Covid-19 Curbs India

Plenty of mistakes were made in the use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic. We need to learn from them to curb the growth of antimicrobial resistance.

With most parts of the country witnessing a significant rise in COVID-19 cases over the last few days, several states have made masks mandatory again, while othersadvised to observe caution.

iPhone Assembler Foxconn is said to be planning to quadruple its workforce at its iPhone factory in Tamil Nadu. The company recently grabbed headlines after production at its Zhengzhou plant, the largest iPhone factory in the world, was disturbed due to COVID-19 curbs in the region. The firm is said to be planning to boost the workforce at its plan...

Xiaomi reported a 20 percent drop in revenue year-on-year, as the smartphone giant felt the sting of Covid-19 curbs and restrictions in China. The firm’s stock price has tumbled nearly 40 percent since the start of 2022, hit by the slowing Chinese economy and weakening overseas growth.

India's crude imports rose about 4.2% in March to 19.03 million tonnes from a year earlier, government data showed on Monday, as consumption picked up in the world's third-largest oil importer after COVID-19 curbs were eased.

In view of the weekly Covid test positivity remaining below 2% for past one month in Nagaland and the advisory issued by Home Ministry, the state government has announced that all COVID-19 restrictions stand withdrawn from today.

With the COVID-19 cases declining significantly over the past few weeks, the Telangana government yesterday decided to lift all Covid-related restrictions, including the mandatory wearing of face masks, officials said today.

With the COVID-19 situation having considerably improved in West Bengal, the state government on Thursday announced that that all curbs related to the contagion would stand withdrawn from midnight.

In view of the continuous dip in coronavirus cases, the Home Ministry has decided to end all COVID-19 containment measures from March 31, two years after their implementation following the outbreak of the pandemic.

Amid declining COVID-19 cases in the country, the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are set to resume their normal sittings for the second part of the Budget session, beginning from March 14 at 11 am.

Night curfew in Delhi will end, the government said today as COVID-19 cases continue to fall.

The Home Ministry today asked states and union territories to consider relaxing Covid curbs for social, sports, entertainment, academic and religious events as well as night curfew hours in view of the substantial decline in the number of cases.

A WHO official said that if people get hit with another Covid-19 variant and all measures are abandoned, its going to be really hard to put anything back in place.

As new coronavirus cases decline across the country, the centre has asked states and union territories to review, change or drop COVID-19 restrictions after considering the trend of new cases and positivity rate in their regions.

Retail sales in January this year suffered due to the restrictions imposed by states to curb the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Retailers Association of India (RAI) said on Tuesday.

Plenty of mistakes were made in the use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic. We need to learn from them to curb the growth of antimicrobial resistance.

With most parts of the country witnessing a significant rise in COVID-19 cases over the last few days, several states have made masks mandatory again, while othersadvised to observe caution.

iPhone Assembler Foxconn is said to be planning to quadruple its workforce at its iPhone factory in Tamil Nadu. The company recently grabbed headlines after production at its Zhengzhou plant, the largest iPhone factory in the world, was disturbed due to COVID-19 curbs in the region. The firm is said to be planning to boost the workforce at its plan...

Xiaomi reported a 20 percent drop in revenue year-on-year, as the smartphone giant felt the sting of Covid-19 curbs and restrictions in China. The firm’s stock price has tumbled nearly 40 percent since the start of 2022, hit by the slowing Chinese economy and weakening overseas growth.

India's crude imports rose about 4.2% in March to 19.03 million tonnes from a year earlier, government data showed on Monday, as consumption picked up in the world's third-largest oil importer after COVID-19 curbs were eased.

In view of the weekly Covid test positivity remaining below 2% for past one month in Nagaland and the advisory issued by Home Ministry, the state government has announced that all COVID-19 restrictions stand withdrawn from today.

With the COVID-19 cases declining significantly over the past few weeks, the Telangana government yesterday decided to lift all Covid-related restrictions, including the mandatory wearing of face masks, officials said today.

With the COVID-19 situation having considerably improved in West Bengal, the state government on Thursday announced that that all curbs related to the contagion would stand withdrawn from midnight.

In view of the continuous dip in coronavirus cases, the Home Ministry has decided to end all COVID-19 containment measures from March 31, two years after their implementation following the outbreak of the pandemic.

Amid declining COVID-19 cases in the country, the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are set to resume their normal sittings for the second part of the Budget session, beginning from March 14 at 11 am.

Night curfew in Delhi will end, the government said today as COVID-19 cases continue to fall.

The Home Ministry today asked states and union territories to consider relaxing Covid curbs for social, sports, entertainment, academic and religious events as well as night curfew hours in view of the substantial decline in the number of cases.

A WHO official said that if people get hit with another Covid-19 variant and all measures are abandoned, its going to be really hard to put anything back in place.

As new coronavirus cases decline across the country, the centre has asked states and union territories to review, change or drop COVID-19 restrictions after considering the trend of new cases and positivity rate in their regions.

Retail sales in January this year suffered due to the restrictions imposed by states to curb the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Retailers Association of India (RAI) said on Tuesday.