LONDON: A new paper in the Lancet indicates that India’s Covid-19 deaths were vastly under-reported and estimates that up to the end of 2021 India had the highest number of cumulative excess deaths in the world at 4.07 million deaths. The first peer-reviewed global estimates of excess deaths indicate that 18.2 million people may have…Continue Reading

The Indian antitrust watchdog on Wednesday approved Amazon’s proposed acquisition of estranged partner Catamaran Ventures’ stake in Prione, which operates one of the largest sellers on the e-commerce platform, providing the American giant with the pathway to continue to operate Cloudtail in the world’s second largest internet market. Amazon proposed the acquisition late last year,…Continue Reading

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 179.13 Cr More than 21.34 lakh Vaccine Doses administered in the last 24 hoursRecovery Rate currently stands at 98.68%3,993 New Cases reported in the last 24 hoursIndia’s Active Caseload currently stands at 49,948Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 0.68% Posted On: 08 MAR…Continue Reading

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 179.13 Cr More than 21.34 lakh Vaccine Doses administered in the last 24 hoursRecovery Rate currently stands at 98.68%3,993 New Cases reported in the last 24 hoursIndia’s Active Caseload currently stands at 49,948Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 0.68% Posted On: 08 MAR…Continue Reading

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 178.83 Cr More than 26.19 lakh Vaccine Doses administered in the last 24 hoursRecovery Rate currently stands at 98.66%5,476New Cases reported in the last 24 hoursIndia’s Active Caseload currently stands at 59,442Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 0.77% Posted On: 06 MAR 2022…Continue Reading

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 178.83 Cr More than 26.19 lakh Vaccine Doses administered in the last 24 hoursRecovery Rate currently stands at 98.66%5,476New Cases reported in the last 24 hoursIndia’s Active Caseload currently stands at 59,442Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 0.77% Posted On: 06 MAR 2022…Continue Reading

A vial labelled “Sputnik V COVID-19 Vaccine” is seen in this illustration taken January 16, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comNEW DELHI, March 2 (Reuters) – India’s production and exports of Russia’s Sputnik COVID-19 vaccines are expected to slow further following U.S. sanctions on Russia’s sovereign wealth fund that promotes the…Continue Reading

India’s external affairs minister Dr. S Jaishankar will embark on a two-day visit to Palestine’s Ramallah on March 8. The key focus of his visit will be the India-Palestine Joint commission meeting (JCM) which he will co-chair along with his Palestinian counterpart Riad al-Maliki. This is Dr Jaishankar’s first-ever visit to Ramallah in his capacity…Continue Reading

SynopsisThe Union government must establish more medical colleges. They discount the fact that the size of the problem goes beyond the capacity of the government — fiscal and administrative. Enlisting the support of the market is necessary for India to have a shot at meeting the doctor deficit.The ongoing political crisis in Ukraine has a…Continue Reading