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Corporate India gears up to hedge China supply risk amid Covid surge

The sectors in India that import from China include pharmaceutical (pharma), automotive (auto), textile, engineering, and electronic goods

Have adequate funds to survive any Covid curbs: MakeMyTrip CEO Magow

In an interview with Business Standard, MakeMyTrip CEO Rajesh Magow talks about the steps the company took to emerge stronger from the Covid setback will help them withstand any uncertainty

Karnataka makes masks mandatory in public places, increases Covid testing

State govt tells revellers to end New Year celebrations before 1 am; Centre readies for mock drills today

Gurugram health department on alert amid rising cases of coronavirus

In view of rising Covid cases in various countries, the Gurugram Health Department issued a fresh advisory to the govt as well as private hospitals to make proper arrangements to deal with Coronavirus

States to conduct mock drills next week to review Covid preparedness

Specific focus on oxygen plants, ventilators, logistics and human resources; aim is to check whether the equipment is in running condition, or needs refurbishment

As Covid-19 cases fall, Indians drag feet to get their booster shots

Less than 30,000 booster doses daily in December, vaccine coverage flat for two months

As China cases surge, India must keep an eye on raw material supplies

Epidemiologist forecasts 10% of world population will be infected in next 90-days

Centre to review Covid situation as cases rise in China, other nations

Health ministry asks states to ramp up genome sequencing

China's Covid-19 outbreak has US worried about new mutations of virus

Chinese cities are witnessing a wave of Covid-19 cases, with concerns growing that the government may be hiding the true toll of the virus

Lessons from Covid: Pharma firms turn attention to adult vaccination

Vaccine companies have warmed up to the idea of adult vaccines for other diseases such as pneumonia, flu and shingles as well

With the flu season here, should you ask for an influenza vaccine?

Demand for flu vaccine weak in India; US facing worst season in a decade

New gadget identifies Covid-19 antibodies in five minutes: Report

The innovation is described in an article published in the journal ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering

Bharat Biotech gets nasal vaccine nod for use as mix-match booster

iNCOVACC first intranasal Covid shot to receive approval for primary 2-dose schedule, heterologous booster us

As China intensifies Covid-19 lockdowns, India gradually opens up

Data shows that spike in one country has not coincided with a rise the other

Removing vaccination mandate for incoming tourists correct move: Experts

With over 90% of population being vaccinated, it is okay at a policy level to relax the mandatory vaccination norm for entering India, they say

Govt scraps filling Air Suvidha form for international travellers

The requirement of random post-arrival testing of 2 per cent of arriving passengers too has been done away with in the new guideline

Do you still need to wear a mask? Here's what doctors have to say

Doctors say that most people have some form of immunity against the virus already

Covid-19 China: Consumer revenue will fall this quarter, warns iPhone maker

The company, known also as Foxconn, reported earnings that missed estimates for the third quarter and said revenue growth will be flat for the current three-month period

World's largest beer maker adds Budweiser Magnum whiskey to its India menu

India's love for darker spirits makes the world's largest beer maker enter the whiskey segment in the country

Covid curbs increased in China factory hub Guangzhou as outbreak balloons

In-person classes in eight of the city of some 19 million people's 11 districts will be halted from Thursday, officials said late Wednesday