by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Kerala government has told the Supreme Court that it is "vigorously vaccinating" people against COVID-19 and is expected to inoculate at least 60 percent of its population within two or three months. In an affidavit filed in the apex court...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic could be as high as 4.9 million, according to a new study that provides further evidence that millions more may have died from coronavirus than the official tally. The report by the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
New Delhi: The government has decided as a matter of policy not to enumerate caste-wise population other than SCs and STs in census, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said that according to the provisions of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
BENGALURU: Indian shares fell on Tuesday as mixed corporate earnings and a global selloff sparked by a surge in Delta variant infections weighed on sentiment. By 0518 GMT, the NSE Nifty 50 index was down 0.94% at 15,604.65 and the S&P BSE Sensex was down...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Two-thirds of India's population have antibodies against the coronavirus, according to data released on Tuesday from a survey of 29,000 people across the nation conducted in June and July. The fourth national blood serum survey which tests for...