NEW DELHI: On Friday, the Center blamed the Delhi government for the increase in Covid-19 cases in the national capital, saying that despite “repeated exhortations,” it did not take steps to improve testing capacity, in particular for RT-PCR, which was static in around 20,000 tests for a long time. The …
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MUMBAI: Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray said Friday that Maha Vikas Aghadi’s (MVA) ruling allies will fight in all elections, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) poll, together. Thackeray (60), who heads the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance ministry, spoke to select media at his official Varsha residence in South Mumbai, as …
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India’s gross domestic product or GDP contracted 7.5% in the quarter ending September compared to the same period last year, data released by the Union’s Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation showed (Mospi) on Friday. India’s GDP fell 23.9% in the April-June quarter, the worst in decades, amid the coronavirus-induced …
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-city visit on Saturday to “personally review the development and manufacturing process of the (coronavirus) vaccine,” the Prime Minister’s Office said on Friday. He will visit the Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad, Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad and the Serum Institute …
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Former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar criticized New Zealand Cricket (NZC) for threatening deportation to the Pakistani cricket team. Six members of the Pakistan cricket team, who are on tour in New Zealand, tested positive for COVID-19. In light of the situation, the New Zealand Ministry of Health has warned …
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HYDERABAD: Pharmaceutical actor Hetero Labs has partnered with Russian sovereign wealth fund Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to manufacture more than 100 million doses of the Russian Covid-19 Sputnik V vaccine in India. The Sputnik V will be manufactured by Hetero’s biologics division, Hetero Biopharma, at Jadcherla in Hyderabad, with …
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The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections are scheduled to take place next week on December 1 and the votes will be counted on December 4. Voting is scheduled to take place in 150 districts or municipal constituencies at the GHMC polls to elect a mayor for the corporation that …
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The National Statistical Office (NSO) will release GDP statistics for the quarter ending September today (November 27). There is near unanimity that they will mark a significant improvement from the massive 23.9% contraction seen in GDP figures for the quarter ending in June. The internal model of the Reserve Bank …
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A healthcare worker tests swab samples for coronavirus infection at a hospital in Noida on Tuesday. (Photo HT / Sunil Ghosh) The number of cases of the coronavirus disease in India (Covid-19) stands at 9,266,706 after 44,489 infections were recorded between Wednesday and Thursday, according to data released by the …
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The Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine may well be effective, as the developers claimed earlier this week, but enough questions have been asked about the trials and reports for drug regulators around the world to think hard and perhaps wait for more data. of tests. – after all, trials are also …
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