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Youth turn smarter on financial planning amid Covid, but gaps remain: Study

They need hand-holding on life and health insurance, and should not lean on social media influencers, who are often neither qualified nor regulated, say experts

Covid: Gujarat reports 10 cases in last 24 hours, tally rises to 12,23,932

The death toll remained unchanged at 10,942, leaving the state with 64 active cases, a state health department official said.

Covid-19: Maharashtra reports 117 cases, 2 deaths; active tally at 921

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 117 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the state's overall tally to 78,74,394, while two deaths took the toll to 1,47,789, the health department said

Covid-19: Telangana reports 12 new cases in last 24 hours

No Covid deaths were reported today and the toll in the state remained 4,111, the health department said

Banking sector should see robust loan growth this year: BoM MD

The banking sector is at an inflection point with COVID-19 related-problems yielding place to the regeneration of demand in all segments of the industry and overall optimism in the economy: BoM MD

China finds new coronavirus subtype as daily cases exceed 13,000

Almost 12,000 of the cases reported nationwide on Saturday were asymptomatic.

No impact on efficacy, safety of Covaxin: Bharat Biotech on WHO suspension

The vaccine manufacturer has said that the company is slowing down the production of Covaxin for facility optimization.

India registers 1,096 fresh Covid-19 infections, 81 more fatalities

A reduction of 432 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

Global Covid caseload rises to 490.6 million, fatalities reach 6.15 million

India accounts for the second highest caseload

US healthcare workforce still suffers 2 yrs into Covid-19 pandemic: Report

In 2020 alone, illness and injury increased by 40 per cent in healthcare and social assistance sectors, higher than any other private industry sector and led by the nursing professions: Report

Malaysian King, Queen test positive for Coronavirus, show mild symptoms

Malaysia reported 17,476 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Friday, bringing the national total to 4,219,395, according to the health ministry

DDMA to no longer evoke Disaster Managment Act as Covid infections recede

The curbs have been lifted after two years of first wave of Covid infections hitting the city and the rest of the country

Kerala records 331 new Covid-19 cases, one death in last 24 hours

Among the districts, Ernakulam reported the highest number of cases at 69, followed by Thiruvananthapuram with 48 cases and Kottayam 43

Coronavirus now more prevalent than ever in England, says report

Britain's outbreak as a whole is also bigger than ever, with 4.9 million now thought to be infected -- up from 4.3 million last week

Omicron variant 'less severe' than Delta for children below 5: Study

The study, published in the journal 'JAMA Pediatrics', also showed that the Omicron variant is 6-8 times more infectious than the Delta variant

Hong Kong urges Covid testing, Shanghai struggles under lockdown

Hong Kong reported another 5,820 cases Friday as the latest surge begins to taper off

Coronavirus pandemic: WHO issues warning against new variant 'XE'

According to reports, the new variant is 10 per cent more transmissible than the BA.2 subvariant, which is already the most contagious

Sudden lifting of curbs not wise: Covid-19 task force Member

Dr Sunila Garg said that there should be an integrated approach on lifting the Covid restrictions

In a first, Russia registers nasal version of Sputnik V Covid vaccine

Russian Health Ministry has registered the nasal version of Sputnik V, the world's first nasal vaccine against COVID-19."Russian Health Ministry registers the nasal version of Sputnik V, the world's first nasal vaccine against COVID-19," Sputnik V tweeted on late Friday.In January, the Russian news agency TASS reported that the nasal vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection will be in civil circulation and available for Russians within three to four months, quoting the director of the Gamaleya Centre, Alexander Gintsburg."The nasal vaccine for the civil circulation will be available in three to four months," the Director had said.It will be efficient against the new Omicron coronavirus strain, Gintsburg said."Laboratory tests show the Sputnik V protects against the Omicron in its ordinary injection form, and it will certainly be efficient in the nasal form," he added, according to TASS.In October last year, the Russian Ministry of Health issued the authorization to the Gamaleya

India records 1,260 new Covid cases; active infections fall to 13,445

India's virus tally rose to 4,30,27,035 with 1,260 fresh cases being reported in a day, while the number of active infections further declined to 13,445