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After a 16-yr low of 14.9% in 2019, LIC's private sector investments rise

LIC's private sector share of investments had touched a 16-year low of 14.9 per cent in 2019, an analysis by the Reserve Bank of India showed.

Govt data shows surge in people dying without any medical attention in 2020

Fewer women gave birth in institutional settings amid pandemic

Mumbai logs 117 new Covid cases, highest since Feb 25, no deaths recorded

Mumbai on Wednesday reported 117 new coronavirus positive cases, its highest one-day tally since February 25, which took its overall count to 10,60,187, the city civic body said.

NTAGI meeting on vaccination for 5-12-year-olds inconclusive: Sources

Last month regulator had approved Serum Institute's Covovax and Biological E-made Corbevax, but at today's meet took no decision on expanding the programme for this lot

GenWorks Health secures Rs 135 cr from Morgan Stanley, Wipro GE and others

Funding will be leveraged to cover working capital needs, relevant M&A to invest in manufacturing tie-ups, and expansion in-vitro diagnostics

Beijing halts public transport as China continues to fight Covid outbreak

Shanghai's lockdown has come under heavy criticism, with people unable to access essential medical care.

Delta or different variant may cause another Covid outbreak: Study

The findings suggests that while Delta wiped out the variants that preceded it, Omicron has not eliminated the deadly variant which could re-emerge

Beijing closes 10% of subway stations to curb spread of Covid infections

Beijing has been on high alert for the spread of COVID-19, with restaurants and bars limited to takeout only, gyms closed and classes suspended indefinitely

China reports 353 fresh local Covid-19 cases, 16 deaths in past 24 hours

The country also reported 5,075 locally-transmitted asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours

India reports 3,205 new Covid cases, 31 fatalities in last 24 hours

An increase of 372 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload which now stand at 19,509, according to the data

Uttar Pradesh govt to reactivate Covid Command Centre in Meerut

Health officials said that the surveillance teams have also been asked to gear-up and an intensive checking campaign will be conducted across the district.

CSR report shows truth about Covid deaths, says NITI Aayog member VK Paul

The NITI Aayog member denied the claims made by some international media reports that Covid-19 deaths are eight times more than that is being reported in India

Germany shortens quarantine for Coronavirus infected to five days

Previous rules in Germany required people infected with Covid-19 to isolate themselves for seven days and then test negative before ending their quarantine

New Omicron subvariant takes hold in US as Covid cases tick up

The US was now averaging about 60,000 new infections and 320 new deaths each day as of Monday, CDC data showed.

Eid celebrations in India break Covid squeeze; but curfew mars festivities

In Delhi's Jahangirpuri that witnessed riots last month, Hindus and Muslims celebrated Eid together at Kushal Chowk by exchanging sweets and hugs, sending a message of peace and love

Chhattisgarh sees 9 Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally stands at 41

The positivity rate, or cases detected per 100 tests, stood at 0.33 per cent

One confirmed XE case in India, no reports of clusters in country: INSACOG

In the bulletin for April 18 and 25, INSACOG mentions that one case of coronavirus XE varient has been confirmed in the country.

Consumer durables market hit as containers pile-up at Shanghai port

Consumer durable companies in India have stocked up on components, but inventory could start to dry-up from mid-May onwards.

Ahead in curbing Covid-19 pandemic, India must monitor now: Experts

One of the few to contain Omicron well, it has seen stronger peaks followed by declines

Food startups: Not all hunky-dory under Covid, not all bleak as it weakens

Not every enterprise Business Standard spoke to had it as good as Swiggy or Zomato, and some even saw their very business models at risk. But all feel the post pandemic era holds a lot of promise