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  • Annual Covid-19 vax preferred to frequent boosters, says Pfizer CEO

    Annual Covid-19 vax preferred to frequent boosters, says Pfizer CEO0

    Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Albert Bourla has said that an annual Covid-19 vaccine would be preferable to more frequent booster shots in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Pfizer/BioNtech’s Covid-19 vaccine has shown to be effective against severe disease and death caused by the heavily-mutated Omicron variant but less effective in preventing transmission. With cases soaring, some countries have expanded

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  • Rupee gains on jobs data, bond prices down on rate hike agenda

    Rupee gains on jobs data, bond prices down on rate hike agenda0

    The Indian rupee strengthened against the US dollar, while bond prices weakened on Monday, led by different considerations. The Indian currency closed at 74.038 a dollar, up from its previous close of 74.31 a dollar. Currency dealers say the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) let the rupee appreciate at first but later intervened to mop up the

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  • 46 inmates, 43 staffers of three jails in Delhi test positive for COVID-19

    46 inmates, 43 staffers of three jails in Delhi test positive for COVID-190

    Forty-six inmates and 43 staffers of three jails in Delhi have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Monday. “All the infected inmates as well as staffers have been under isolation and are recovering,” said a senior jail official. According to data shared by the jail authorities, 46 inmates tested positive till Sunday — 29

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  • Omicron in Gujarat: People with no travel history found infected

    Omicron in Gujarat: People with no travel history found infected0

    Forty-seven percent of the total cases of Omicron infections found in Gujarat had no travel history. In the last one week, the state reported a total of 79 cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, reported The Times of India. Gujarat, on January 3, reported 16 new cases of the Omicron variant, taking the tally

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  • Housing sales up 71% to 236,530 units in 2021 in top-seven cities

    Housing sales up 71% to 236,530 units in 2021 in top-seven cities0

    Housing sales across top seven cities rose 71 per cent year-on-year in 2021 to 2,36,530 units, but demand fell short of pre-Covid levels by 10 per cent, according to Anarock. Housing sales stood at 1,38,350 units in 2020 and 2,61,358 units in the 2019 calendar year. Mumbai-based Anarock attributed the rise in housing sales to very low interest

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  • Omicron scare: Amid sudden Covid-19 surge, Centre flags eight states

    Omicron scare: Amid sudden Covid-19 surge, Centre flags eight states0

    India’s R naught value, which indicates the spread of Covid-19, is 1.22, the Union government said on Thursday, warning that cases are increasing, not shrinking. It asked Delhi, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, and Jharkhand to remain vigilant following a significant rise in weekly infections and positivity rate there. In view of

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