COVID-19
- India
Households in COVID vulnerable districts bought more gold during pandemic: IIMA study
Ahmedabad: Households in India’s COVID-19 vulnerable districts allocated more gold to their savings portfolio during the pandemic compared to households in other districts, as per a study conducted by the Indian Institute…
- Health
Genetics may explain why some don’t get sick from Covid
New York: While even mild Covid leaves people sick, some called super dodgers never have common symptoms like a runny nose or sore throat, even after testing positive for the deadly virus.…
- Health
US suspends funding for China’s Wuhan lab over failure to provide Covid info
Washington: The US government has suspended funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China even as it failed to provide documents related to Covid virus amid reported safety concerns, media…
- India
Govt eases Covid guidelines for international travellers
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has further eased COVID-19 guidelines for international visitors, dropping the earlier requirement for RT-PCR based testing of a random two percent subset of international travellers. The…
- Health
Childhood immunisation rebounds after Covid backslide: WHO, Unicef
Geneva: Immunisation services have shown recovery in many countries, including India, after the historic backsliding caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, yet some low-income countries are lagging, according to a new report by…
- World
India-China trade shows first signs of slowdown in years
Beijing: The India-China trade, which in recent years rose sharply despite bilateral tensions over the border dispute, showed the first signs of a slowdown in years falling by 0.9 per cent in…
- India
India records 46 new Covid infections, count of active cases now 1,413
New Delhi: India has recorded a single-day rise of 46 new COVID-19 infections and the count of active cases now stands at 1,413, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.…
- Middle East
Saudi man wakes from 4 yr coma to a post-COVID-19 world
Riyadh: Fares Abu Batin, a Saudi man, who has been in a coma for four years, woke up to a world transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic and societal changes in his homeland. In his first interview…
- Health
Covid vax cut disease disparities between low and high-income groups
New York: Covid-19 vaccination helped reduce disparities in disease incidence between low and high-income communities, according to a new analysis. While lower-income communities had lower vaccination rates than higher-income communities, the impact…
- Middle East
UAE’s Golden Visa: An excellent opportunity for Indians ready to relocate
Abu Dhabi: Just after COVID, when the whole world was overhauling, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) took this opportunity to attract the world’s best talent and investments in business, real estate. On…
- Health
New breakthrough drug may help treat long Covid, cut reinfection risk
Sydney: Australian researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a new drug that could help long Covid symptoms including fatigue, breathlessness and brain fog, affecting between 10 per cent and 20 per…
- India
COVID-19 centres scam: Shiv Sena (UBT) functionary Chavan quizzed for 8 hours by ED
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) functionary Suraj Chavan on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) which questioned him for more than eight hours in connection with a money laundering case linked to…
- Health
Even mild Covid can ‘permanently damage’ semen quality in men: Study
London: Even a mild Covid infection can cause permanent damage to men’s sperm concentrations and their ability to swim, according to a new study presented at the 39th annual meeting of the…
- Mumbai
‘COVID centres scam’: Shiv Sena (UBT) functionary Chavan appears before ED
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) functionary Suraj Chavan on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate investigating a money laundering link in the alleged COVID centres scam to record his statement, an official said.…
- India
Centre didn’t stop Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines: Mandaviya
New Delhi: Foreign-made vaccines were not procured during the Covid pandemic as the firms were demanding indemnity, which was not made available to Indian vaccine manufacturers, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has…
