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Covid pandemic-induced income blues not yet over for seven states/UTs

Residents of 6 states and a Union Territory are yet to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic-induced income shock, data compiled by the National Statistical Office for 21 states and UTs for FY22 shocks.

Dolo 650 maker says drug part of Covid treatment, denies 'freebie' charges

In paracetamol market, Dolo's share rose to 24% from 15% pre-Covid-19

Delhi sees 625 new Covid-19 cases, 7 deaths; positivity rate at 9.27%

Delhi on Monday reported 625 fresh COVID-19 cases and seven deaths, while the positivity rate stood at 9.27 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. The fresh cases came out of 6,744 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. With the fresh cases and fatalities, Delhi's infection tally increased to 19,94,448 and the death toll to 26,427, it said. On Sunday, Delhi reported 942 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 7.25 per cent. On Saturday, it logged 1,109 cases with a positivity rate of 11.23 per cent, and nine fatalities. Last Monday, the city recorded eight deaths and 1,227 cases with a positivity rate of 14.57 per cent. Before this, Delhi logged more than 2,000 cases for 12 consecutive days.

China announces plans to issue visas for stranded Indian students

China on Monday announced plans to issue visas to hundreds of Indian students stranded at home for over two years due to Beijing's strict COVID restrictions, besides various categories of travel permits for Indians including business visas. "Warmest congrats to #Indian #students! Your patience proves worthwhile. I can really share your excitement & happiness. Welcome back to #China!" Ji Rong, Counsellor, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China tweeted. Her tweet cited a detailed announcement by the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi announcing the opening of visas for students, businessmen and families of those working in China. As per the announcement, X1-Visa, will be issued to students who intend to go to China to pursue long-term study for higher academic education, including newly-enrolled students and students who return to China to resume their studies. Over 23,000 Indian students, mostly studying medicine, are reportedly stuck back home due to COVID visa .

Mumbai sees 592 new Covid cases, 27% fall from Sunday; 5,769 active cases

Mumbai on Monday reported 592 COVID-19 cases, which is 27.6 per cent lower than the addition to the tally a day earlier, and two deaths, a civic official said. It took the tally in the metropolis to 11,38,941 and the toll to 19,673, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official added. On Sunday, the city witnessed 818 cases, which is 226 more than the figures for the day, and one death, he pointed out. It is also the third consecutive day when the number of cases detected was less than 1,000, he said. Of the new cases, only 21 patients were symptomatic, the official said. The recovery count rose by 584 and touched 11,13,499, leaving the financial capital with a active caseload of 5,769, the civic official informed. BMC data showed that 1,80,16,941 coronavirus tests have been conducted so far, including 6,244 in the last 24 hours, which was lower than the 8,347 samples examined in the previous 24-hour period. The city's recovery rate is 97.8 per cent and the overall growth rate

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Covid mRNA vaccines safe in patients with heart failure, shows study

Covid mRNA vaccines are associated with a decreased risk of death in patients with heart failure, says a new study

Maharashtra's Thane records 324 new Covid-19 cases; active tally at 1,904

Maharashtra's Thane district has recorded 324 new COVID-19 cases, taking its infection tally to 7,38,777, a health official said on Monday. With the addition of the latest numbers on Sunday, the district currently has 1,904 active COVID-19 cases, he said. No death was reported on Sunday and the fatality toll in the district stood at 11,938. The recovery count in Thane has reached 7,25,364, he added.

Kerala, UP lag as GSDP of 19 states exceed pre-Covid levels in FY22: Report

The economies of 19 states and UTs in FY22 exceeded their pre-coronavirus levels, as they recorded double-digit growth in the last fiscal year

Data story: India logs 9,531 new Covid cases; active tally at 97,648

India has added 80,579 cases in the past 7 days

Japan's PM Kishida tests Covid positive, in isolation, cancels travels

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and cancelled his planned travels while he isolates and recuperates. Kishida developed a slight fever and cough late on Saturday and a PCR test for the coronavirus was positive, said Noriyuki Shikata, the cabinet secretary for public affairs at the prime minister's office. Prime Minister Kishida is isolated inside his residence, he told The Associated Press on Sunday. The 65-year-old prime minister was on summer vacation last week and was scheduled to return to work on Monday. It's not clear where or how he was infected. Kishida won't go in person to a conference on African development later this month in Tunisia but will participate online. He also postponed his trip to the Middle East. Cases of coronavirus infections have been surging recently in Japan, although most people including Kishida have been vaccinated. Other world leaders including US President Joe Biden have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and ...

US first lady Jill Biden ends isolation after testing negative for Covid-19

She tested positive for Covid-19 last week and had mild symptoms

2022 Housing sales to breach pre-Covid levels despite rate hikes: Industry

India's residential market is expected to sustain demand momentum despite rise in mortgage and property rates as sales this year across the top 7 cities are likely to breach pre-pandemic level of 2.62 lakh units, industry players said. After braving four back-to-back disruptions in form of demonetisation, RERA, GST and COVID-19 in the last 6 years, industry experts feel the housing market is going through a lot of structural changes and is now at the start of a long-term upcycle. Homebuyers body FPCE gives credit to the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) under the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016 for this improved buying sentiment. All major listed real estate developers posted record sales bookings in the last fiscal and have given guidance that their sales numbers in FY'23 will be even better. However, if the overall market is taken into account and not just listed entities, the RBI's decision to hike interest rates by a cumulative 140 basis points and ...

Dolo 650 maker rejects allegations of Rs 1,000 cr worth freebies to doctors

Drug firm Micro Labs has termed the allegations that it offered freebies worth Rs 1,000 crore to doctors to promote its anti-inflammatory drug Dolo 650 as baseless. The Supreme Court on Thursday was told by an NGO that the Central Board of Direct Taxes has accused the Bengaluru-based drug firm of distributing Rs 1,000 crore freebies to doctors for prescribing its 650 mg tablets. In a statement, a Micro Labs spokesperson said that in some of the recent media reports it has been falsely and maliciously alleged that the company has been distributing freebies worth Rs 1,000 crore to promote Dolo 650 in one year. "This is highly misleading and is affecting the reputation of Micro Labs, pharmaceutical industry and doctors," the spokesperson added. The annual sales of Dolo 650 have been Rs 360 crores, about 8 per cent of the company sales. Despite the raw material cost tripling during COVID times, Micro Labs maintained its uninterrupted supplies without any price change as per the govern

Mumbai sees 818 new Covid-19 cases, one fatality in last 24 hours

Mumbai on Sunday reported 818 new coronavirus cases that raised the tally of infections to 11,38,349, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. Of the 818 new cases, only 57 patients were symptomatic while the rest were asymptomatic, it said. The COVID-19 death toll rose by one to 19,673, the BMC said in a bulletin. At least 8,347 swab samples were tested in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of tests conducted so far in Mumbai to 1,80,10,697. With 881 patients recovering from the coronavirus infection during the day, the count of recoveries in the metropolis reached 11,12,915, leaving the city with 5,761 active cases. The case recovery rate in Mumbai stands at 97.8 per cent, while the overall growth rate stood at 0.072 per cent between August 14 and 20, the bulletin stated.

Maharashtra sees 1,832 Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths; active tally now 11,641

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 1,832 COVID-19 cases and two fatalities, which took the tally to 80,84,383 and the toll to 1,48,195, a health department official said. A day earlier, the state had reported 1,855 cases and two deaths. Of the new cases, Mumbai Circle led with 1,259, followed by Pune Circle (295), Nashik Circle (78), Nagpur Circle (100), Kolhapur Circle (39), Latur Circle (32), Aurangabad Circle (16) and Akola Circle (13). One of the two COVID-19 fatalities was reported from Mumbai city and the other from Satara in western Maharashtra, the official said. The recovery count increased by 2,055 in the past 24 hours and touched 79,24,547, leaving Maharashtra with an active caseload of 11,641. Mumbai accounts for 5,761 active cases, followed by 1,925 in Thane and 1,579 in Pune, he said. The overall number of coronavirus tests in Maharashtra reached 8,38,38,036 after 30,421 samples were examined in the last 24 hours, he added. As per the state health department data, the

US first lady Jill Biden tests negative for Covid-19, will go to Delaware

First lady Jill Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 and will leave South Carolina, where she had isolated since vacationing with President Joe Biden, and rejoin him at their Delaware beach home, her office said Sunday. The White House announced on Tuesday that the 71-year-old first lady, who like her husband has been twice-vaccinated and twice-boosted with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, had tested positive for the coronavirus. She first had symptoms on Monday. The 79-year-old president recovered from a rebound case of the virus on Aug. 7. Jill Biden was prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid and isolated at the Kiawah Island vacation home for five days before receiving negative results from two consecutive COVID-19 tests, spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander said. Jill Biden planned to travel to Delaware later Sunday.

Delhi reports 942 new Covid cases; positivity rate falls to 7.25%

Delhi on Sunday reported 942 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 7.25 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. No new death has been reported due to the disease. The fresh cases on Sunday came out of 13,001 tests conducted the previous day, the bulletin said. With this, Delhi's caseload went up to 19,93,823 and the death toll to 26,420. On Saturday, Delhi saw 1,109 COVID-19 cases, with a positivity rate of 11.23 per cent, and nine fatalities due to the viral disease. The city on Friday had logged 1,417 COVID-19 cases, with a positivity rate of 7.53 per cent, and three fatalities. On Thursday, it recorded 1,964 COVID-19 cases with a test positivity rate of 9.42 per cent, and eight deaths. Eight fatalities and 1,652 cases of Covid were logged in the city on Wednesday with a positivity rate of 9.92 per cent. On Tuesday, the national capital reported 917 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 19.20 per cent and three deaths due to the infection.

Japan PM Fumio Kishida rests after testing positive for Covid: Reports

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been diagnosed with the coronavirus Sunday and cancelled his planned travels while he recuperates. Kishida developed a fever and cough late Saturday and tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, Japanese media reports said. The prime minister's office was not immediately available for comment. The 65-year-old prime minister was on summer vacation last week and scheduled to return to work Monday. It's not clear where or how he was infected. Kishida won't go in person to a conference on African development later this month in Tunisia but will take part in it online, and he postponed his trip to the Middle East, according to public broadcaster NHK. Cases of coronavirus infections have been surging recently in Japan, although most people including Kishida have been vaccinated. Other world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and recovered.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tests positive for Covid-19: Report

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday tested positive for Covid, local media reported.