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Maharashtra reports 2,701 new Covid cases, highest in nearly four months
Mumbai on Wednesday recorded 1,765 new Covid cases, its highest single-day count since January 26
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After lockdown, Shanghai tries to mend fences with foreign firms
The image of China's most cosmopolitan city and its biggest business hub was badly damaged by the two-month lockdown
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Moderna's new booster produces stronger response against Omicron
Moderna has been studying the so-called bivalent vaccine, which targets both Omicron and the original coronavirus strain to determine if it works better against the variant
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Govt policies, proactive steps helped India deal with Covid: FM Sitharaman
Enabling policies and proactive steps taken by the government, including tax cuts helped the country deal with the unprecedented situation arising due to the pandemic, said FM Sitharaman
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Long Covid may negatively impact performance at work, says report
Facing memory, attention and concentration problems at work post Covid infection? A new study shows individuals, who had contracted Covid-19, reported significantly more cognitive failures at work.
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Oil prices rise despite US inventory hike as China eases Covid lockdowns
Oil prices have risen backing on Chinese expectations as it unlocks cities. Even though US inventory hikes, oil prices rose parallely, possibly due to a strike by Norwegian workers.
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Analysts see RBI taking policy rates well above pre-pandemic levels by Mar
Citing the aggressive wording to tame inflation, analysts expect the Reserve Bank to deliver more rate hikes during the current fiscal and take key policy rates to well above the pre-pandemic levels
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India's growth to enhance once cloud of pandemic, conflict recedes: CEA
The impact of structural reforms, like GST and IBC, will help boost India's growth once the cloud of the pandemic and geopolitical conflict recedes, Chief Economic Advisor Anantha Nageswaran said
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World Bank warns of recession as Ukraine war hits already rocked economies
Countries around the world are facing recession as the Ukraine war hits economies already rocked by the Covid pandemic, the World Bank has warned, BBC reported.
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Covid positive Sonia Gandhi seeks more time from ED, to skip summon today
Congress president Sonia Gandhi may not appear before the Enforcement Directorate(ED) on Wednesday and has sought more time from the agency as she has not tested Covid-19 negative.
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Karnataka sees spike in Covid infections, 348 cases reported after 3 months
The number of fresh Covid cases have been steadily increasing in Karnataka. After a gap of three months as many as 348 new cases have been reported min a span of 24 hours
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Thane reports 313 new Covid-19 infections; death toll stands at 11,895
With the addition of 313 new COVID-19 cases, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 7,11,626, an official said on Wednesday.
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Data story: India logs 4,518 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,701
The count of active cases across India on June 6 increased by 1,730, compared with 1,636 on June 5
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Data story: India logs 5,233 new cases; biggest single-day jump in 95 days
India has added 29,450 cases in the past 7 days
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Data story: India logs 3,714 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,708
The count of active cases across India on June 7 increased by 1,194, compared with 1,730 on June 6
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SpiceJet extends ESOP scheme to employees to recognise efforts amid Covid
SpiceJet extended its ESOP scheme to mid to senior level employees and critical resource staff in recognition of their contribution to the Company in the last three years of the Covid-19 crisis
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China logs 44 new local Covid-19 infections amid uptick in cases: Report
China reported 44 locally-transmitted confirmed Covid-19 cases, on Tuesday, the National Health Commission said Wednesday, Xinhua reported.
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FDA advisers back Novavax's Covid vaccine shots as 4th US option
American adults who haven't yet gotten vaccinated against Covid-19 may soon get another choice, as advisers to the Food and Drug Administration backed a more traditional type of shot
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Covid-19 pandemic: Maharashtra, Kerala on high alert as cases spike
On Tuesday, Maharashtra recorded 1,881 new Covid cases, 81 per cent more than the previous day and highest since February 18
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Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mumbai account for a third of daily Covid-19 cases
The three cities account for a tenth of the country's daily tests
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