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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarGlobal Covid caseload tops 472 mn, fatalities surge past 6.09 mn
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 79,775,780 and 972,603, according to the CSSE The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (43,009,390 infections and 516,510 deaths), followed by Brazil...
Telemedicine booms in S.Korea amid COVID,President-elect Yoon backs practice
A total 2 million people are under home care for COVID in the country. While there are two doctors per 1,000 people on average in South Korea, only six of 17 cities and provinces meet the average, showing how health care is thinner in many parts This gap in...
Boeing’s tenuous recovery shaken by 737 Jet crash in China
It’s too soon to know what caused the China Eastern accident, and investigations can take months or years to unfold. The lost airplane was relatively young, flying commercially for about seven years. Leading causes of such accidents tend to be maintenance issues,...
RBI Guv allays stagflation fears, says Ukraine war to have minimal impact on India
Shatikanta Das,Governor,Reserve Bank of India Firmly ruling out the prospects of the economy falling into stagflation -- a situation of prices shooting over the roof and growth plunging -- Reserve Bank Governor Shatikanta Das on Monday instead said prices are set to...
DGCA puts Boeing 737 on ‘enhanced surveillance’ after China plane crash
When asked what steps the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is taking following Monday's crash, Kumar told PTI, "Flight safety is serious business and we are closely studying the situation. In the interim, we are focusing on enhanced surveillance of our 737...
EPFO interest rate better than other schemes, reflects today’s realities: FM in RS
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman cited the comparative prevailing interest rates of other schemes saying Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana offers 7.6 per cent, Senior Citizen saving scheme (7.4 per cent) and PPF (7.1 per cent), while SBI's 5-10 year fixed deposits attracted...
Govt should construct trauma centres near highways: Chowdhury
Every hour there are 35 accidents and one death in every four minutes and ''this is quite untenable,'' he said adding how many trauma centres are being set up to deal with the road accident cases. New Delhi; Expressing concern over road accidents and deaths, Congress...
Govt yet to choose PSU general insurers to be privatised: Karad
Bhagwat Karad, minister of state, ministry of finance As per inputs received from Department of investment and Public Asset Management(DIPAM), the government has not yet decided on the public sector general insurance companies that are to be privatised The government...
Berkshire Hathaway to buy Alleghany for $11.6 bn in return to dealmaking
Warren Buffett, chairman, Berkshire Hathaway Inc Buffett is diving deeper into the world of insurance with the Alleghany deal, an industry that has been key to the growth of Berkshire into a conglomerate with a market value of more than $750 billion With Alleghany,...
Airbus in touch with Tata for providing new aircraft for Air India
According to Airbus India President Remi Maillard said: "We are in talks with all airlines." , India is set to witness a massive growth in outbound passenger traffic As per estimates, India is expected to witness growth of 6.2 per cent in international air traffic,...
Govt considers widening Covid booster shots to all adults in India: Report
The government is debating whether to provide boosters to other groups for free, said one of the sources, who both sought anonymity as the government has yet to make a decision. A health ministry spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment New...
LIC IPO: Govt files updated draft papers with Q3 financials
As per the updated financials, the Life Insurance Corporation reported a net profit of Rs 235 crore in the October-December quarter. The net profit in April-December, 2021, increased to Rs 1,671.57 crore from Rs 7.08 crore a year ago Mumbai: The government has filed...
Chinese passenger plane with 132 aboard crashes in Guangxi province, no sign of survivors
Broadcaster CCTV said the accident involving a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 and occurred near the city of Wuzhou in Teng county. It said rescuers had been dispatched and there was no immediate word on numbers of dead and injured The twin-engine, single aisle...
Companies put brakes on $25 billion of deal-making as Ukraine war rages
More than $18 billion of the delayed deals are for debt financing, including bonds, loans and asset-backed securities, while the rest is for for mergers, acquisitions and initial public offerings Firms across the globe are ditching fund-raising deals at a quickening...
Australia to make Big Tech hand over data on misinformation
"Digital platforms must take responsibility for what is on their sites and take action when harmful or misleading content appears," Communications Minister Paul Fletcher said in a statement Australia's media regulator will be able to force internet companies to...
Hong Kong to ease strict COVID measures from April, lifts flight ban
Hong Kong's border has effectively been shut since 2020 with few flights able to land and hardly any passengers allowed to transit, isolating a city that had built a reputation as a global financial hub Hong Kong: Hong Kong plans to relax some anti-COVID-19 measures...
Second Covishield dose can be given between 8-16 weeks after first dose, says NTAGI reducing gap
The decision will lead to accelerated administration of the second dose of Covishield to the remaining six to seven crore individuals amid rising cases in several countries, the source said. The government had on May 13, 2021 extended the gap between the first and...
Experts say future Covid waves unlikely to have serious impact in India; some call for easing mask mandate
Dr N K Arora, chairman of the COVID-19 working group of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), said given the high vaccination coverage and the wide spread of the disease, the possibility of India being hit by a severe wave is less likely. But that...