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Biden praises PM Modi for handling pandemic successfully: Official

The US president contrasted India's success with China's failure to handle the pandemic, though both countries are of comparable size

UK PM Johnson faces fresh allegations as new 'partygate' photos emerge

The pictures, released by ITV News channel, reportedly show Johnson at a farewell drinks party on November 13, 2020, for which at least one person is believed to have been fined by Scotland Yard

Covid: NRI on Gujarat visit tests positive for Omicron sub-variant BA.5

The 29-year-old man, who lives in South Africa, had on May 1 tested positive for the coronavirus after he arrived in Vadodara to meet his parents

US reports over 107,000 child Covid cases in a week, up by nearly 72%

More than 107,000 child Covid-19 cases were reported in the US during the past week, up by about 72 per cent from a fortnight ago, a latest report has revealed

More turn to UK food banks as bills soar even as Covid threat fades

While the virus threat has faded, the need for food banks in Britain has soared. Skyrocketing energy and food bills are pushing millions deeper into financial hardship

Breakthrough Covid infection more likely in cancer, Alzheimer's patients

Breakthrough Covid-19 cases resulting in infections, hospitalisations and deaths are significantly more likely in cancer and Alzheimer's patients, according to two new studies.

China's bet on homegrown coronavirus vaccines holds back country

China is trying to navigate its biggest coronavirus outbreak without a tool it could have adopted many months ago, the kind of vaccines that have proven to offer the best protection against Covid

WEF 2022: Oxfam calls for wealth tax to benefit women in informal sectors

During a session on gender parity at the WEF 2022 at Davos, Bucher noted that billionaire wealth has risen greatly during the two years of the pandemic

Data story: India logs 1,675 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,490

India has so far administered 1,925,270,955 vaccine doses

Covid-19 pandemic is 'far from over', reiterates WHO chief Tedros

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has reiterated here that the Covid-19 pandemic "is far from over".

China lockdowns, war risk derailing global jobs recovery, says ILO

China accounted for 86% of the dip in working hours due to containment measures to stop the spread of Covid, according to the report

India's economic growth may have slowed to 3.5% in Q4 of FY22: Icra Ratings

The agency said the hiccups in the recovery of the contact-intensive services attributable to the third wave of Covid-19 in the country may have also affected the economic growth in the quarter

Use Covid learning to boost global health: Adar Poonawalla to world leaders

Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Monday said he is appealing to multilateral organisations and world leaders to come up with a draft about learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic to strengthen health systems globally. The learnings from the global pandemic would help in addressing inequity in the health systems that are prevalent currently, Poonawalla said. "This year @Davos, I am appealing to multilateral organisations & world leaders to come together in creating a draft, learning from the lessons of the pandemic for a Global Pandemic Treaty to address inequity & strengthen global health systems," he tweeted. Pune-based SII is the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by the number of doses produced and sold globally. During the pandemic, the company not only supplied COVID-19 vaccines in India but also exported these to multiple nations.

WEF is back after two years and pandemic-related curbs are still intact

Delegates had to upload proof of primary and booster vaccination, an RT-PCR negative test result taken 72 hours before arrival, and get tested once after arrival to continue participation in the Forum

Live: Vinai Kumar Saxena named LG of Delhi after Anil Baijal's resignation

LIVE news updates: Vinai Kumar Saxena will be the new Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.

BA.4 variant patient fully recovered, no spread in Tamil Nadu: Health Secy

Tamil Nadu's first case of covid-19 Omicron BA. 4 sub lineage variant is a teenager and a part of a four-member family with no travel history and had taken two jabs of the vaccine against the virus.

Karnataka court to hear case against Cong leaders for padayatra in Covid

A city magistrate court on Tuesday will hear a case against 27 state Congress leaders, including Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D K Shivakumar and former chief minister Siddaramaiah,

Andhra kept Covid mortality rate at lowest despite handicaps: Jagan

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said on Monday that the state effectively handled Covid-19 pandemic with the lowest mortality rate in the country

Asia stocks stifled by inflation, rising interest rates and China concerns

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.3% as the region's major markets traded in the red. Oil rose and gold extended its recent gains

Monkeypox threat doesn't rise to level of Covid-19, says Joe Biden

President Joe Biden sought Monday to calm concerns about recent cases of monkeypox that have been identified in Europe and the United States