covid-19

India records 40% jump in daily Covid cases, 14 deaths in last 24 hours

India recorded 3,016 new cases of Covid-19  in the past 24 hours which works out to a 40 per cent…

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Delhi Govt to hold emergency meet as Covid positivity rate soars to 13.89%

The Delhi government has called for an emergency meeting today as there has been a sudden surge in Covid-19 infections…

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Daily count of fresh Covid cases in India surges to 5 -month high

The daily count of fresh Covid-19 cases in India has surged to a five-month high of 2,151 in the last…

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Himachal Pradesh on high alert as Covid cases rise, 2 deaths in 15 days

Shimla: A fresh surge Covid-19 di infections in Himachal Pradesh which has claimed two lives has once again put the…

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Daily count of fresh Covid cases shoots up, 5 deaths recorded

India recorded 1,134 fresh Covid-19 cases and five deaths in the last 24 hour, according to Union Health Ministry data…

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Daily count of fresh Covid cases surges to 4-month high, 2 deaths in Kerala

The daily count of fresh new Covid-19 cases in India surged to a four-month high of 841 in the last…

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Covid-19 infections surge in 6 states, Centre sounds alert

The Centre is worried over the surge in Covid-19 cases in 6 states as the number of fresh daily infections…

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RBI chief Shaktikanta Das wins Governor of the Year honour

Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Das has been named the ‘Governor of the Year’ by Central Banking…

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Covid-19 cases in India start rising again, one death in Tamil Nadu

India recorded 444 fresh Covid-19  infections on Tuesday taking the  total number of coronavirus patients in the country to 3,890…

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Has Raghuram Rajan become torchbearer of losers opposing rise of New India?

Raghuram Rajan, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) who also served as chief economic adviser under former…

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Fearing Covid, mother in Gurugram locks herself with her child for 3 years

Fear of the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on people in several ways including psychological. An instance of this…

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Couple in Odisha run free library and coaching centre for poor children

A couple in Odisha’s Junagarh are making a significant change in the life of several students, especially those belonging to…

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After Google, Microsoft downsizing, Indian techies head home for jobs

After Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc announced the sacking of 12,000 employees on January 20, the Internet is full of…

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Will China be able to restore consumption in the new year?

The new year will continue to be challenging for China’s economy even as Beijing made it clear that its focus…

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Medicines run short in China as Covid wave surges

The huge wave of Covid infections in China has led to widespread shortages of the most common medicines used to…

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Four cases of Omicron variant driving China’s Covid wave detected in India

At least four cases of the BF.7 sub-variant of Omicron, that has triggered the current Covid wave in China, have…

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Beijing crematoriums struggle to cope with surging Covid deaths

Workers at crematoriums in Beijing said they are overwhelmed as Covid-19 cases have surged in China, according to a report…

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Barbados honours PIO Gurdip Bath for role in vaccine supply

Barbados has conferred The Honorary Order of the Republic on Gurdip Bath, a person of Indian origin who is the…

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Covid protesters in China innovate to beat state censors in cat-and-mouse game 

Chinese censors are scrambling to scrub references to protest code words and demonstration hotspots like Xinjiang. Chinese internet users and…

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BBC journalist covering Chinese protests arrested and handcuffed

The Chinese authorities have arrested a BBC journalist reporting on the mass anti-Covid restrictions protests sweeping across the country in…

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India’s first nasal vaccine for Covid-19 okayed for use

The booster dose of Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 nasal vaccine iNCOVACC was given emergency use authorisation (EUA) by the Drugs Controller…

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