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India records nearly 20% fall in daily COVID-19 cases, 10% decline in active cases 0
- Corona Virus News
- February 21, 2022
India has reported 16,051 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 19.6 percent lower than the previous day while the number of active cases, too, continued to decline swiftly. The active COVID-19 caseload in the country stands at 2,02, 131—9.8 per cent lower than the previous day. Active cases now make up less than
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India to host 2023 International Olympic Committee session in Mumbai 0
- India
- February 19, 2022
India has won the bid to host the 2023 International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) session in Mumbai, in an unopposed race on February 19. The Indian delegation made its presentation to IOC members during the 139th IOC Session, being held alongside the ongoing Winter Olympics in Beijing. This will be the first time in four decades
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India’s January crude oil imports slip from one-year highs 0
- Market
- February 18, 2022
India’s crude oil imports in January slipped from one-year highs hit in the previous month, though fuel demand is expected to recover as several states ease coronavirus restrictions after a decline in cases. Crude oil imports fell about 1.7% to 19.26 million tonnes last month from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday. Lower imports corresponded
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Dollar, Euro Down as U.S. Refutes Russian Ukraine Claims 0
- Stock Market
- February 17, 2022
The dollar was down on Thursday morning in Asia, alongside the euro. Investors are digesting the U.S. doubts that Russia has withdrawn troops on the border with Ukraine, with fears of an invasion still very much alive. The U.S. Dollar Index that tracks the greenback against a basket of other currencies inched down 0.06% to 95.765 by
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Antibiotic Azithral beats top-selling anti-diabetic drug amid Omicron surge 0
- India
- February 16, 2022
Antibiotic medicine Azithral became the largest-selling pharma brand in January 2022 for the first time ever, overtaking the market leader anti-diabetic therapy – Human Mixtard. During the third wave in India, when Omicron cases rose exponentially, the widely-prescribed antibiotic registered a growth of 100% in January over December to net Rs 73 crore sales in the organised
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IIT Delhi launches new website to help students prepare for JEE, NEET 1
- India
- February 15, 2022
The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has launched a website to help students of classes 11 and 12 prepare for competitive examinations. The website, called IIT-PAL (Professor Assisted Learning), will allow students to watch video lectures and interact with IIT professors live. “IIT-PAL was started with an aim to make their (students’) understanding of the
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