COVID-19
- Sports
Without PV Sindhu, India face uphill task at Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships
Qingdao: Without the services of an injured PV Sindhu, India will face an uphill task in pursuit of an elusive gold medal at the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships which gets underway…
- Business
L&T’s Q3 profit dips despite 53 pc surge in orders
Mumbai: Larsen & Toubro (L&T) reported over 1 per cent decline in net profit for the third quarter (Q3) of the financial year 2024-25 at Rs 3,358.84 crore, excluding non-controlling interests, from…
- India
Dharavi slum redevelopment project: HC upholds tender awarded to Adani Group
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday upheld the tender awarded to Adani Properties Private Limited by the Maharashtra government for the Dharavi slum redevelopment project in Mumbai. A division bench of…
- Business
Tourism & hospitality sector likely to add 61 lakh new jobs in India: Report
New Delhi: The Tourism and hospitality sector is expected to add 61 lakh new jobs in India by 2034, according to a report on Wednesday. The whitepaper released by the Confederation of…
- Middle East
Banks in Kuwait to lift ‘loan ban’ on expats after 4-yr hiatus
In a notable shift, major banks in Kuwait are reconsidering their strategies for lending loan to expats after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this regard, banks have instructed…
- World
Covid pandemic reversed progress of last 10 years in global life expectancy: WHO
Geneva: The recent deadly Covid-19 pandemic reversed the last 10 years’ steady gain seen in life expectancy at birth and healthy life expectancy at birth (HALE) worldwide, according to a new report…
- Health
India records 159 new COVID-19 infections, active case tally 1,623
New Delhi: India has registered a single-day rise of 159 new COVID-19 infections and the count of active cases of the disease stands at 1,623 in the country, the Union health ministry…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia urges people to wear mask in crowded places
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Public Health Authority (Weqaya) urged citizens and residents to wear face masks in crowded places as a precaution against respirtaory infections. Taking to X, on Thursday,…
- India
COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1: Highest cases from Karnataka, Andhra
New Delhi: A total of 1,226 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been reported in the country so far with Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh recording the highest number of cases till now,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad-based Biological E’s Corbevax gets WHO emergency use approval
Hyderabad: Biological E. Limited (BE), a Hyderabad-based vaccines and pharmaceutical company, on Tuesday announced that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted an Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to their Corbevax. Corbevax is…
- World
10k deaths per month; WHO warns of persistent threats from Covid
Geneva: Public health risks resulting from the COVID-19 virus remain high globally, with the virus circulating in all countries, a senior expert from the World Health Organization (WHO) said here. According to…
- India
3,422 active COVID-19 cases recorded in India
New Delhi: India recorded 514 new cases of COVID-19, while the number of active cases of the infection has declined to 3,422, the health ministry said on Thursday. Three deaths two in…
- World
Holiday gatherings, JN.1 variant fuel Covid-19 spread: WHO
Geneva: Holiday gatherings and the globally dominant JN.1 variant fueled the spread of Covid-19 across the world in December, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus head of the WHO, said. Almost 10,000 deaths from Covid-19…
- World
World Bank sees global growth slowing for 3rd straight year in 2024
Washington: The World Bank has forecast a bleak outlook for the global economy with growth expected to slow down for a third year in a row in 2024, according to its Global…
- India
India reports 756 new Covid cases, five deaths
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Sunday said the country reported 756 new Covid-19 cases and five deaths in the last 24 hours. The five new fatalities were reported from Maharashtra,…
