Agra shifts focus to khadi shoes to tide over economic crisis

Agra shifts focus to khadi shoes to tide over economic crisis

With the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc on businesses, Agra shoe manufacturers have now shifted their focus to new products to help them tide over the crisis that has robbed the happiness and economy of the labour-intensive industry. Along with tourism, Agra’s shoe industry has virtually collapsed due to migration of labour and cancellation of overseas […]

Jobs are top priority in sustained fight against COVID-19

Jobs are top priority in sustained fight against COVID-19

Singapore’s top priority is to protect and create jobs in the city-state’s sustained fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday. The world will be very different after the pandemic and Singaporeans must build on what they had been doing to emerge stronger, he said in the foreword of the […]

Need to revamp Indian healthcare system urgently

Need to revamp Indian healthcare system urgently

In an interview with IANS, Preetha Reddy Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals and President, NATHEALTH said that there is an urgent need to revamp the Indian healthcare system today. Reddy said there is a need to provide solutions to short terms problems caused due to COVID-19 and alongside, addressing the long-standing structural gaps in our healthcare […]

International Yoga Day celebrations in TN

International Yoga Day celebrations in TN

The International Yoga Day was celebrated in Tamil Nadu on Sunday at educational institutions, Army Headquarters of Dakshin Bharat area and at other places. At the SRM Institute of Science and Technology near here, Vice Chancellor Sandeep Sancheti and others performed various yogas at their grounds. They also performed breathing exercises which are believed to […]

Airbnb hopes for a comeback over pent-up travel demand

Airbnb hopes for a comeback over pent-up travel demand

As communities around the world slowly begin to open their doors, global travel company Airbnb is expecting a surge in bookings owing to the pent-up travel demand. According to the company, over the weekend of June 5-7, gross booking value grew in year-over-year terms for the first time since February, when the coronavirus began to […]

Dharavi’s dramatic return from the brink

Dharavi’s dramatic return from the brink

Marking a major success story, Mumbai’s sore underbelly – Dharavi – has made a dramatic return from the brink in the ongoing war against coronavirus. As per the latest official data released on Sunday, Dharavi’s doubling time of corona cases has become more than twice compared with the wider Mumbai city – indicating a major […]

Favipiravir approved for treatment of mild to moderate Covid patients in India

Favipiravir approved for treatment of mild to moderate Covid patients in India

The drug regulator has approved Favipiravir for the treatment of mild to moderate Covid-19 patients in India. In a filing with the exchanges on Friday, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals said that it has just received the manufacturing and marketing approval from India’s drug regulator to launch the oral antiviral drug Favipiravir (FabiFlu) for the treatment of mild […]

Beijing tightens COVID-19 restrictions amid fresh outbreak

Beijing tightens COVID-19 restrictions amid fresh outbreak

  Beijing’s municipal government on Tuesday tightened its control and prevention measures to contain the fresh COVID-19 outbreak in the biggest wholesale food market of the Chinese capital, state media said on Tuesday. People considered to be high risk, including those who came into contact with the 106 infected individuals detected since June 11, will […]

Fuel prices continue to rise through week

Fuel prices continue to rise through week

Petrol and diesel prices continued to rise through the week with the two petroleum products getting dearer by 59 and 58 paise per litre on Saturday. The auto fuel prices have now risen seven days in a row with pump prices of petrol increasing by Rs 3.90 and diesel by Rs 4 per litre since […]

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