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Covid-19: Unvaccinated queue up for shots as Canada’s Quebec levies health tax

January 13, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: This is what other countries should also follow: impose health tax on the unvaccinated people to force them to take the shots! The government of the French-speaking Quebec province in Canada has announced to penalize the unvaccinated. Although it is yet to reveal the details of the penalty to be […]

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2021: At 7%, US inflation highest in 40 years

January 13, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Inflation in the United States jumped at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years in December 2021, a 7 percent spike from a year before, that has increased household expenses, ate into wage gains, and enormously pressured President Joe Biden and the Federal Reserve to address what has potentially become […]

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Don’t take Omicron lightly – it is dangerous for unvaccinated: WHO

January 13, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The World Health Organization on Wednesday said the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is dangerous and especially so for those who have not been vaccinated against the disease. Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said more than 90 countries were yet to meet the target of vaccinating 40 percent of their populations, and more than 85 percent […]

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Sports Authority of India Postpones The Khelo India Youth Games 2021 due to Covid-19

January 12, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Khelo India Youth Games 2021 were postponed on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. The Sports Authority of India (SAI) took the decision after reviewing the surge in the Omicron variant and the ongoing coronavirus cases in the country. The Khelo India Youth Games 2021 were scheduled for November-December 2021. However, the dates were […]

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PM Lauds Spirit of Youths, Over Two Crore 15-18 Age Group Youths have Taken Jabs

January 12, 2022 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELH, Jan 12: Even as the prime minister Narendra Modi lauded the “sense of responsibility” of the country’s youth who have responded in large numbers to the government’s appeal for vaccination of the young ones in 15-18 age group, the centre on Wednesday told the states and union territories to take special […]

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Covid-19: Repeating the same vaccine as booster dose not viable, says WHO

January 12, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said repeating the same vaccine as a booster dose is not a viable strategy against mutating coronavirus strains and called for new vaccines that could better protect against transmission of the scourge. A WHO-created experts’ group, which assessed the performance of Covid-19 vaccines, warned […]

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Covid-19: Ahead of Winter Olympics in Feb, China harsh on Covid control

January 12, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid several countries boycotting Winter Olympics, scheduled in Beijing from February 4 to 20, China has adopted extremely harsh measures to enforce a Covid-Zero policy and contain fresh outbreaks of the pandemics if only to save the Games from near collapse. Currently, nearly 20 million people in three major cities […]

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Covid-19: ‘Omicron may infect W. Europe’s 50% population by mid-March’

January 11, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a grim warning, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that over half the population of Western Europe could get infected with the Omicron virus of Covid-19 in the next eight weeks. In the first week of January, Europe recorded over seven million fresh cases of the highly […]

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Economy: India to lead global growth rate this decade, says Tata Sons chief

January 11, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the raging third wave of Covid-19 and fears of its negative impact on the Indian economy, which is still recovering from the second wave, Tata Sons chairperson N.Chandrasekaran sent out a glimmer of hope on Tuesday, saying India will lead the global growth rates significantly in this decade as […]

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India records 1.68 lakh Covid cases, lower than yesterday

January 11, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: India on Tuesday reported 168,063 new covid cases in the last 24 hours – which is 6.4 percent lower than the number of yesterdays. On Monday, the country had recorded 1.79 lakh Covid cases. India also witnessed 277 fatalities due to COVID-19, and the country’s death toll has now increased to 484,213. According to […]