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Trace origin of Covid-19 or face 'Covid-26', 'Covid-32' : US experts

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden called for a renewed investigation into the virus's emergence and ordered the agencies to "redouble their efforts" and report to him again in 90 days.

China moves to cool Yuan rally by raising FX reserve requirement

The nation's financial institutions will need to hold 7 per cent of their foreign exchange in reserve from June 15

China moves to three-child policy as working-age population shrinks

China has been gradually reforming its stringent birth policy that for decades limited most families to only having a single child

Open up vaccination to India's private sector: SpiceJet scion Avani Singh

SpiceHealth was founded in November last year, quickly becoming a first mover in cheap testing for Covid-19.

India economy seen growing at world's quickest rate despite Covid outbreak

The economy is on track to grow 10% in the year that began April 1, according to the median of 12 estimates compiled by Bloomberg News

As WhatsApp hits India's great firewall, other companies may help build it

In the name of a responsible internet, several will be eager to abet the government in soft censorship.

World should learn the right lessons from India's Covid-19 cataclysm

All nations should now understand that vaccines work and that interfering with their supply is dangerous.

Late arrival of southwest monsoon rains in India may delay sowing of crops

Timely arrival of the monsoon is critical for India's crop output and economic growth.

Rally lures HDFC Bank to do 'whatever it takes' to make more equity deals

HDFC Bank ranked number 16 for overall equity deals business last year, and number 29 in 2019, according to Bloomberg.

Olympic games face shortage of medical staff as Covid cases surge in Japan

Organisers had initially planned to have about 10,000 medical staff on standby for the games, but have to cut short to about 7,000.

This time is different: Outside OPEC, oil firms aren't raising production

Oil industry is on the ropes, constrained by Wall Street investors demanding that companies focus on returning more money to shareholders.

Govt considers enhancing Rs 3 trn loan-guarantee for small firms: Report

It may allow small companies to borrow an additional 30% of their credit limit, up from 20% announced last year.

Finland start-up targets to remove car addiction, cut carbon emissions

MaaS Global says its app can fix urban congestion and reduce pollution.

Britain PM Boris Johnson marries fiancee in secret ceremony, says reports

According to reports by the Sun and Mail, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secret ceremony in Westminster Cathedral.

US announces sanctions on Belarus over dissident journalist's detention

Belarus earlier this week forced the landing of a jetliner carrying Pratasevich, a Belarusian journalist and outspoken critic of the Lukashenko regime, as it was traveling between Greece and Lithuania

Here is how coronavirus outbreak is changing the way Indians buy gold

While buyers have been slowly shifting away from the thousands of family-run jewelry shops that control the bulk of the world's second-biggest gold market, the pandemic has sped up the process

Retail traders frenzy lifts three of Asia's top-performing stock markets

The proliferation of cheap trading apps on smartphones and mobile devices remains a key catalyst for the trend

UK approves single-shot J&J Covid vaccine adding to British arsenal

The authorisation gives Britain a fourth shot in its arsenal, though its use may be initially limited given more than half the population has already received one vaccine dose

Glut of dollar drives usage of Fed reverse repo facility to record

Even though the offering rate on the Fed facility is 0 per cent, demand has been increasing as a flood of cash overwhelms U.S. dollar funding markets

Space plane start-up promises one-hour rides to anywhere on Earth

Venus Aerospace Corp., a startup pursuing a hypersonic space plane, is aiming to ferry people from Los Angeles to Tokyo in about an hour