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Centre Wants States to Renew Attention to Rising Covid-19 Infections

August 6, 2022 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Aug 6: The union government has asked seven states including the national capital state of Delhi to take additional precautions amidst a marginal rise in the number of Coronavirus cases in the past one week. Though the number of new cases showed a marginal decline on Saturday compared to the numbers […]

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Monkeypox: Over 23k cases globally, as the WHO, US declare public health emergency

August 5, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the World Health Organization (WHO) said the United States had seen the biggest jump in monkeypox cases, Washington declared a “public health emergency” on Thursday. The media reported the contagious disease continued to spread globally. As of August 3, over 6,600 cases of the disease had been confirmed in […]

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Monkeypox: After nine deaths, WHO says more fatalities may follow

August 1, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Global health watchdog World Health Organization (WHO), on Monday, said monkeypox, which has claimed five lives in Africa and four outside it, including one in India, may cause more fatalities. “With the continued spread of monkeypox, we will expect to see more deaths,” Catherine Smallwood, Senior Emergency Officer at WHO […]

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Covid-19: with 4 new patients, China locks down 1 mn people in global epicenter Wuhan

July 27, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Despite China’s ongoing brutal ‘zero-Covid’ policy, the pandemic has returned to the land of its origin, in ebbs and flows, slowly grinding the world’s second-largest economy. This time, officials have thrown nearly one million people behind locked gates on the outskirts of Wuhan, the global epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic […]

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Roving Periscope: Reduction in Russian gas supply shudders Europe ahead of winter

July 26, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As its inconclusive Ukraine invasion entered the 152nd day on Tuesday, an angry Russia has reduced natural gas supply to Europe for its continued support to Kyiv and as a protest against western anti-Moscow sanctions, which may freeze the Continent ahead of the approaching winter. On Monday, Russia tightened its […]

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Roving Periscope: Troops crackdown on protesters; Gunawardena’s new Lanka PM

July 22, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As a veteran politician, Dinesh Gunawardena took oath as the new Prime Minister in crisis-ridden Sri Lanka on Friday; heavily armed troops took positions on key buildings across the capital Colombo and cracked down on protesters camping in the city since March against the island country’s bankrupt economy. Six-time Prime […]

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Roving Periscope: Amid protests, Wickremesinghe takes oath as SL President

July 21, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Six-time former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday sworn-in as Sri Lanka’s 8th Executive President, until November 2024, amid protests against his unprecedented “election” not by the people but by Parliament. The protesters opposed his presidency as a proxy of his predecessor, the ousted and fugitive Gotabaya Rajapaksa, whose […]

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Roving Periscope: Presidential poll on Wednesday; Sri Lanka on edge, India worried

July 19, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day before Sri Lanka’s mid-term presidential election scheduled for Wednesday amid political stalemate, main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa withdrew from the race on Tuesday in favor of a ruling party dissident, Dullas Alahapperuma, as India braced for uncertainty in its neighborhood. A worried New Delhi has called for an […]

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Disaster: India delivers supplies to Nepal for flood relief

July 15, 2022 virendra pandit

New Delhi: India on Friday delivered flood and disaster relief material, including 10 motorized inflatable boats and 3,000 large/family tents, to Nepal. Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava presented the disaster relief supplies to Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand during a ceremony held in Kathmandu, officials said here. (Venkatesh)

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Covid-19: China’s economy contracted 2.6% in Q2FY22

July 15, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With China thrusting a brutal zero-Covid policy and prolonged lockdowns, the country’s economy contracted in the three months ending in June, compared with the previous quarter, as Shanghai and other cities were completely shut down to fight fresh outbreaks of Covid-19, but the government claimed a “stable recovery” is underway. […]