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Twitter ends enforcement of COVID misinformation policy
Despite its rules prohibiting COVID misinformation, Twitter has...
Cannot be asked to compensate for deaths due to Covid-19 vaccines: Centre
The affidavit was filed in response to a petition by the parents of...
Covid arbitrage: Trade of the year
The uber rich in other parts of the world, from U.S. to the U.K., also found ways to hide. Jetting off to far-flung New Zealand, seeking out doomsday bunkers, or simply retiring to holiday homes far from the crowds It was a warm spring evening in Taipei and more than...
India reports 6,531 new COVID-19 cases, Omicron tally at 578
"India has so far conducted over 67.29 crore cumulative tests," said the Ministry. As per the release, the weekly positivity rate at 0.63 per cent remains less than 1 per cent for the last 43 days now India has logged 6,531 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the...
Infectious diseases present ‘clear and present danger’ everywhere:UN
Noting that infectious diseases remain “a clear and present danger to every country”, . Guterres maintained COVID-19 would not be the last pandemic for humanity It means strengthening primary health care at the local level to prevent collapse… ensuring equitable...
Govt’s decision to vaccinate children ‘unscientific’: Senior AIIMS epidemiologist
"But according to whatever knowledge we have about vaccines, they are unable to make a significant dent in the infection. In some countries, people are getting infected even after taking booster shots'' Sanjay K Rai, A senior epidemiologist at AIIMS , president of the...
Sunny days await job seekers as economic recovery hopes energise cos
''Omicron or not, we have reason to believe that the days of complete shutdown are behind us. Everyone, be it employees, employers or government bodies, have realised that a fine balance between lives and livelihoods will have to be struck,'' Balasubramanian A,...
Gap between 2nd Covid shot and booster likely to be 9-12 months: Report
The nitty-gritty of the gaps for the vaccines currently being used in India's inoculation programme Covishield and Covaxin is being worked out, and a final decision over this will be taken soon, they said. New Delhi:The gap between the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine...
World economy now set to surpass $100 Trillion in 2022, India to become 3rd largest by 2031
British consultancy Cebr predicts India looks set to overtake France next year and then Britain in 2023 to regain its place as the world's sixth biggest economy, Cebr said Climate change will lower consumer spending by $2 trillion a year on average through 2036 as...
5,700 flights cancelled globally as Omicron hits Christmas weekend travel
"The nationwide spike in Omicron cases this week has had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation," United said in a statement Friday Chinese airlines accounted for the highest number of cancellations, with China Eastern scrapping 1,000...
PM Modi announces jabs for 15-18 age group, ‘precaution dose’ for Covid warriors
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Booster doses for frontline workers, as well as co-morbid patients aged 60 years and up after consultations from the doctor, will be given from January 10 Modi assured that soon the country will develop nasal vaccine and the world’s first...
Omicorn Check:Centre to deploy multi-disciplinary teams in 10 states with high covid cases and low vaccination
As per the document, these 10 states are Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Mizoram, Karnataka, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Punjab New Delhi: Multi-disciplinary central teams have been deployed in 10 states which are reporting either an increasing...