Covid-19 pandemic likely to settle as seasonal flu this year: WHO
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Covid-19 pandemic, which has so far claimed more than seven million deaths globally, may likely end up being as public health...
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US Fed minutes suggest earlier & faster rate increases
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New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Minutes from the US Federal Reserves December 2021 policy meeting underpin officials hawkish pivot and suggest earlier and faster rate increases...
NZ to move into new Covid protection system on Dec 3
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Wellington, Nov 23 (IANS) New Zealand will move into the new Covid-19 traffic light system on December 3, which provides the ability for businesses and events...
NZ PM calls for strong, equitable, sustainable post-Covid recovery
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Wellington, Nov 11 (IANS) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday called on political and business leaders to work together to build a strong, equitable...
Covishield not a problem, discussing certification with app builders: British envoy
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New Delhi, Sep 23 Amid the vaccine row with the UK, the British High Commissioner to India, Alex Ellis, said on Wednesday that the Covishield...
US Fed signals tapering could start soon
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Washington, Sep 23 (IANS) The US Federal Reserve has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at the record-low level of near zero, while signaling that the...
From 2004 tsunami to Covid-19: A timeline of Quad elevation
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New York, Sep 23 (IANS) Nearly 17 years after the deadly 2004 tsunami, when outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian...
Jaishankar urges UK Foreign Secy to resolve quarantine curbs on vaccinated Indians
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United Nations, Sep 21 (IANS) India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has raised with the UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss her country’s rules that require vaccinated...
Signs of recovery: Credit profiles of large no of Cos get an upgrade
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New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) In a sign of a sharp economic recovery, credit profiles of companies has seen a marked improvement in the five month...
Argentina urges G20 to bolster cooperation, solidarity amid pandemic
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Buenos Aires, Sep 7 (IANS) Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti has called on members of the G20 to strengthen international cooperation and solidarity amid the Covid-19...
Vietnam begins new school year amid worst Covid wave
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Hanoi, Sep 5 (IANS) Over two-thirds of Vietnam’s 63 provincial-level localities started their new school year on Sunday amid the worst ever wave of the Covid-19...
Abu Dhabi has lifted quarantine measures starting September 5, 2021
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New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANSlife) Following the updated international entry guidelines recently announced by the Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee, the Department of...
India supplies oxygen concentrators to Thailand
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New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) India supplied oxygen concentrators to Thailand on Friday to help it its fight against the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Indian Navy said....
Biological E gets DCGI nod to conduct phase 2/3 trials on children
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New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission to Hyderabad-based Biological E Limited to conduct Phase 2 and 3...
EU removes US from safe travel list due to Covid surge
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Brussels, Aug 31 (IANS) The Council of the European Union (EU) has recommended that member states of the bloc reintroduce restrictions on travellers from the US...
Australia records worst day of pandemic
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Canberra, Aug 25 (IANS) Australia on Wednesday reported a new record number of coronavirus cases for the third time in a week. There were 973 new...
High fuel prices pose additional risk to India’s demand recovery: Fitch
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New Delhi [India], July 31 –– A resurgence of coronavirus (Covid-19) triggered sharp declines in India’s domestic oil demand over the second quarter. However, experts...
Pandemic tests organisational leadership
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The global health crisis created by Covid-19 has predictably put in focus the role of political rulers of nations across the world but in an...
US CDC reclassifies Delta Covid-19 strain ‘variant of concern’
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Washington, June 17 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reclassified the Delta strain of Covid-19 as a variant of concern, based on...
French Cos pledge support for India’s health infrastructure
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New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IFCCI) has raised over EUR 6.1 million (Rs 55 crore) from French companies based...
Covid-19 can infect cells in eye: Study
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New York, May 18 (IANS) A team of US researchers has, in an alarming study, found direct evidence that Covid-19 can infect cells in the eye....