WHO Names New African Variant ‘Omicron’: What We Know So Far, the Recommendations, Where India Stands

Nearly two years into Covid-19 pandemic, the world races Friday to load the new Coronavirus variant – B.1.1.529 – Potentially more dangerous than those who have triggered a wave of nonstop infections in almost every continent. The World Health Organization Panel named the “Omicron” variant and classified it as a […]

Islamic State expanding to nearly all Afghan provinces, Taliban unable to control, warns UN envoy

The UN envoy for Afghanistan on Wednesday said that the regional affiliates of the Islamic State group now appeared in almost all Afghan provinces and “increasingly active”. The briefing in the Afghan situation after the Taliban takeover, Deborah Lyons, a UN special representative for Afghanistan, told the UN Security Council […]