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Covid-19 crisis: High Court tells Delhi govt to increase RT-PCR testing

The HC asked an expert panel, set up by the Lieutenant Governor, to convene a meeting on priority basis to consider the extent to which capacity of testing by RT-PCR should be ramped up

Spike in Covid-19 cases bares gaps in Delhi, Mumbai critical care infra

Industry says govt makeshift facilities lie vacant as patients scramble for private hospital beds

Over 300,000 workers returned to India under Vande Bharat Mission: Govt

The minister also gave a break up of the workers who returned from various countries with the maximum of them returning from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations

Demand for donors soars amid debate over plasma therapy effectiveness

Study questions therapy's effectiveness in reducing Covid death risks; doctors say helpful in early days

Mobile firms stare at gloomy festive season amid Covid-led disruption

The current quarter (July-September) is traditionally the largest in terms of volume shipment as all leading players fill up their inventory in anticipation of bumper sales in festive weeks

P&G Health June-quarter net profit jumps 11% to Rs 49 cr despite low sales

Procter & Gamble Health, formerly known as Merck, on Wednesday reported a 10.8 per cent jump in June quarter net profit at Rs 48.9 crore. The profit growth came despite a fall in sales to Rs 200.3 crore due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as against Rs 224.9 crore in the April-June period of last year. "The company delivered a strong double-digit growth for four successive quarters up until the onset of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. Despite initial impact on account of disruption in business operations, the company continues to demonstrate a resilient performance," its Managing Director Milind Thatte said. Protecting the health and safety of employees and partners, continuing to serve consumers, and support communities and relief efforts have been the company's priorities during the pandemic time, he added. In the 18 months to June, the company reported sales of Rs 1,329 crore. The sales figure had stood at Rs 818.2 crore in the calendar year 2018, it said in a statement. Profit

Air passenger load factor crosses 60% in August, shows DGCA data

IndiGo remains the market leader with 59.4 per cent market share in August

Serum Institute of India gets nod to resume Covid-19 vaccine trial

The resumption of trails was allowed after the vaccine maker submitted recommendations of the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), the UK, and DSMB, India

As Covid cases rise, MP HC asks Mumbai firm not to stop oxygen supply

The directive was issued by a division bench of Justices S C Sharma and Shailendra Shukla on Wednesday

Covid-19: UK inflation eases to 0.2% on temporary steps to aid spending

The reading of 0.2% was slightly higher than the zero forecast by economists, although the drop from July's reading of 1% was still the biggest since 2008

Oil refiners shut plants fearing lost demand may never come back

Consumption has not returned to pre-pandemic levels and lower travel may be here to stay, leading to the possibility plants may shut permanently

35 armed forces personnel died of Covid-19, over 19,800 infected: Govt

The coronavirus pandemic has killed 35 armed forces personnel and infected 19,839 of them, according to details provided by the government in the Lok Sabha. Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said 32 Army personnel and three from the Indian Air Force died of COVID-19. "The number of COVID-19 cases in Army, Navy and Air Force are 16,758, 1,365 and 1,716 respectively," he said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. All the three services have taken a series of measures to insulate their personnel from coronavirus infection, the minister said. The total number of coronavirus cases in India has crossed 50 lakh while the death toll has surpassed 82,000, according to official figures.

Coronavirus LIVE updates: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari tests positive

Coronavirus latest update: DCGI has gave permission to Serum Institute of India to resume clinical trial of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine candidate. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE updates

US plans 'marathon campaign' to give free Covid-19 vaccine to citizens

The Pentagon is involved with the distribution of vaccines, but civilian health workers will be the ones giving shots

Centre, states may welcome N K Singh's plan for fiscal deficit range

The 15th Finance Commission Chairman had pushed for a range instead of a fixed number, saying it is more realistic and will lead to less accounting engineering

Whatever the calculation, India's Q1 GDP contraction is severest among all

Irrespective of whether it is sequential or year-on-year, the inference remains the same; South Africa's 50% contraction is "annualised" and is incomparable to India's 24% fall

Tamil Nadu adds 5,652 Covid cases, 983 in Chennai alone

82,644 persons were tested and 5,768 patients were discharged

OECD sees world economy withstanding coronavirus better than forecast

The better view reflects the strong economic pickup in recent months and the vast injection of public resources

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Delhi sees spike in Dengue, Covid co-infections

Notice to Odisha govt over spread of among tribals, Covid worse than swine flu, one million cases in 11 days--news on how the country is dealing with the pandemic

Wholesale-retail inflation gap the widest in vegetables and pulses

As a result, though consumers might have been paying more for these crops, farmers have gained little