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North Korea reports another jump in Covid cases with 232,880 new infections

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un accused officials of immaturity and slackness in handling the escalating COVID-19 outbreak ravaging across the unvaccinated nation.

Oil prices climb in early trade on hopes of China demand recovery

Oil prices rose more than $1 a barrel in early Asian trade on Wednesday on hopes of demand recovery in China as the country gradually eases some of its strict Covid measures

Ensure last-mile vaccine coverage of beneficiaries: Delhi govt to districts

The Delhi government has directed district magistrates to ensure effective last-mile coverage of those who needed to be given second and precaution doses of Covid vaccine.

2nd dose of Covid booster for most vulnerable offers benefits, says WHO

A WHO expert group says there may be some benefit in giving a second booster dose of Covid vaccine to the most vulnerable people amid the continuing global spread of omicron and its subvariants.

US FDA authorises Pfizer booster shots for children aged 5-11 yrs

The US FDA has granted emergency use authorisation for a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children aged between 5-11 years at least 5 months after completion of primary vaccine series

BHP CEO says supply disruptions may last years; may speed up Jansen project

Mike Henry said that the Anglo-Australian miner may accelerate its Jansen potash project in Canada by a year, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has tightened supplies

LIVE news: CBIC extends April GST payment, return form filing dates

The due date of payment of tax for the month of April 2022 by taxpayers under QRMP scheme via GST PMT-06 has been extended till May 27, 2022

China's Covid plan 'unsustainable' due to omicron's infectious nature: WHO

The head of the World Health Organisation said China's extreme approach to containing the coronavirus is unsustainable because of the highly infectious nature of the omicron variant

Delhi sees 393 fresh Covid-19 cases, 2 more deaths in last 24 hours

Delhi on Tuesday recorded 393 fresh COVID-19 cases and two more deaths, while the positivity rate stood at 3.35 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. With this, the national capital's COVID-19 caseload increased to 19,01,128 and the death toll climbed to 26,198. A total of 11,731 tests were conducted a day ago, the department said in its latest bulletin. There has been a decline in daily cases over the last two days. This could be partly due to the fact that fewer tests were conducted owing to the fact that the last two days were holidays. It was a Sunday on May 15 and Buddh Purnima, a gazetted holiday, on May 16. Delhi on Monday reported 377 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.37 per cent and one death. On Sunday, 613 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 2.74 per cent and three deaths. On Saturday, the city logged 673 cases and four deaths, the highest single-day fatality count in over two months. The number of daily COVID-19 cases in

North Korea's Kim faces huge dilemma on aid as Covid-19 cases surge

During more than a decade as North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un has made self-reliance his governing lynchpin, shunning international help

North Korea reports another surge in fever cases amid Covid-19 crisis

North Korea on Tuesday reported another large jump in illnesses believed to be and encouraged good health habits, as a mass outbreak spreads through its unvaccinated population

Data story: India logs 1,569 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,260

India has so far administered 1,905,086,706 vaccine doses

N Korea reports nearly 270,000 new fever cases amid likely Covid outbreak

North Korea likely lacks testing supplies to confirm coronavirus infections in large numbers and its virus response is mostly isolating people with symptoms at shelters

Top headlines: Byju's may go public; strike cripples banking services

Business Standard brings you the top stories on Thursday

Mask up in indoor public settings: NY health chief amid new Covid cases

Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan said everyone regardless of vaccination status should wear face coverings at all times in settings such as grocery stores, offices and building lobbies

China's economic activity in April collapses under Covid Zero policy

Industrial output unexpectedly fell 2.9 per cent in April from a year ago, while retail sales contracted 11.1 per cent in the period, weaker than a projected 6.6 per cent drop

Apollo Global Management bets big on Indian realty with $1-billion plan

About 70 per cent of this year's lending will go to home builders and the rest to commercial developers.

Live news: Congress for inclusive nation, not 'two Indias', says Rahul

Live news update: The Congress party's ideology is to "take everyone along" and the BJP believes in dividing people, he says.

Delhi reported 377 fresh Covid-19 infections, one death in last 24 hours

Delhi on Monday reported 377 new Covid cases and one more death, while the positivity rate stood at 3.37 per cent, according to data shared by the health department here. The capital had on Sunday logged 613 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 2.74 per cent and three deaths. The city had on Saturday seen 673 Covid cases and four deaths, the highest single-day fatality count in over two months. It had reported three Covid deaths on March 7 and four fatalities due to the disease on March 4. The city on Friday had recorded 899 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.34 per cent. On Thursday, Delhi had recorded 1,032 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero death, while the positivity rate was 3.64 per cent. With 377 fresh cases reported on Monday, the national capital's overall Covid tally increased to 1900735 while the death toll mounted to 26,196. A total of 11,198 tests were conducted a day earlier, according to the latest health bulletin. The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Delhi had

Official US death toll from Covid surpasses 1 mn, highest for a country

The real number of lives lost to Covid, either directly or indirectly, as a result the disruption of the health care system in the world's richest country, is believed to be far higher