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    COVID-19

    WHO’s aid plea warns of risks from new variants

    Warning of the emergence of more dangerous variants of COVID-19 on the anvil, a press release pointed out the inequities in the access to...
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    COVID-19

    Omicron sweeps across 57 countries: WHO

    The past week saw a decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Americas and the South-East Asia Region, including India. However the...
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    Tonnes of COVID-19 health care waste expose urgent need to improve waste management systems

    About 87,000 tonnes of personal protective equipment procured between March 2020 and November 2021 to support countries’ urgent COVID-19 response needs is expected to...
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    COVID-19

    ILO estimates reveal 1.6 million jobs lost in Myanmar in 2021

    Military takeover has hammered labour market already weakened by impact of COVID-19, women workers hit hardest, says the UN organisation. Some 1.6 million jobs were...
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    DCGI approval for Bharat Biotech’s nasal booster dose trials

    The producer of India's indigenous vaccine, Covaxin, will now be able to conduct trials of its nasal vaccine as a booster dose at nine...
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    COVID-19

    Omicron dominates, says health ministry

    Data indicates that India is now seeing a plateau in the number of COVID-19 cases. But there is concern that over three-fourths of the...
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    COVID-19

    Pfizer, BioNTech initiate study to evaluate Omicron vaccine in adults

    First participants enrolled in clinical trial received Omicron-based vaccine candidate as a two-dose primary series and as a booster dose. Drugs and pharma giants Pfizer...
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    No takers for COVID-19 booster vials in Sri Lanka

    There is a rise in COVID-19 hospitalisations in Sri Lanka. Yet, people are reluctant to take the vaccine booster. Over 5000 cases of COVID-19 were...
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    India’s Retail Inflation Surges to Two-Year High of 6.09% as Food Costs Breach Central Bank Comfort Zone

    While a single monthly reading above 6 per cent does not constitute a formal policy failure, the persistent upward trajectory since early 2026 leaves monetary authorities with little room to manoeuvre.
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    India’s Retail Inflation Surges to Two-Year High of 6.09% as Food Costs Breach Central Bank Comfort Zone

    While a single monthly reading above 6 per cent does not constitute a formal policy failure, the persistent upward trajectory since early 2026 leaves monetary authorities with little room to manoeuvre.
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    Study Finds No Teaching Quality Gap Between Reservation and General Category Faculty in Indian Engineering Colleges

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