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FPIs invest Rs 11,557 cr in equities in Dec; COVID updates to drive flows in near term
'Concerns about COVID spread in China is a sentiment negative and...
Surge in Covid cases strain Chinese hospitals
Wang Guangfa, a respiratory expert from Peking University First...
Views of experts to be taken on vaccination for children below 15 years: Mandaviya
A study by ICMR released two days back showed that 99.3 per cent people who had contracted COVID-19 were safe as they were vaccinated, he said, and added this is a good indication. The government in the Budget 2022-23 has announced a national tele mental health...
PM CARES Fund corpus triples to Rs 10,990 cr in FY 2020-21; disbursal rises to 3,976 cr
According to the latest audited statement, it disbursed Rs 1,311 crore for 50,000 made-in-India ventilators to government hospitals, Rs 50 crore for the establishment of two 500-beds Covid hospitals in Muzaffarpur and Patna, and 16 RT-PCR testing labs in nine states...
India GDP estimated at Rs 147.5 lakh crore in FY22: Chaudhary
Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary In FY 2020-21, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said that as a major part of its policy response to the pandemic, the government while providing a safety net to the vulnerable sections of the society...
Alzheimer’s-like changes seen in COVID-19 patients’ brains
People who die of severe COVID-19 have brain abnormalities that resemble changes seen in Alzheimer's disease - accumulation of a protein called tau inside brain cells, and abnormal amounts of the protein beta-amyloid that accumulates into amyloid plaques - small...
Indians cough up Rs 74,000 cr for Covid tests in 2 years, says NGO
"Considering an average of Rs 1000/test, Indians have been compelled to spend over Rs 74,000-crore only for Covid-19 tests, with private labs netting the major portion of the loot," Grahak Bharati Founder-President Barrister Vinod Tiwari told IANS Mumbai: In the past...
Britain’s pandemic modellers say future large waves of COVID possible
The Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling, Operational sub-group (SPI-M-O) said the emergence of new viral variants was the biggest unknown factor in the medium-to-long term, along with waning population immunity and changes in mixing patterns LONDON: There...
Global Covid caseload tops 390.5 mn, deaths surge to more than 5.72 mn
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 76,344,963 and 901,288, according to the CSSE The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (41,952,712 infections and 500,055 deaths), followed by Brazil...
SC asks states to pay Covid death compensation to families in 10 days
The top court reiterated that applications seeking compensation should not be rejected on technical grounds and if any technical glitch is found, the states concerned should give them opportunity to cure defects as the ultimate goal of the welfare state is to provide...
Covid-19: End of pandemic in sight for Europe, thanks to high vaccination rates – WHO
Widespread immunity from vaccines and infections, combined with the change of season, also puts Europe in a better position to fend off any resurgence in transmission WHO Europe director Hans Kluge said. Two years after the outbreak of Covid-19, Europe could soon...
Slightly younger population infected more in this COVID-19 wave in India: Govt
“In vaccinated versus unvaccinated, death was 10 per cent (91 per cent co-morbidities) vs 22 per cent (83 per cent co-morbidities). So really nine out of 10 had co-morbidities in this young population who died and were vaccinated. Of the unvaccinated, 83 per cent had...