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Covid-19: Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal Drop Pandemic Restrictions

March 31, 2022 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, March 31: With the union home ministry officially declaring closure to all emergency restrictions for the pandemic from Saturday, many state governments have decided to drop the Covid-related restrictions including wearing of masks. Quickest to take the decision to do away with the Covid-related restrictions was one of the worst-hit Covid […]

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Dark Age: Broke Sri Lanka has no diesel, shuts even street lights

March 31, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Sri Lanka has stopped the sale of diesel across the island nation and even announced to shut off street lights as it has no money left to pay for fuels. On Thursday, Sri Lanka, in a dire economic crisis due mainly to its crippled tourism sector, jobless expatriates stopping remittances, […]

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Covid-19: Hong Kong’s spiraling infections panicked China to shut down Shanghai

March 31, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Some three years ago, the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong had become a pain in China’s neck. Now the fifth wave of a rapidly spiraling rate of Covid-19 infections in the same restive region has panicked Beijing to clamp the severest lockdowns in Shanghai and other north-eastern provinces of the […]

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Covid-19: Most Countries Drop Guards, Testing: Who Worried

March 30, 2022 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, March 30: The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern as the number of people succumbing to Covid-19 shot up by over 40 per cent in the last week, despite a decline in cases everywhere. “Between the end of January and early March 2022, there was a consistent decreasing trend in the number […]

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Chinese economy: Resurgence of Covid-19 may severely affect growth, says study

March 30, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The fast resurgence of Covid-19 cases, strict zero-tolerance policy, and fresh lockdowns may affect China’s economy severely, a new study showed on Wednesday. No official figures for fresh infections were available. But the extent of lockdowns showed these cases could be very high. Currently, millions of Chinese are under lockdown […]

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End of Coronavirus: All Covid-19 Restrictions to go from March 31

March 23, 2022 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, March 23: Two years after imposing various containment measures following the outbreak of Covid-19, the centre has decided to withdraw all restrictions from March 31 officially ending the pandemic. Days after monitoring the continuous dip in Coronavirus cases in the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday announced end of all such […]

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Giving a push to EVs and batteries: Suzuki to invest Rs. 10,440 cr in Gujarat

March 21, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Giving a major push to manufacture affordable electric vehicles (EVs) and batteries in India, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the Budget for the fiscal 2022-23 last month, Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC), parent of India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), will invest Rs. 10,440 crore in […]

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Covid-19: As fresh infections soar, China locks down millions more

March 21, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the Covid-19 cases increasing at an alarming rate in China because of the highly contagious variant Omicron and its sub-variants—over 4,000 cases were reported on Sunday alone—the Asian country has imposed strict stay-at-home orders on millions more in the north-eastern provinces battling the biggest pandemic outbreak in two years. […]

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Oral Hygiene: Steps to prevent Cavities

March 19, 2022 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad: The health of teeth, gums, and the overall oral-facial system that allows smiling, talking, and chewing, is referred to as oral health. Cavities (tooth decay), gum disease (periodontal disease), and oral cancer are some of the most frequent disorders that affect oral health. Oral diseases are distinct yet linked to other chronic illnesses. Chronic […]

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Covid-19: Fresh global rise in cases only tip of the iceberg, says WHO

March 17, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid fresh spurt in Covid-19 infections in China, South Korea, and other countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said the rise in global pandemic cases is only “the tip of the iceberg”. Alarmed, India’s Health Minister Mansukh Mandavia held an important high-level meeting of officials on Wednesday to assess […]