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Centre reviews public health preparedness for management of Covid-19
States and UTs were briefed that India has been witnessing an...
610 cases of Covid’s new variant XBB1.16 found in India: INSACOG data
The highest number of Covid cases caused due to this variant has...
Covid vaccines in time saved an estimated 20 million lives in the first year of the rollout: Study
High- and upper-middle income countries accounted for the greatest number of deaths prevented -- more than 12 million More could have been done to extend the benefits of vaccines to a wider number of people, according to a commentary in the same journal. Inequitable...
Japan: Achieving one of the world’s lowest Covid-19 death rates
A core pillar supporting the low death rate was the underlying good health of Japan’s population. The country has the longest life expectancy in the world, and was one of only six OECD members not to see a reduction in 2020. Just 5% of Japanese people are obese, one...
From security to uncertainty: Post Covid, many elderly return to workforce
The reasons for seeking financial independence are varied as is the income bracket. It could be somebody whose son lost his job, another whose savings dwindled in the long months of lockdown or an elderly person who may have seen an earning child die of Covid and is...
Beijing warns of ‘explosive’ COVID outbreak as Shanghai begins mass testing
While China’s infection rate is low by global standards, President Xi Jinping has doubled down on a zero-COVID policy that authorities say is needed to protect the elderly and the medical system, even as other countries try to live with the virus. So far the country...
Covid origins unclear but laboratory leak theory needs study: WHO
In a report released Thursday, WHO's expert group said key pieces of data are still missing to explain how the pandemic began. The scientists said the group would remain open to any and all scientific evidence that becomes available in the future to allow for...
Centre writes to 5 states over rise in Covid cases, weekly positivity rates
Rajesh Bhushan,Union Health Secretary States have been asked to refer to the directions issued in a letter by the ministry dated April 8, 2022 for strategic areas of intervention like relaxation in various activities, testing and surveillance, clinical management,...
Trillions at stake in India as women disappear from workforce
Closing the employment gap between men and women — a whopping 58 percentage points — could expand India’s GDP by close to a third by 2050. That equates to nearly $6 trillion in constant US dollar terms, according to a recent analysis from Bloomberg Economics The...
“ Indian government’s Sagarmala project will unleash country’s economic potential by harnessing its 7500 km long coastline’’
Amitabh Kumar, IRS, Director General of Shipping Hosted by the General Insurance Council, International Union of Marine Insurance(IUMI) will hold its Asia Forum 2022 in Mumbai during June 1-2, On the occasion of this international event, Amitabh Kumar, IRS, Director...
Reliance spends Rs 1,185 cr on corporate social responsibility in FY22
During FY 2021-22 (April 2021 to March 2022), Reliance undertook a range of initiatives through its pillars of work including rural transformation, health, education, disaster response along with sports for development initiatives Mumbai: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's...
World Bank’s Malpass says war in Ukraine may trigger global recession
David Malpass,President,World Bank Developing countries were being hit even harder given shortfalls of fertilizer and food stocks and energy supplies, he said "The idea of energy prices doubling is enough to trigger a recession by itself," he said World Bank...