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US lifts mask guidance for fully vaccinated people

In the biggest indication that the United States is fast returning to pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said fully vaccinated people are no longer required to......

Indian Covid variant found in 44 countries: WHO

The B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus first identified in India last year has been found in 44 countries, says the World Health Organization which has classified it as a ‘variant of......

India opened up prematurely: Dr Fauci on COVID-19 crisis

America's top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci on Tuesday said that India is in such "dire straits" because it made the "incorrect assumption" that they were finished with the COVID-19......

US curbs travel from India from May 4; some exemptions allowed

United States President Joe Biden has imposed restrictions on travel from India that stops most non-American citizens from entering the US for an indefinite period from May 4, citing the surging......

COVID-19: India declines UN's integrated supply chain assistance

India has declined assistance offered by the United Nations of its integrated supply chain for COVID19-related material, saying the country has a "robust system" to deal with the required......

COVID-19: You may need a 'vaccine passport' to fly around the world

Several companies and technology heavyweights including Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce are working to create a digital vaccination passport or health passport app in the hope that governments and......

Trump extends freeze on H-1B, other work visas till March 31

US President Donald Trump has extended the freeze on the most sought-after H-1B visas along with other types of foreign work visas by three months to protect American workers, saying while......

Online fraud attempts drop 29% during unlock

Such attempts had risen sharply right before pandemic and early part of pandemic by 121 per cent. Online fraud attempts have declined 29 per cent during the unlocking period in India. Such......

S&P projects Indian economy to contract 9%

The rating agency said, rising COVID-19 cases in India will keep private spending and investment lower for longer. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com S&P Global Ratings on Monday slashed its......

How govt plans to distribute Covid-19 vaccine

The procurement and distribution will be centralised though the government is yet to take a call on the initial number of doses that will be procured. India plans to create a digital......

New Zealand cricketers to depart from India on May 7

Williamson, Kyle Jamieson and Mitchell Santner, along with the team physiotherapist, were unable to secure an exemption to travel to Britain until May 11 so will remain in New Delhi until then.......

How will IPL's foreign players return home?

We will find a way to send back foreign players, says IPL chairman Brijesh Patel. IMAGE: Aussie players Marcus Stoinis, Steve Smith, Moises Henriques and Daniel Sams after an IPL match. CA is in......

With 100 days to go, Tokyo scrambles to stage pandemic Olympics

IMAGE: Members of Nadeshiko Japan, Japan's women's national soccer team, lead the torch relay. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters When Japan won the bid to host the Olympic Games eight years......

Ibra to make acting debut in new 'Asterix and Obelix' film

IMAGE: Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Photograph: Zlatan Ibrahimovic/Twitter He has already sampled the life of a singer at Italy’s Sanremo music festival, and AC Milan striker......

'Justice for Diego': Argentines seek answers over Maradona's death

IMAGE: A fan breaks down during the funeral of Diego Maradona outside the Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires on November 27, 2020. Photograph: Rodrigo Valle/Getty Images Argentines......

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Pandemic to be 'far more deadly' this year

World health experts issued a grim warning Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be "far more deadly", as Japan extended a state of... ...

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/pandemic-to-be-far-more-deadly-this-year-who-warns/articleshow/82638340.cms

US lifts mask guidance for fully vaccinated people

In the biggest indication that the United States is fast returning to pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said... ...

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/us-lifts-mask-guidance-for-fully-vaccinated-people/20210514.htm

Russia records first cases of COVID variant found in India

The regional branch of consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said it had recorded 16 cases of the variant among Indian students at Ulyanovsk... ...

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/russia-records-first-cases-of-covid-variant-found-in-india/articleshow/82598450.cms

WHO on factors behind India's second wave

The World Health Organisation has said a recent risk assessment of the situation in India found that "resurgence and acceleration" of COVID-19... ...

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/religious-and-political-events-among-factors-that-accelerated-covid-19-transmission-in-india-who/articleshow/82580389.cms

Internal emails reveal WHO knew of sex abuse claims in Congo

When Shekinah was working as a nurse's aide in northeastern Congo in January 2019, she said, she was offered a job from a World Health Organization... ...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/internal-emails-reveal-who-knew-of-sex-abuse-claims-in-congo/articleshow/82572828.cms

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