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Principal Secretary to PM chairs high-level meeting amid COVID-19 rise, stresses on 5-fold strategy
India recorded 12,591 new Covid cases in a day, the highest in...
6,155 fresh Covid infections in India, active cases climb to 31,194
Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya In view of increasing...
Pandemic sets back Asia-Pacific’s poverty fight by 2 years – ADB
At least 20% of developing Asia's population were either extremely or moderately poor in 2021. This proportion could be halved by 2030 if governments focus on resilience, innovation, and inclusiveness to provide more balanced economic opportunities and greater social...
Scientists discover ‘weak spot’ across all major COVID-19 variants
"This is a highly adaptable virus that has evolved to evade most existing antibody treatments, as well as much of the immunity conferred by vaccines and natural infection," said Sriram Subramaniam, a professor at the University of British Columbia, and the study's...
World coronavirus cases fall 24%; deaths rise in Asia: WHO
The U.N. health agency said there were 5.4 million new COVID-19 cases reported last week, a decline of 24% from the previous week. Infections fell everywhere in the world, including by nearly 40% in Africa and Europe and by a third in the Middle East. COVID deaths...
U.S. CDC no longer recommends students quarantine for COVID-19 exposure
The agency also said it is no longer recommending unvaccinated people quarantine after exposure, saying around 95% of the U.S. population has either been vaccinated or had COVID-19 already, or both The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday...
Centre writes to States/UT over rising COVID cases; stresses on five-fold strategy
The letters were sent to the State Health Secretaries of Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Telangana on reporting a high number of COVID cases and positivity rate New Delhi: The Centre on Saturday wrote to six states and the Union Territory...
Overseas travel insurance increases 76% post-pandemic: ICICI Lombard
Sanjeev Mantri, executive director, ICICI Lombard said, “Customers are increasingly cautious and seek adequate medical cover, including COVID-19 cover for overseas trips. The bulk of travel purchases always took place digitally, with the numbers now only increasing....
Rising cost may hurt Indian insurance industry: YouGov’s global Survey
In a recent survey, YouGov asked consumers across 18 markets in which areas would they first make cutbacks if their household budget is squeezed due to increase in cost of living. Over a tenth (13%) of global consumers answered insurance policies or premiums The...
No question of India getting into stagflation or recession: Sitharaman
"Repeatedly in the assessment of global agencies, India remains the fastest growing economy in the assessment of global agencies. Pandemic, second wave, Omicron, Russia-Ukraine (war), even today largest supply components in China are under lockdown. In spite of that,...
Only 11% of 69 cr beneficiaries have taken Covid precaution doses; officials blame complacency
Official sources also said that six states, including Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, are reporting more than 1,000 average daily cases. Also, 181 districts in India are reporting a weekly positivity of more than 10 per cent (in the week ending July...
Pandemic, supply disruptions pose risk to food security; urgent actions needed says World Bank led joint statement
Citing World Food Programme data, the joint statement said the number of acute food insecure people increased to 345 million in 82 countries "Making matters worse, around 25 countries have reacted to higher food prices by adopting export restrictions affecting over 8...