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WHO says not clear whether Omicron more transmissible
It's not yet clear whether Omicron is more easily spread from person to person compared to other variants, even though the number of people testing positive has risen in South Africa where this variant was involved, the WHO on Sunday added.
After acquiring nuclear weapons, Pakistan became more aggressive in using terrorist groups
In the wake of nuclearisation, substate conflict expanded dramatically. In 2001, a RAND analysis of the aforementioned Kargil crisis found that the Pakistani operation was enabled by the protective nuclear umbrella ensuring that India's conventional response would be constrained.
New Covid strain forces UAE expats to cancel holiday plans to India
Travel agents here told IANS that UAE expatriates are now reconsidering their travel plans abroad during the upcoming National Day and winter holidays due to fears over the Omicron virus. Sharjah-based travel agent Md. Jamal said he had received at least a dozen calls until Sunday evening from residents and visitors enquiring about travel restrictions.
Blacklisted Chinese firm seeks action against Pak entities for forged documents
"The Chinese firm was blacklisted last month and barred from participating in any tender for one month. However, in a recent complaint submitted to the NTDC managing director (MD), the firm called the decision based on mala fide intention and discriminatory, asking why various 'favourite' firms were not treated the same way," an official source in the NTDC said, as per the report.
Dawood Ibrahim's nexus caused concern that terrorists may get hold of Pak n-weapons
During the hearings at that time on the lessons from Mumbai attacks for the United States, Senator John McCain asked what is the danger that the terrorist organisations within Pakistan might be able to obtain the nuclear weapons that we all know Pakistan has. To this, a counterterrorism expert replied: "I think it is a real concern. We do receive regular reassurances from the Pakistani authorities that they have the nuclear weapons under tight control, but one does worry.
Russia rejects US claim of Russian plan to invade Ukraine
The allegation was "malicious propaganda" by the US Department of State, which is aimed at pushing Kiev to escalate the conflict in eastern Ukraine, Naryshkin told a Russian TV program on Saturday. Russia should remain calm and reinforce its defensive capability as the US is inciting the Ukrainian authorities to attack the insurgent Donbass region, he added.
WHO urges countries to be vigilant about Omicron Covid variant
The new variant, known as B.1.1.529, has been detected in small numbers in South Africa. The WHO on Friday assigned the Greek letter Omicron to the variant. The global health has said the new strain may pose a higher risk of re-infection than past mutations of the virus
New York State declares disaster emergency amid Covid resurgence
New York State is now experiencing Covid-19 transmission at rates unseen since April 2020, Hochul said in an executive order. The state had 6,295 new cases on Thursday with a test positivity rate of 3.45 per cent and 28 new related deaths, according to official data released on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.
India, Sri Lanka, Maldives maritime ops to tighten security in Indian ocean
"The Tri-lateral Focused Operations, between India-Sri Lanka-Maldives commenced at Sea from 27-28 November 2021. The exercise under the aegis of Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) is a pioneering effort to collaborate efforts towards the Pillar of Maritime Security," Indian High Commission in Colombo said in a statement.
Afghan territory must not be used by Pak-based terror groups, India tells Russia, China during trilateral meet
New Delhi's expectations were put forward by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar when he chaired the 18th meeting of the Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral framework which was also attended by Sergey Lavrov and Wang Yi, the foreign ministers of Russia and China, via videoconference on Friday.
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