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Covid-19: China may already be suffering with 1 mn infections and 5,000 deaths daily

December 22, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With the exponential spread of coronavirus, China is estimated to be already suffering with one million Covid-19 infections and around 5,000 deaths every day, the media reported on Thursday. The current virus wave sweeping the Asian giant may witness a daily case rise to 3.7 million infections in January and […]

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Education

The Bug Returns: China, the US, Brazil, S. Korea, Japan…back on the Covid-19 map

December 21, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With India returning to the mask-and-sanitation regime, Covid-19 threatens to overwhelm not only China but also the US, South Korea, Brazil, Japan, and several other countries as their ships and aircraft potentially turn into carriers of the pandemic in the next few weeks, the media reported. With fresh coronavirus waves […]

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Covid Review Meeting: People Advised to Wear Mask in Crowded Places

December 21, 2022 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 21: Alarm Bells have started ringing in India after three cases of Omicron sub variant BF.7, believed to be the strain that is spearheading China’s current surge of Covid-19 cases, have been detected in India so far. After the centre asked all the states and the union territories to carefully […]

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Roving Periscope: After ‘Zero Covid’ collapse, China may face 3 killer waves in 3 months

December 21, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As China’s budget deficit hit a record low of USD 1.1 trillion this year because of the Zero Covid slump, the world’s second-largest economy is now headed to face its worst-ever year in decades—experts have warned of three killer waves of the highly-infectious Omicron’s B.7 variant in the next three […]

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Nepal Blacklists 16 Indian Pharmaceutical Companies Including Divya Pharmacy

December 20, 2022 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 20: Nepal’s drug regulatory authority has blacklisted 16 Indian pharmaceutical companies, including Divya Pharmacy which manufactures Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali products. The Nepal Department of Drug Administration said these companies failed to comply with the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) drug manufacturing standards. In a notice issued on December 18, it asked […]

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Centre Taking Guard Afresh Against Covid-19

December 20, 2022 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 20: Amidst warning coming from the United States that Covid-19 was again posing threat to “people everywhere,” the central government on Tuesday asked all the states and union territories to gear up genome sequencing of positive cases to keep track of the emerging variants. The new instruction was issued as […]

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Business

Economy: World Bank slashes Covid-battered China’s growth to 2.7%

December 20, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: The surest sign of what China, the world’s second-largest economy, may face in 2023, came from the World Bank on Tuesday when it slashed its 2022 China growth forecast predicted in June at 4.3 percent to 2.7 percent now. Various reports have suggested that China could be overwhelmed with a […]

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Roving Periscope: Curbs gone, now China may face over two million Covid-19 deaths in 2023

December 20, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: For the first time since 1949, Communist-ruled China briefly became a ‘People’s Republic’ in November when, under extreme pressure because of the widespread protests against the Zero Covid policy across the country, it suddenly lifted brutal tactics to keep the potential and real pandemic victims behind doors. But this has […]

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Covid-19: As infections sour, over a million Chinese may die in 2023

December 17, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: For three years, beginning in January 2020, China completely suppressed reports about Covid-19’s actual impact and severely punished journalists trying to uncover the facts. As on December 17, 2022, Beijing’s official death toll because of Covid-19 was just 5,235, while the worldwide number was 6,642,832. Come 2023. China cannot hide […]

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The Sunrise: India to be a $5-tr economy by FY25, says Gadkari; USD 30 tr by 2047, says Tata Sons chief

December 16, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Union Road Transport and Highways and MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said India, the world’s fastest-growing major economy, is all set to achieve a GDP worth USD 5 trillion by the financial year 2024-25. And Tata Sons Chairman N. Chandrasekaran said India can look forward to becoming a USD […]

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