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Delhi govt provides honorarium of Rs 1 cr to family of Corona warrior
The Delhi government on Tuesday provided an honorarium of Rs 1 crore to the family of a nurse who lost her life to COVID-19 while serving as a frontline warrior during the pandemic
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China issues 60,000 visas to Indian nationals since Jan 2023 after 3 yrs
Earlier in March 2023, China announced that it will be allowing the entry of foreign tourists into the country, including from India for the first time in three years
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Tech companies lead way with 50% of total flex space in India: Report
A hybrid working model has brought flex spaces to the centre stage and helped occupiers in optimising costs and ensuring employee flexibility, the report said
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Why did this Chinese city name and shame debtors in a newspaper ad?
Wuhan's finance bureau says more than 250 entities owe the local government millions
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India logs 310 new Covid-19 cases, active infections dip to 4,709
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,44,53,479 and the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18%
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Housing.com sees 4-fold jump in monthly traffic from pre-Covid level: CEO
Proptech firm Housing.com has seen a four-fold jump in monthly traffic on its website to over 20 million compared to pre-Covid level on demand revival and fast adoption of digital tools
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Delhi records 12 fresh coronavirus cases, one death in last 24 hours
Delhi logged 12 fresh Covid cases on Saturday with a positivity rate of 0.77 per cent, according to data shared by the city government's health department
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Non-communicable diseases bigger issue than Covid pandemic: Apollo JMD
'Non-communicable disease is a larger pandemic than Covid. We must protect against cancer, cardiovascular, nephro, neuro problems'
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India logs 425 new Covid-19 cases, active infection tally down at 5,259
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease rose to 4,44,52,223 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent
Top Headlines: Govt's dividend from PSBs, Meesho hints at IPO in '25 & more
Business Standard brings you top news at this hour
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China braces for next wave of Covid-19 infections, peak in June: Report
According to NTD, it is predicted that over 60 million will catch the infection per week when the wave hits and noted that the authorities are preparing vaccines
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Mumbai sees seven fresh Covid-19 cases, no death, active tally at 108
As per a BMC report, the recover rate is 98.3 per cent and the overall growth rate of cases between May 19 and 25 is 0.0015 per cent
Railways fined 36 million ticketless passengers, earned Rs 2,200 crore
According to media reports, earlier in 2019-2020, 11 million people were caught travelling either without a ticket or with a wrong ticket. In 2021-2022, the tally, however, jumped to 27 million
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'9 saal, 9 sawaal': Congress asks questions as Modi govt completes 9 years
The document which is titled '9 saal 9 sawaal' lists queries on various subjects which include the economy, corruption, Coronavirus management, and China border row among other things
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Long COVID symptoms acquire firmer definition, threshold for diagnosis
After examining nearly 10,000 patients, most of whom had COVID-19, researchers have outlined 12 symptoms that most set apart those with and without long COVID
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Covid pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after a year of emergency use
Pfizer received full approval on Thursday for its COVID-19 pill Paxlovid that's been the go-to treatment against the coronavirus.
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Diseases know no borders, Covid underlined need for joint effort: Mandaviya
Mandaviya, in his address, highlighted the importance of collaborative research in mitigating and responding effectively to global health crises
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Stocks of Chinese pharma cos spike amid sharp increase in Covid cases
Amid a spike in COVID-19 infections in China, shares of the Chinese pharmaceutical countries have also seen a massive increase in their values on Wednesday, Hong Kong-based The Standard reported
India logs 535 new Covid-19 cases, active infections dip to 6,168
The death toll has increased to 5,31,854 with five deaths which includes three fatalities reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated
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WHO Chief Tedros warns of next pandemic, urge nations to be prepared
The warning comes weeks after the WHO head announced that the Covid-19 pandemic is no longer a public health emergency as the cases started stabilising across the world
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