By Administrator_India Capital Sands Coronavirus live updates: India has recorded a massive surge of 81,441 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s total caseload to 12,302,110, Worldometer showed this morning. Active cases have crossed the 600,000-mark and now stand at 615,798. India is now the 5th-worst hit country in terms ofContinue Reading
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands In view of the rising COVID-19 cases, the Delhi government has banned all gatherings on the occasions of Holi, Navaratri, and Shab-e-Barat, an official order said on March 23. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has warned of penal action against those found flouting theContinue Reading
By Administrator_India Capital Sands A total of 1,19,07,392 beneficiaries have so far been vaccinated for COVID-19 through 2,53,434 sessions held till the evening of February 23, the 39th day of the immunisation drive, according to a provisional report of the Union Health Ministry. On February 23, 1,61,840 beneficiaries were vaccinated tillContinue Reading
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Global stocks are in the midst of the longest run of gains since 2003 as optimism over the economic recovery sweeps across markets. This even as the Indian equity benchmarks — Sensex and Nifty — ended marginally lower on Tuesday as investors booked profits at higher levels amidContinue Reading
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The COVID-19 pandemic-hit 2020 was recorded as the worst year ever in the history of global aviation, with the overall demand (revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) plunging by 65.9 percent, said a report released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on February 3. International passenger demand fell byContinue Reading
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has expressed her gratitude to the Indian government and the people for “most generous” donation of COVID-19 vaccine doses. In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, Mottley said: “I trust that you are well and safe. On behalf ofContinue Reading
By Administrator_India Capital Sands A decisive phase in India’s fight against coronavirus began in the wee hours on Tuesday as the first consignment of Covishield vaccines left Serum Institute of India for Pune airport, four days ahead of the nationwide inoculation drive launch. Three temperature-controlled trucks rolled out of the Serum Institute gates shortlyContinue Reading
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The UK has again recorded more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths overnight bringing the country’s official death toll past 80,000. Another 59,937 Covid-19 cases were also reported in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic past three million toContinue Reading
By Administrator_India Capital Sands In a significant development, the Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) on Sunday (January 3) approved two vaccines – AstraZeneca-Oxford’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin – for emergency use against COVID-19 in India. According to DCGI, both Covishield and Covaxin have to be administered in twoContinue Reading
By Administration_ India Capital Sands Gold pushed above $1,900 an ounce to hit the highest level in almost two months, aided by a weaker dollar, after posting the biggest annual advance in a decade. Silver also surged on the first full trading day of the new year, while platinum jumpedContinue Reading