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India-Australia FTA: Effective today, trade to triple to $70 bn in 5 years

December 29, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: The India-Australia free trade agreement (FTA), which came into effect on Thursday, will help boost bilateral trade in goods and services to cross USD 70 billion in the next five years, an economic think said. The two countries signed the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) on April 2 this […]

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SII Offers to Supply Two Crore Doses of Covishield Free to Centre

December 28, 2022 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 28: The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, has offered two crore doses of Covishield vaccine to the central government free of cost amid a rise in COVID-19 cases in some countries, official sources said on Wednesday. Sources said Prakash Kumar Singh, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs […]

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After Gambia, Uzbekistan Complaints of Children Death due to India-Made Cough Syrup

December 28, 2022 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 28: Months after Gambia complained of children’s death due to consuming India-made cough syrup, a similar complain has now come from Uzbekistan. The Health Ministry of Uzbekistan on Wednesday said 18 children, with acute respiratory disease, have died from taking excessive doses of a cough syrup, Doc-1 Max, manufactured by Marion Biotech, […]

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Covid Precaution: Negative Covid Report May be Made Mandatory for Passengers from Five Countries

December 28, 2022 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 28: With 39 people arriving in India from abroad having tested positive for Covid at airports across the country over the last two days, the centre is learnt to be mulling to make it mandatory for passengers arriving from China and five other Asian countries to carry negative RT-PCR reports […]

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Covid-19: ‘Not one but a cocktail of 4 Omicron variants roiling China’

December 28, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid China’s Covid explosion, which has infected millions and killed thousands this month, a top Indian expert said not one but four variants of the highly contagious Omicron strain are roiling the Asian country in its worst-ever health crisis. Dr. NK Arora, who heads the Government of India’s Covid-19 panel, […]

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Roving Periscope: Russia retaliates against oil price-cap as war rages on in Ukraine

December 28, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As its ongoing war in Ukraine entered the 10th month, Russia retaliated on Tuesday against a price cap on its oil imposed by western countries, while its rather reluctant armed forces got involved in heavy fighting around the bombed-out ghost town of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, the media reported on […]

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Covid Preparedness: Mock Drills Return Satisfactory Results

December 27, 2022 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 27: Amidst rising cases of Coronavirus, States and the union territories on Tuesday performed mock drills on Covid preparedness in keeping with the directive from the Union Health Ministry to assess the situation in case of a resurgence in coronavirus cases in the country. Several States reported success with their mock drills. […]

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Extreme weather: ‘Bomb cyclone’ kills 32 in the US as millions freeze in the darkness

December 26, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: A relentless and brutal winter storm that brought Christmas chaos to millions of Americans will dissipate only slowly, the US National Weather Service (NWS) said on Monday, after intense snow and frigid cold caused power outages, travel delays, and at least 32 deaths across the eastern part of the country. […]

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Roving Periscope: To divert attention from Covid failures, China sends ships and warplanes to Taiwan

December 26, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: During the Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020, Communist China saw an opportunity in a global crisis and attempted a military misadventure in East Ladakh, India, to divert the Chinese people’s attention from the Wuhan nursery and whip up patriotism. On Sunday the Dragon, now pulverized by a Covid tsunami itself, again […]

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China-Returnee Tests Positive in Agra, Centre Orders Covid Mock Drill to Focus on Preparedness

December 25, 2022 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 25: Even as a 40-year old man who works in China tested Covid positive on his return on leave, the Centre has asked all the states and union territories to hold a mock drills at health facilities on Tuesday to re-oil the machinery to ensure swift response if the Covid […]

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