COVID-

Mumbai:  Actress Tanishaa Mukerji, who is known for her work in Bollywood as well as south films, talks about her fitness regime post Covid. She says: "These past 2 years were a different time indeed with Covid killing our strength and…

New Delhi: Domestic equity benchmark indices erased all its losses they witnessed in the previous session to close sharply higher on Friday. China's cutting of its key lending rate also supported the indices back home. In a bid to…

Seoul:  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un criticised officials for failing to respond properly to the Covid-19 outbreak in its early stages, state media said on Wednesday. His criticism came as the country reported more than 232,880 people…

Hong Kong:  The Chinese currency is declining rapidly as the world's second largest economy falters under the weight of Covid restrictions, CNN reported. Since the start of the year, investors have been moving money out of China, driven…

New Delhi:  Soon after the central bank Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised the repo rate by 40 basis points, the banking sector imitated the same by increasing interest rates in lending and deposit schemes. From major banks to even small…

Copenhagen: The number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths in Europe has exceeded two million, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office said. The cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the region has surpassed 218 million,…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 71 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday which is a 400 per cent jump from the number of new cases detected a day earlier (Friday). According to the information provided by the I&PR Department, 15,685…

New Delhi:  India on Saturday reported 3,805 new Covid cases, a considerable rise against the 3,545 infections registered the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said. In the same period, there were 22 additional Covid fatalities,…

Chennai: Global pharma giant Pfizer, which developed the mRNA-based vaccine against Covid, on Wednesday announced setting up a global drug development centre to boost critical research and development (R&D) capabilities in India. The…

New Delhi:  Delhi on Tuesday recorded 1,414 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, against 1,076 on the previous day, and one more death, as per the Health Department bulletin. The Covid positivity rate stands at 5.97 per cent, and the…