter Olympics amid COVID, rights concerns

IMAGE: Beijing Winter Olympics will kick off from February 4. Photograph: Reuters With 100 days until the start of the Winter Olympics, Beijing is promising a "simple and safe" 2022 Games -......

I-League suspended as 8 players test COVID-19 positive

IMAGE: Five players and three team officials from Real Kashmir FC, one player each from Mohammedan Sporting, debutants Sreenidi Deccan FC and Aizawl FC tested COVID-19 positive on Tuesday.......