Soumya Swaminathan

WHO chief scientist Soumya added it would be "unwise" to conclude from early evidence that Omicron was a milder variant that previous ones.

US officials say fully vaccinated don't need booster.

At the current rate India's total caseload since the epidemic struck a year ago should pass the 25 million mark in the next couple of days.

Swaminathan warns that the jabs alone would not be enough to gain control of the situation in India.

WHO scientists warned that herd immunity from coronavirus was unlikely this year even with mass inoculation schemes.

WHO chief scientist, Dr Soumya Swaminathan said COVID-19 can survive and be transmitted through air, but in a very limited environment.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.

The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".

Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.

It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.

'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.

The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.

Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.