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Time for multilateral institutions to be relevant in post-Covid world: FM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said it is time for multilateral institutions like World Bank and IMF to make themselves relevant in the post-pandemic world. She also said there is a need for debate over 'freebies'. Speaking at the release of book titled Recalibrate: Changing Paradigm, the minister said, there is a strong case for setting up of Fiscal Council as recommended in the book to further strengthen the fiscal discipline. The book is authored by Finance Commission Chairman N K Singh and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister P K Mishra.

Maharashtra sees 414 Covid-19 cases, 1 death, 771 recoveries: Official

Maharashtra on Monday recorded 414 COVID-19 cases and one fatality, which took the tally to 81,11,246 and the toll to 1,48,289, an official said. This was a dip from the 701 cases and three deaths recorded a day earlier, he pointed out. Mumbai accounted for 128 cases and one death. The recovery count in Maharashtra rose by 771 in the last 24 hours and reached 79,57,095, leaving the state with an active caseload of 5,862, the official said. State health department data showed the fatality rate was 1.82 per cent and the recovery rate was 98.10 per cent. It said 8,43,85,667 coronavirus tests have been conducted in the state so far, including 14,890 in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra's coronavirus figures for the day: Fresh cases: 414; total cases: 81,11,246, deaths: 1,48,289, recoveries 79,57,095, active cases: 5,862; total tests: 8,43,85,667.

Latest LIVE updates : IMD issues yellow alert for Mumbai, Thane, Sindhudurg

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Parliamentary panel recommends audit of 'deaths due to oxygen shortage'

The panel said further that the Committee is "disturbed" by the ministry's "unfortunate" denial of the Covid deaths due to Oxygen shortage in the country

Data story: India adds 4,369 new Covid cases; active tally at 46,347

India has added 38,087 cases in the past 7 days

Google considers making some Pixel phones in India, says report

The company's Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai previewed a plan to manufacture in India earlier this year but a final decision has not yet been made, the report added.

Global job market's rebound from Covid-19 pandemic is now at risk

Real wage growth has been under pressure since 2021-end and will continue to decline in many countries, according to an OECD report

Goldman Sachs plans to cut several hundred jobs starting this month: Report

While the total number is less than some previous rounds, the reductions are a resumption of Goldman's annual culling cycle that it had largely paused during the pandemic.

Daily Covid cases drop to 63 in Delhi, 1 death; active tally at 619

Delhi recorded one more death due to COVID-19 and 63 fresh cases of the infection with a positivity rate of 1.83 per cent on Monday, according to the data shared by the city health department. The new cases were detected from the 3,434 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. With the new cases and fatalities, Delhi's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 20,01,769 and the death toll has gone up to 26,494, according to the bulletin. On Sunday, the city logged 137 new Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.36 per cent and two more fatalities. The national capital recorded no death due to Covid and 137 cases of the infection with a positivity rate of 1.17 per cent on Saturday. On Friday, the city saw 123 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.06 per cent and four fatalities. On Thursday, it reported 182 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.37 per cent and three fatalities. The day before, it recorded 177 cases of the viral disease with a positivity

Mumbai records 128 new covid-19 cases, 1 death; active tally at 1,666

Mumbai on Monday recorded 128 new cases of coronavirus that took the overall tally to 11,48,106, while one more patient succumbed to the infection in the city, said a civic official. With one more COVID-19-linked death registered in the metropolis, the toll increased to 19,719, said the official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The count of recoveries rose to 11,26,721 after 172 people recuperated from the infection, he said. The city has a coronavirus recovery rate of 98.1 per cent and is now left with 1,666 active cases, the official said. As per a bulletin issued by the civic body, 6,206 swab samples were examined in the last 24 hours for detection of COVID-19, taking the number of tests conducted so far to 1,81,81,541. Of the 128 new cases, only 11 patients were symptomatic, it stated. The growth rate of COVID-19 cases in the city stood at 0.022 per cent between September 5 and September 11, while the case doubling rate has improved to 3,203 days.

Telangana logs 111 new Covid-19 cases; TRS MLC Kavitha tests positive

Telangana on Monday recorded 111 new COVID-19 cases, taking the overall caseload to 8, 36,052. Hyderabad district saw the highest number of cases with 52. A bulletin said 129 people recuperated from the infection and the cumulative number of recoveries was 8,31,085 till date. The recovery rate rose to 99.41 per cent. No fresh fatality due to the infection occurred and the death toll continued to be 4,111. The bulletin said 10,288 samples were tested today. The number of active cases was 856. Meanwhile, TRS MLC, in her twitter handle, said she has tested positive for COVID-19. After developing flu-like symptoms, I got myself tested for COVID-19 and my reports were positive. I request everybody who has come in contact with me in last 48 hours to kindly isolate and get themselves tested, if they develop any symptoms, she tweeted.

Delta variant of coronavirus could evade immune system, finds research

In the last almost three years, there have been many SARS-CoV-2 variants spreading across the world. Their outcomes have varied greatly, with the Delta variant being the deadliest

Residents under Covid lockdowns in China complain of food shortages: Report

Authorities are scrambling to contain local outbreaks ahead of the Communist Party of China's congress in October

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Data story: India logs 5,221 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,165

India has added 38,135 cases in the past 7 days

Delhi records 137 new Covid cases, two deaths; positivity rate 1.36%

Delhi recorded two more deaths due to COVID-19 and 137 fresh cases of the infection with a positivity rate of 1.36 per cent on Sunday, according to the data shared by the city health department. The new cases were detected from the 11,685 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. With the new cases and fatalities, Delhi's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 20,01,706 and the death toll has gone up to 26,493, according to the bulletin. The national capital recorded no death due to Covid and 137 fresh cases of the infection with a positivity rate of 1.17 per cent on Saturday. On Friday, the city logged 123 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.06 per cent and four fatalities. On Thursday, it reported 182 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.37 per cent and three fatalities. The day before, it recorded 177 fresh cases of the viral disease with a positivity rate of 1.36 per cent and two deaths. The government did not issue a bulletin on

Maharashtra reports 701 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths in 24 hours

Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 701 new cases of coronavirus and three deaths due to the infection, a state health department official said. With this, the tally of infections in the state has risen to 81,10,832 and the toll reached 1,48,288, he said. Mumbai circle accounted for 365 cases, followed by 182 in the Pune circle, Kolhapur 36, Nagpur 32, Latur 30, Nashik 25, Akola 20 and Aurangabad 11, the official said. Of the three fatalities, one was reported in Mumbai city, while two were from Satara district in Pune circle, he said. At least 1,056 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, taking the count of recoveries in Maharashtra to 79,56,324, the official said. Maharashtra currently has 6,220 active COVID-19 cases of which Mumbai has the highest 1,711 cases, followed by 1,437 and 1,370 cases in Thane and Pune districts respectively. The state's recovery rate is at 98.10 per cent and the fatality rate stands at 1.82 per cent, he said. With 18,495 swab samples

Xi Jinping to meet Putin in first trip outside China since Covid began

Against a backdrop of Russia's confrontation with the West over Ukraine, the crisis over Taiwan and a stuttering global economy, Xi is due on a state visit to Kazakhstan on Wednesday

Mumbai records 187 new Covid-19 cases, 1 death, 375 recoveries in a day

Mumbai on Sunday recorded 187 COVID-19 cases and one death, which took the tally in the metropolis to 11,47,978 and the toll to 19,718, a civic official said. The recovery count increased by 375 to touch 11,26,549, leaving the city with 1,711 active cases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said. Of the new cases, only 13 are symptomatic, taking the total number of such patients to 216, he added. BMC data showed the recovery rate was 98.1 per cent and the growth rate of cases between September 4 and September 10 stood at 0.024 per cent. The overall number of coronavirus tests carried out in the city was 1,81,75,335, including 4,801 in the last 24 hours, as per official data. The caseload doubling time was 2,962 days, it added.

1 person dying every 44 seconds due to Covid infection: WHO chief

As the world embarks on living a normal life post the pandemic amid declining cases, the WHO has warned that one person with Covid-19 is still dying every 44 seconds globally