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Odisha coroanvius update: 4,241 Covid cases, 13 fresh fatalities reported

Odisha's Covid-19 tally rose to 167,161 on Thursday as 4,241 more people, including a BJP MLA, tested positive for the infection

Maharashtra coronavirus update: 4,571 new Covid cases in Pune district

Pune district reported 4,571 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours which took its case count to 240,423

Gujarat Covid update: Highest single day spike of 1,379 cases reported

Gujarat recorded the highest single day spike in Covid-19 with 1,379 cases, taking the tally to 1,19,088, while 14 more deaths pushed the toll to 3,273

Chhattisgarh records highest one-day spike of 3,809 Covid-19 cases

Chhattisgarh recorded the highest single-day spike of 3,809 new Covid-19 cases, taking the states count of infections to 77,775, while a sero survey was launched in select districts

Covid-19 crisis: 1 in 7 reporting side-effects from Sputnik V, says report

The Russian vaccine is still safer and at-par with global competitors, says report

Shoutout apps that bring you birthday greetings from a film or sports star

Personalised video messages, text messages from celebrities' verified social media handles and live interactive sessions are three key models through which fan and celebrity interact

Donald Trump to announce $13 billion in farm aid on Thursday: Report

It was not immediately clear which farmers would benefit from the new round of aid

Federal Reserve weighs bank dividends as it prepares second stress test

The central bank said it will release the results of the new analysis by the end of 2020

Covid-19: Banks get more capital relief as ECB wants stimulus to work

Banks will be temporarily allowed to tweak the math behind a financial strength metric known as the leverage ratio to their benefit by stripping out deposits held at central banks, the ECB said

Weekly coronavirus cases top 300,000 in Europe, WHO issues warning

Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday, the World Health Organisation's European director Dr Hans Kluge warned that Europe was facing a "very serious" situation

Global economic recovery may take five years: World Bank chief economist

"There will probably be a quick rebound as all the restriction measures linked to lockdowns are lifted, but a full recovery will take as much as five years," Carmen Reinhart said

Covid-19: Donald Trump again scorns science on masks and vaccines

The president's comments put him at odds with the CDC, the world's premier public health agency, over the course of a pandemic that he keeps insisting is "rounding the corner" to an end

The new Apple Watch tracks blood oxygen, but how useful is this feature?

The feature is particularly timely with the coronavirus, because some patients in critical condition with Covid-19 have had low blood oxygen levels

Practo is looking to scale faster riding on Covid-19, says CEO Shashank ND

As telemedicine became the preferred medium for consultations, the firm saw over 70 per cent first time-users and 44 per cent users coming from non-metro cities

Despite Covid, Sterling & Wilson hopes to surpass FY20 order flow this year

The company, which is betting big on international markets, has so far won orders worth Rs 5,696 cr compared with Rs 828 cr during the same period last year

Covid-19 impact: E-commerce companies may see 50% rise in festive sales

Flipkart, Amazon projected to cross $7 billion in these sales during Covid-19

Irdai to develop standardised products for bridging protection gap

Life Insurers must aim to achieve a 13th month persistency of 90% within a year, says Irdai chairman

Advance tax mop-up declines 25%, indicates economic health recovery

However, this is an improvement over the 40% decline seen in Q1; TDS down between 10 and 12% across jurisdictions

Axis Bank's multi-year low valuations a worry for investors

In addition, there's also growing stress in the bank's SME (small and medium enterprise) loans, a segment which was fast growing until FY20

250 distressed firms rescued under insolvency law till June: IBBI chief

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has been in force for four years and provides for a time-bound and market-linked resolution framework for stressed assets