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Indian stock markets rose half a percent on Wednesday, driven primarily by gains in information technology (IT) and auto stocks. The S&P BSE Sensex rose 250 points to 37,960 levels and the Nity50 index hovered around the 11,250 mark. Reliance Industries gained 2 percent after the company announced that KKR …

Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray is likely to raise the issue of the Center’s lack of support to combat the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak during the virtual meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. The prime minister will hold a virtual meeting with the CMs and health ministers …

Written by Tabassum Barnagarwala | Satara | Updated: September 23, 2020 7:25:15 am Since September 1, Satara has recorded 16,000 cases, with Karad as the epicenter. (Proceedings) For three days earlier this month, 65-year-old Kashabha Kumbhar lay outside the Karad sub-district hospital while her family, who had come there from …

On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that 64 wealthy countries have joined its Covax facility for the fair distribution and allocation of a Covid-19 vaccine. This author has previously referred to Covax, an association of vaccine developers and countries established by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Coalition of …

A new study looking at the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil found a link between the spread of the virus and past outbreaks of dengue that suggests that exposure to mosquito-borne disease may provide some level of immunity against Covid-19. The yet-unpublished study led by Miguel Nicolelis, a professor at Duke …

With the Covid-19 pandemic soon reaching the grim milestone of one million deaths, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday rebuked countries that are making “side agreements” to have vaccines exclusively for their own populations, saying such “vaccination” is -Defeat. “” We are working to promote treatments and therapies as a …

Veteran Marathi actor Ashalata Wabgaonkar died Tuesday morning at a hospital in Satara, Maharashtra, days after testing positive for Covid-19. The 79-year-old actor had gone to Satara to film his series in Marathi Aai Kalubai, where he had been tested for coronavirus. According to a press release, his last rites …

The Chinese president also addressed the issue of the COVID-19 pandemic United Nations: China will never seek hegemony, expansion or sphere of influence, President Xi Jinping said Tuesday, saying that Beijing has no intention of waging a “Cold War” or a “hot war” with any country. Xi also said China …

The simple answer, at a time when good news is a rare commodity, is yes, but fall is more than meets the eye. First, the facts. In the past week, the nationwide new case curve has seen a rare drop, with the seven-day average of cases per day declining for …

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said Tuesday that the health organization has no guarantee whether any vaccine in development for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) will work. “We have no guarantee that any vaccine in development will work. The more candidates we analyze, the greater …