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19 Jun

Goa: 90% of state’s 705 Covid-19 positive cases have been recorded in June

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Goa, which has a relatively smaller population of 16.6 lakh, has reported 705 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) positive cases, which are comparable with states such as Himachal Pradesh (HP) that has a far higher population. Goa has been reporting 35 Covid-19 positive cases on an average daily since early June. Worse, the daily average has been 41 Covid-19 positive cases in the past week. On the contrary, HP, whose population is four times that of Goa, has reported 595 Covid-19 positive cases and a daily average of 14.72. While 90% of Goa’s 705 Covid-19 positive cases have been recorded in June,…

19 Jun

Amid surge in COVID-19 cases

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New Delhi: Amid the increasing pace of coronavirus cases, the recovery rate in the country is also improving day by day. With 10,386 patients being recovered from the deadly COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, the total number of recovered patients in the country crossed the 2 lakh-mark to reach 2,04,710 on Friday. With this the recovery rate in the country also improved to 53.79 per cent from 52.96 per cent. The Health Ministry said in a release that the trend in daily numbers shows an increasing rate of recovery and an increasing gap between active and recovered cases. The health…

19 Jun

ICICI Lombard General Insurance

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ICICI Bank said on Friday it offloaded ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company shares worth Rs 2,250 crore to further strengthen its balance sheet. The 1.8 crore shares sold on Friday were of a face value of Rs 10 each, representing a 3.96 per cent stake in ICICI Lombard General Insurance. After the transaction, ICICI Bank's stake in ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company decreased to 51.9 per cent, from 55.86 per cent at the end of March 2020. Shares in ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company declined to as low as Rs 1,250.10 apiece on the BSE on Friday, marking a fall of 2.07 per cent compared…

19 Jun

Glenmark Gets Approval For Favipiravir As COVID-19 Treatment

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Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Friday it had received an approval from India's drugs regulator to make and sell oral antiviral drug favipiravir for treating mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients in the country. The Mumbai-based drugmaker said the approval was part of government's accelerated approval process and the drug would be for "restricted emergency use" in the country. Favipiravir is made under the brand name Avigan by Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp and was approved for use as an anti-flu drug there in 2014.

19 Jun

Mukesh Ambani Wins Half of 2020 Deals in Global Telecom

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Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Jio Platforms Ltd. has attracted more than half the $30 billion investment into telecom companies globally this year, on bets the wireless and digital services firm will disrupt India's massive consumer market. Ten firms including Facebook Inc., General Atlantic, Silver Lake Partners and KKR & Co. have poured a total $15.2 billion into Jio, pending regulatory clearances, Bloomberg data show. Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund was the latest to invest, according to a statement from Jio on Thursday. The deals have helped Mr Ambani, Asia's richest man, make his flagship Reliance Industries Ltd. net debt free ahead…

19 Jun

All party meeting to discuss China issue begins

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India-China LAC Standoff: Indian Army has been given emergency powers to deal with the situation arising out of China's deadly attack that killed 20 Bravehearts of 16 Bihar Regiment in the Galwan Valley. At least 20 Indian soldiers of 16 Bihar Regiment were killed and several others injured in the deadliest clash at the Line of Actual Control at the Galwan Valley in Ladakh by China's People's Liberation Army. The hand-to-hand (no shots were fired) fight was savage and lasted for almost eight hours on Monday night. PLA death squad were armed with batons, iron wires and rods and launched an…

19 Jun

Fan asks Irrfan Khan’s son Babil to ‘unfollow star kids’

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The news of actor Sushant Sing Rajput's death has reignited the nepotism detabe and angry fans are unfollowing star kids on social media. One such Instagram user urged late actor Irrfan Khan’s son Babil khan to support the movement by unfollowing all star kids. However, his humble response is winning hearts. Babil replied, “@yashbansal2937 brother, do you understand the pressures and expectations of being the son of someone who changed the concept of acting in Indian cinema? I understand your frustration against nepotism, but there are two sides to every coin.” When the user remarked that ‘snatching films’ and giving them to…

19 Jun

Over 15k samples collected in 24 hours for testing Covid-19

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Over 15,000 samples were collected for testing coronavirus in the national capital within a 24-hour span, a senior official said on Friday. A total of 7,040 samples were collected for rapid antigen test and 7,972 samples were collected for the RT-PCR test for coronavirus on Thursday, the official said. The Delhi government commenced Covid-19 testing through rapid antigen methodology at 193 centres on Thursday. A total of 7,040 samples were collected and out of them, 456 people were found to be positive. In the initial phase, those residing in containment zones are being tested. The Delhi government has also capped…

19 Jun

Odisha’s Covid-19 tally nears 5,000; 165 new cases reported

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165 more Covid-19 cases have been reported from Odisha in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 4,677, informed the state Health Department on Friday. Of these, the number of active cases stands at 1,519. “165 new cases of #COVID19 recorded in Odisha in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 4677 out of which 1519 cases are active,” the state Health Department tweeted.

19 Jun

Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain’s condition worsens

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The condition of Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain, who has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), deteriorated on Friday and he is being shifted to another hospital in the Capital, officials said. Satyendar Jain had tweeted on Wednesday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus disease. He was admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) on Tuesday after he developed high fever and his oxygen saturation levels dropped. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Atishi and two other leaders of the party have also contracted the respiratory disease. Akshay Marathe, an advisor to CM Arvind Kejriwal, and…