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Mask mandate can be removed for now, say experts

Setting at rest fears over Covid restrictions being relaxed, several experts say the two-year stringent mask mandate has led to fatigue and can be removed from public spaces for now just as many......

Covaxin's 50 pc efficacy adequate for Covid, say experts

The decline in the effectiveness of Covaxin, India's indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, from 77.8 per cent to 50 per cent during a Delta-driven case surge in April and May this year is neither bad nor......

2021: How Covid kept the world on tenterhooks, with surprises aplenty

The optimism of a year that started with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, seen as the beginning of the end of the pandemic, has petered out as 2021 winds to a close. IMAGE: Patients on oxygen support......

Booster dose of anti-Covid vax not needed at this stage: Experts

Will a booster shot provide the turbocharge for Covid immunity that India is looking for? Maybe in an ideal situation where most people are fully vaccinated but not when less than a quarter of the......

'Omicron produces less severe illness'

'Perhaps Covid will stay with us for another a year or two before becoming a milder version.' IMAGE: Health workers walk past passengers waiting in a queue during COVID-19 testing at the Katra......

Axis Bank Q2 net down 26% to Rs 5,090 cr

Axis Bank on Wednesday reported a 26 per cent decline in standalone net profit to Rs 5,089.64 crore annually for the quarter ended September 2025. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters The private......

Improving asset quality, healthy loan growth positives for ICICI Bank

ICICI Bank delivered satisfactory results in the second quarter of 2025-26 (Q2FY26), sustaining return on assets (RoA) of around 2.3-2.4 per cent and improving asset quality. Photograph: Francis......

Cautious state-run banks expect 11-13% credit growth in FY26

Despite sharp interest rate cuts expected in this financial year amid easy liquidity conditions, state-run banks are treading cautiously on their loan growth projections for FY26. Illustration:......

'Bank Of Baroda Is Well Capitalised'

'Bank has enabling provision to raise capital up to Rs 7,500 crore over a longer period of time.' Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters "Profitability would be sustained this year as we expect......

Axis Bank Q1 net profit down 4% on rise in slippages, provisions

In Q1FY26, the bank reported fresh slippages of 8,200 crore, up 71 per cent Y-o-Y and sequentially. Of this, 7,500 crore is from the retail segment. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters Axis......

Mary Kom leads 11 Indian boxers to President's Cup finals

IMAGE: MC Mary Kom had to sweat it out against Vietnam's Anh vo Thi Kim in the semi-final as she registered a hardfought 3-2 victory. Photograph: Boxing Federation of India Six-time World......

Referee banned after South Africa hit by new match-fixing crisis

South African football was embroiled in another scandal on Monday when FIFA said the national team's World Cup qualifying win over Senegal last year was fixed, leaving the legacy of the country's......

Sports Shorts: Boxers Simranjit, Dagar enter President's Cup final

IMAGE: Simranjit Kaur in action during her first round bout against Italy's Francesca Martusciello. Photograph: Boxing Federation of India World Championships bronze medallist Simranjit Kaur......

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