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High-Level Corona Review Meeting as over 1,100 New Cases Reported in a Day

March 22, 2023 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 22: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting on Wednesday to review the Covid situation amid rise in cases in the country and also took stock of the public health preparedness, officials said. Modi emphasised on the need for lab surveillance, genome testing and testing of all Severe Acute Respiratory […]

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Sri Lanka: IMF approves $3 bn bailout to support India’s cash-strapped neighbor

March 21, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After a year of unprecedented political and economic turmoil which resulted in the overthrow of the Rajapakse dynasty’s stranglehold on bankrupt Sri Lanka, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a nearly USD 3 billion bailout package on Monday for the South Asian island nation. Sri Lanka is burdened with an […]

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New Covid Variant is on Surge, But “No Alarming Severity”

March 20, 2023 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 20: The experts have confirmed that a newly detected variant of Covid virus is pushing up the current surge in cases across the country. The experts, however, also comforted stating that there was no “alarming severity” reported so far from the new variant. “The new variant XBB1.16 was currently being monitored,” Dr. Saumitra […]

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Sinking banks: Now, UBS takes over rival Credit Suisse for $3.25 bn; 9k jobs to go

March 20, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the Swiss government assuring to provide USD 9 billion to help UBS meet the possible losses while taking over nearest rival Credit Suisse, and the Swiss National Bank providing USD 100 billion of liquidity to facilitate the deal, UBS Group on Sunday agreed to take it over for USD […]

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Covid-19: Claims of a spike in poverty in India patently false, says study

March 20, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Claims of a spike in poverty and inequality in India during the Covid-19 pandemic period—2020-21—are patently false as they are based on incomparable surveys. In fact, inequality fell across the country during this period. These are the findings of a paper co-authored by eminent economist Arvind Panagariya, a former Vice-Chairman […]

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Water luxury: UN says bottled water industry can undermine safe water goal for all

March 18, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after Tata Consumer Products called off the talks with Bisleri International, to potentially acquire it for nearly Rs. 7,000 crores, a United Nations report said the rapidly growing bottled water industry can undermine progress towards a key sustainable development goal: Safe water for all. Based on data from 109 […]

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Covid Spurt: States Told to Focus on Controlling Case Rise

March 16, 2023 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 16: The centre has written to six states where Covid cases are again showing significant rise to focus on controlling the sudden increase in the viral infection. The Union Health Secretary on Wednesday wrote to Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka asking them to stress on testing, treating, tracking, and […]

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SVB fallout: Sensex tanks 900 points and Nifty tests 17k as US bank’s collapse panics investors

March 13, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Although the Indian startup ecosystem is relatively free from the contagion’s likely spread across the US after last week’s collapse of America’s 16th largest bank, Silicon Valley Bank, the fears of a banking sector crisis led to Sensex losing nearly 900 points and Nifty testing 17,000 on Monday. Senses closed […]

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Flu Cases to Recede by Month-End: Govt

March 10, 2023 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Mar 10: After two deaths in the country due to influenza caused by the H3N2 virus, the centre expressed the optimism on Friday that the seasonal influenza cases were expected to decline by the end of the current month. Two persons, one each in Karnataka and Haryana have died in the […]

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Campa Cola: Reliance relaunches iconic beverage brand in India; to challenge foreign colas

March 10, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The 50-year-old iconic soft drink brand, Campa Cola, is back in India. The Reliance Group acquired this popular soft drink brand recently for a relaunch across the Indian market, the media reported on Friday. Campa-Cola was the beverage of choice in India until replaced by other foreign ones, like Pepsi […]