Bengal in throes of third Covid wave, infections curve may rise more: ExpertsBengal and eastern India's largest metropolis Kolkata, is in the throes of a third wave of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic which may last wel...
04 Jan, 2022, 03.37 PM IST
COVID-19 spike is biggest challenge to India's recovery, writes RBI Governor in MPC minutesAlmost all members of the MPC have expressed concerns over the surge in COVID-19 infections causing to derail the economic recovery that we...
22 Apr, 2021, 07.29 PM IST
Lockdown can be imposed in Maharashtra if govt can't cope with COVID-19 surge: Rajesh Tope"We would need a complete lockdown for 15 days to three weeks even though I am not in favour of that immediately. If hospitals are overwhel...
09 Apr, 2021, 06.33 PM IST
Indian economy on track for recovery: S&P"The emergence of yet more contagious COVID-19 variants with the potential to evade vaccine-derived immunity present a major risk to this r...
16 Feb, 2021, 02.35 PM IST
Bengaluru's Covid-19 infection curve may be flatteningThe drop in new cases, coupled with the decline in deaths and improved recoveries, has come as a big relief to administrators and healthcar...
20 Nov, 2020, 10.41 AM IST
Moody's revises India's 2020 GDP forecast to -8.9% from -9.6%, raises 2021 forecast to 8.6% from 8.1%A team of economists from the Reserve Bank of India also signalled that India’s economy probably shrank for a second straight quarter, push...
12 Nov, 2020, 12.22 PM IST
After reaching their peaks, is it time for Delhi and Mumbai to witness the flattening of covid curve?The number of active cases has fallen in both Mumbai and Delhi compared with a month ago. Growth rate in new cases has dropped below 1% and...
03 Aug, 2020, 06.44 AM IST
Pandemic to bite deeply, India's GDP to shrink by 6 per cent in FY21: DBS ReportAccording to the report, just 7 per cent of the districts in economically key states of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, accounting for...
22 Jul, 2020, 03.40 PM IST
India has flattened Covid curve, green shoots emerging: Finance Ministry“These green shoots have a conducive policy environment to grow further and nudge the economy early on the path of economic recovery and gr...
08 Jul, 2020, 10.37 AM IST
US dips under 50,000 new coronavirus casesJohns Hopkins counted 45,300 new coronavirus infections in the US on Saturday after three days in which the daily count reached as high as ...
05 Jul, 2020, 03.08 PM IST
Covid strikes motown: 140 test positive in Bajaj Auto's Aurangabad plantThe manufacturing facility in question had resumed production on 24th April and the first instance of an employee testing positive for the ...
27 Jun, 2020, 07.31 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi's interactions on COVID-19: Congress releases teaser of discussion with industrialist Rajiv BajajIn the teaser, Managing Director of Bajaj Auto, Rajiv Bajaj, is seen talking about the effect of the lockdown on the economy.
03 Jun, 2020, 07.27 PM IST
COVID-19 curve remains flat but rise in cases at steady rate a cause of concern: AIIMS director"The curve has remained relatively flat so far because of the implementation of the lockdown and other containment measures and this has gi...
05 May, 2020, 04.31 PM IST
View: Alarmist numbers based on dodgy assumptions shouldn’t be used to prolong lockdown in its present formAn extension will mean the informal sector, daily wage workers and MSMEs bearing the brunt of the lockdown.
13 Apr, 2020, 03.43 PM IST
Is Europe beating the virus? Experts urge prudenceThe initial flood of hospital admissions is starting to slow and infection rates in some countries are flattening. Some are beginning to ho...
08 Apr, 2020, 09.17 PM IST
Europe sees more signs of hope as Italy's virus curve fallsItaly recorded 4,316 new cases Sunday. Earlier in the outbreak, daily increases in caseloads topped the 6,000 mark. A day shy of one month ...
05 Apr, 2020, 11.37 PM IST
UK coronavirus deaths could reach 7,000 to 20,000: Neil Ferguson"We had an exponentially growing curve of infections which we interrupted at a certain time," epidemiologist Neil Ferguson said.
05 Apr, 2020, 03.25 PM IST