With 177 million, India largest contributor to global population milestone of 8 billion: UN

As the world population touched 8 billion on Tuesday, India was the largest contributor to the milestone, having added 177 million people, while China, whose contribution to the next billion in the global population is projected to be in the negative, the UN said. India is expected to surpass China as the world’s…

Telangana woman who arrived from UK tests negative for Omicron, results of 12 others awaited

The first international passenger who tested positive for Covid upon arrival at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad on December 1, the day Centre’s new guidelines came into effect in the wake of the emergence of the Omicron strain, has tested negative for the new variant. Telangana Director of…