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Covid-19: No deaths among vaccinated-reinfected people, says AIIMS study

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: No deaths have been reported during the pandemic’s second wave in April-May 2021 among the people who had become re-infected even after vaccination against Covid-19 as they have shown enhanced immunity, according to a study conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. It came to light […]

Covid-19: After devastating India, Delta variant threatens UK’s unlock from June 14

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: After leaving a trail of deaths and devastation in India’s second wave of Covid-19, the Delta variant of Covid-19, or the B1.617.2 highly transmissible Variant of Concern (VoC) first identified in the South Asian nation, has now become the dominant VoC in the United Kingdom, threatening its reopening from June 14. […]

Defence: Govt clears Rs 43k cr tender for 6 submarines to meet Chinese threat

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: Giving a major boost to the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan and to tackle the concerns from Chinese vessels’ increasing forays around India, the Ministry of Defence has cleared a mega submarine project worth Rs 43,000 crore to build six stealth submarines under Project-75 India for the Indian Navy. The Defence Acquisition Council […]

Economy: RBI keeps revival priority, assures liquidity; downgrades GDP growth to 9.5% in FY22

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: Keeping status quo on interest rates in the sixth consecutive review meeting on Friday, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India indicated that reviving the Indian economy’s growth remained its top priority, assured liquidity to spur it, and said it would look into the resurfacing inflation pressures […]

Roving Periscope: A Muslim party is now the kingmaker in Israel!

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: After helming Israel for 12 crucial years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing rough weather: his opponents have announced a deal to replace him, and have also informed the President. And, for the first time, a minor Muslim party, United Arab List (UAL), has emerged as the kingmaker in Israel. Netanyahu […]

Tightening noose: Dominica court denies bail to Mehul, adjourns case till June 14

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: Absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi, wanted for allegedly masterminding the Rs.13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan fraud scam, got the first shock on Thursday when a Dominican court denied him bail, easing his possible repatriation to India. A Dominica magistrate denied bail to Choksi, who was arrested on May 23 for […]

Unemployment: 220 mn people may remain jobless till 2023, says ILO

New Delhi: The International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday that at least 220 million people across the world are likely to remain unemployed this year and are not expected to be gainfully employed until 2023. These unemployment numbers are well above pre-pandemic levels, with a weak labour market recovery exacerbating existing inequalities, it said. […]

PNB scam: If extradited, woman IPS officer to bring Mehul Choksi back to India

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: Amid rumors that a woman honey-trapped alleged financial criminal Mehul Choksi to lure him to Dominica, a woman IPS officer from India, Sharda Raut, is leading the CBI team to bring him back from the Caribbean country. Currently working with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Raut, an IPS officer (2005 […]

Covid-19: Only Delta variant in India is “of concern” now, says WHO

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: Only one of the three SARS-Cov-2 variants, Delta, first detected in India, is now considered “of concern”, while two other strains have been downgraded, global health watchdog World Health Organization (WHO) said in its weekly epidemiological update on the pandemic. The B.1.617 variant had caused the devastating surge in the Covid-19 […]

Covid-19: Pandemic’s second wave leaves 1 cr jobless, says CMIE

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: The second wave of Covid-19 has severely impacted household incomes and over 10 million people were thrown out of the job market amid local lockdown imposed in several states, the country’s major think-tank Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) said on Tuesday. The impact of these local restrictions was felt by […]
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