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China’s National Bureau of Statistics refuses to reveal number of deaths occurred in December, 2022: Report
The National Bureau of Statistics reported a total of 10.41 million...
First Indian intranasal Covid-19 vaccine to be launched on Jan 26
Earlier, Bharat Biotech had announced that it would sell the...
New COVID mutant ‘XE’ found in UK, more transmissible than Omicron sub-variant: WHO
Recombinant variants are not an unusual occurrence, particularly when there are several variants in circulation, and several have been identified over the course of the pandemic to date. As with other kinds of variant, most will die off relatively quickly," Professor...
“India Has One Of The Lowest Covid Deaths (374) Per Million”: Centre
According to the data available with World Health Organisation (WHO), India has one of the lowest deaths per million (374 deaths per million population) which is much lower compared to similarly affected countries like the United States of America (2,920 deaths per...
Maersk warns Shanghai city lockdown to boost transport costs further
A survey conducted by a state newspaper found Shenzhen's "war" on COVID-19 has hurt up to 93% of local small and medium-sized companies, with many suffering production disruptions because of shutdowns, interruptions in supply chains, and delays in order executions...
Insurers can sell short-term Carona policies till Sept,2022:IRDAI
Hyderabad: The insurance regulator IRDAI has once again extended the time frame to sell short-term exclusive Carona policies by the insurers to September, 2022. The IRDA, which had asked insurers to offer standard corona specific health cover polices from July 2020,...
84 pc of Indian Firms Plan ASEAN HQ in Singapore: SC Survey
As of 2020, more than 8,000 Indian companies were registered in the country The top three identified risks are the COVID-19 pandemic or other health crises (85 per cent), the slow revival of the economy and drop in consumer spending (73 per cent), as well as...
Tata AIA Life expects total premium income to cross Rs 14,000 cr in FY22: CEO
''People forget about masks and social distancing, among others. They also forget about life insurance, which is why my point is that Covid is only a short term awareness builder. For the long term, we have to do our work ourselves,'' Naveen Tahilyani, MD & CEO,...
Tesla to halt Shanghai factory production amid COVID curbs, Bloomberg News reports
Tesla's production in the plant will be halted on Monday, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter, adding that the electric car maker hasn't yet informed workers if it would extend the suspension beyond Monday Tesla Inc is planning to suspend...
Govt mulls dropping pre-call announcements on phones after 2 yrs of Covid
Official sources said the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has written to the Union Health Ministry requesting it to drop these pre-call announcements and caller tunes New Delhi; The COVID-19 awareness pre-call audio announcements set by telecom operators at the...
Shanghai to lock down in two stages for testing as COVID cases spike
The city houses factories belonging to the likes of Tesla , Volkswagen and the country's largest chipmaker SMIC, as well as the mainland China headquarters of many international companies China reported a total of 4,448 new asymptomatic infections on March 26, up from...
Covid variant worse than Omicron in next 2 years: UK epidemiologist
England's chief medical officer, Chris Whitty England's chief medical officer, Chris Whitty noted that the strain could cause "worse problems" than Omicron and the challenges from the current strain are "not by any means trivial", and its emergence could...