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Data story: India logs 2,710 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,539
India has so far administered 1,929,774,973 vaccine doses
 "Data story: India logs 2,710 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,539")
China's industrial profits slump in April as Covid curbs squeeze firms
Industrial output from the commercial hub of Shanghai, located at the heart of manufacturing in the Yangtze River Delta, nosedived 61.5% in April
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China logs 80 new local Covid-19 cases, 45 in Shanghai; 22 in Beijing
A total of 216 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Thursday, the National Health Commission said in its Friday report
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Chinese tech firms forced into 'blood listings' as capital dries up
Public offerings at slashed valuations could translate into losses for venture capitalists in late funding rounds
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Hospitality deals pick up after a lull as HNIs, family offices check in
Family offices, high net-worth individuals and institutional investors are looking at the sector, say advisory firms
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Indian fintech's success an example of popular support for reforms: Modi
India got record amount of foreign investments last year during the coronavirus pandemic, says Prime Minister in Hyderabad.
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Dominant coronavirus mutant in US contains ghost of pandemic past
The coronavirus mutant that is now dominant in the United States is a member of the omicron family but scientists say it spreads faster than its omicron predecessors, is adept at escaping immunity
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WHO: Covid-19 cases and deaths mostly dropping, except for the Americas
The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths are still falling globally after peaking in January, the World Health Organisation said.
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Maharashtra daily Covid case count crosses 500-mark, highest since March 5
Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 511 fresh coronavirus positive cases, the highest single day count since March 5, and one fatality, the health department said.
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Alibaba reports slowest growth yet in March quarter amid Covid outbreaks
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. on Thursday reported a single-digit increase in its fourth-quarter revenue, its slowest quarter yet as its online services and e-commerce businesses took a hit amid Covid-19
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Mumbai logs 350 new Covid cases, highest daily count since Feb 11
Mumbai on Thursday recorded 350 new coronavirus positive cases, its highest single-day count since February 11 this year, although nobody died due to the infection during the day, the BMC said
Covid-19: 403 new cases, one more death in Delhi; positivity rate 1.76%
Delhi reported 403 fresh Covid cases and one more fatality on Thursday, while the positivity rate stood at 1.76 per cent, according to the data shared by the health department here.
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Live: Modi launches 11 projects worth over Rs 31,400 cr, speaks in Chennai
Live news updates: blasts in Afghanistan to Russia-Ukraine war and coronavirus, catch all the live updates here
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Alibaba beats revenue estimates on demand for niche China shopping services
The company, however, said it would not issue a forecast for the new fiscal year, citing pandemic-related risks and uncertainties
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Vaccines may not be able to ward off long Covid risk, finds study
Previous studies claimed that vaccination, which remains critically important in the fight against Covid-19, wards off the long Covid risk
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Global Covid caseload tops 527.2 million, deaths cross 6.28 million
India accounts for the second highest caseload at 43,142,192
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China's Premier offers bleak outlook as hope of meeting GDP target fades
Latest official data showed a contraction in industrial output for the first time since 2020 and a jump in the surveyed jobless rate to 6.1% in April, close to a record
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Delhi records 424 fresh Covid cases, 4 deaths; positivity rate at 1.89%
A total of 22,490 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the national capital the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin
WEF 2022: Advanced economies to be back on track by 2024, says Gopinath
Advanced economies will be back on track by 2024, but developing economies will be 5 per cent below where they would have been otherwise, IMF's Gita Gopinath said
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Credit growth vaults in metros to 9.7% in FY22 despite second wave
The growth was 1.7% in FY21 and 4.8% cent in FY20, a pre-pandemic year
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