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Oil extends gains as supply fears outweigh China Covid lockdowns

Oil prices rose for a fourth day on Friday as fears over Russian supply disruption trumped Covid-19 lockdowns in China

AstraZeneca says its Covid shot still has role despite global glut

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine still has a role to play in the fight against the pandemic, even as sales slow and the company charges more in some places, CEO Pascal Soriot said

India's Covid surge early hints of 4th wave; will not impact growth: Nomura

Rising cases are "early hints" of a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic but do not pose any near-term risk to India's economic growth, a Japanese brokerage said

World shares jump as Chinese leaders pledge to support slowing economy

World stocks advanced Friday after Chinese leaders pledged to do more to support the slowing economy as the country weathers its worst outbreaks of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Germany's DAX gained 1% to 14,120.47 while the CAC 40 in Paris added 0.9% to 6,567.01. Britain's FTSE 100 climbed 0.5% to 7,547.01. The future for the S&P 500 was 0.3% lower while the Dow was almost unchanged. Chinese state media reported that the ruling Communist Party's powerful Politburo agreed at a meeting Friday to step up efforts to boost growth while also curbing coronavirus outbreaks. The party's COVID-zero policies have put pressure on President Xi Jinping and other leaders to counter the blow to the economy from shutdowns aimed at vanquishing the virus. Such restrictions are affecting the world's second-largest economy through disruptions in shipments, manufacturing and other business activity. It is very important to do a good job of economic work and to ensure and improve people's ...

India reports 3,377 new Covid-19 cases, positivity rate at 0.71%

The country reported a total of 74 more Covid-19 cases today in comparison to Thursday. India registered as many as 3,303 COVID-19 cases yesterday

South Korea to relax outdoor mask mandate as Covid-19 cases decline

Starting Monday, people will only be required to wear a mask outdoors when participating in gatherings of more than 50 people or attending sports and cultural events with potentially large crowds

IIT Madras reports 171 Covid cases so far: Tamil Nadu Health Secretary

"Total 171 Covid19 cases detected in IIT-Madras campus till now," Radhakrishnan said in a briefing yesterday

Global Covid caseload tops 512.2 million, death toll crosses 6.23 million

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 81,249,259 and 993,156, respectively, according to the CSSE

Indian students happy to be back on campus, Global Student Survey finds

Around 55 per cent of Indian students revealed that they felt their mental health has improved since starting on campus or returning after lockdown restrictions

Malaysia reports 2,935 new COVID-19 infections

Malaysia logged 2,935 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Thursday, bringing the total case to 4,443,318, according to the Health Ministry

Beijing schools to start holiday one day earlier due to Covid-19

Students will start the holiday on Friday as classes have been called off for one day over Covid-19, Li Yi, a spokesperson with the Municipal Education Commission, told a press briefing on Thursday

IMF Chief Kristalina Georgieva tests positive for coronavirus

"Standard IMF and CDC (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Covid protocols are being followed," Gerry Rice, IMF spokesperson, said in a statement

Covid-19: Tamil Nadu opts for door-to-door campaign to beat vax reluctance

Tamil Nadu state government is of the view that instead of forcing people to get vaccinated or giving anyone sops, it will now focus on creating awareness.

South Africa's latest surge in Covid cases blamed on omicron mutant

So far, there has been only a slight rise in hospitalisations and no increase in deaths, said Abdool Karim, who is a public health expert at the University of KwaZulu-Natal

Mizoram records 99 new covid cases in last 24 hours, active caseload at 744

A total of 2,27,336 Covid-19 cases have been reported in the state so far

Bulgaria lifts Covid restrictions for all foreign tourists from May 1

According to the ministry, as for now all arriving foreign citizens must have an EU certificate of vaccination or a document proving that they had been earlier infected with Covid-19

US economy shrinks by 1.4% in Q1 amid Omicron variant surge

The latest data marks the economy's first contraction since the Covid-19 pandemic impacted the country in early 2020, Xinhua news agency reported

With surge in fresh infections, Shanghai reports 5,487 new Covid-19 cases

Shanghai has been facing the worst COVID-19 outbreak and has been desperately seeking medical care and basic supplies like food

Bengal records 34 new covid infections, zero deaths on Thursday

While 10,253 samples were tested for the day, the total number of such clinical examinations to diagnose the infection went up to 2,50,29,651

Can rising Covid cases thwart contact-sensitive sectors' recovery?

The economy is recovering from lockdowns, but the recent uptick in Covid-cases across the country is worrying the industry again. Here's a report on the outlook for the contact-sensitive sector