News18 Afternoon Digest: Delta Variant is Dangerous & is Continuing to Evolve and Mutate: WHO Chief; Meet Sirisha Bandla, the Second India-Born Woman to Fly to Space
News 18Delta Variant is Dangerous & is Continuing to Evolve and Mutate: WHO Chief The world is in a very “dangerous period” of the COVID-19 pandemic compounded by more transmissible variants like Delta, which is continuing to evolve and mutate, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned. Kangana Ranaut Suppressed Facts to Get favourable Order, Javed Akhtar Tells HC Lyricist Javed Akhtar on Friday filed an intervention application in the Bombay High Court claiming that actor Kangana Ranaut failed to disclose certain facts in her petition before the court seeking speedy renewal of her passport. Covaxin 77.8% Effective Against Covid, Works 65.2% on Delta: Bharat Biotech in Final Phase 3 Trial Analysis Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin has demonstrated 77.8 per cent effectiveness against symptomatic COVID-19 and 65.2 per cent protection against the new Delta variant. Meet Sirisha Bandla, the Second India-Born Woman to Fly to Space After Kalpana Chawla, Indian-origin Sirisha Bandla will become the second Indian-born woman to fly into space later this month.