Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 7 (ANI): The COVID-19 infection rate of Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka has jumped from 3 per cent to 28 per cent in the last one month as fear continues to grip the city hospitals that they will run out of beds in a few weeks if the infection rate doesn't come down.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 7 (ANI): India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has said the 14.1 per cent y-o-y growth in pharmaceutical market during June was led by a normalisation of demand post high growth months of April (51.5 per cent) and May (47.8 per cent).
Mumbai (Maharashtra), July 7 (ANI): Indian banks' improved performance for the financial year ended March 2021 (FY21) is in contrast to stress evident from extension of Covid-19 related relief measures to borrowers, Fitch Ratings said in a report released on Wednesday.
Kerala [India], July 7 (ANI): The Disaster Management Department (COVID-19) of the Government of Kerala has issued an order for the re-categorization of the state's Local Self Government Institutions (LSGI's) on the basis of average weekly Test Positivity rates (TPR).
Singapore, July 7 (ANI): S&P Global Ratings said on Wednesday that Vedanta Resources Ltd can increase funding options to address refinancing needs if it secures consent to raise the cap on total debt at subsidiary guarantor Twin Star Holdings Ltd.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 7 (ANI): Kerala has decided to impose more regulations based on Test Positivity Rate (TPR) and at the same time allow relaxation where TPR is low from Wednesday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 7 (ANI): Despite the Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government's campaign to vaccinate as many people as possible against COVID-19, only 3.5 per cent of the population in the country has been inoculated so far.
Edinburgh [Scotland], July 7 (ANI): Scotland has become the 'COVID capital' of Europe with five in ten of the areas with the highest infection rates, according to the Scottish newspaper.
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE) has concluded that even a single dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is effective in preventing deaths.
Singapore, July 6 (ANI): S&P Global Ratings has said that Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC's) improved earnings outlook for the next 12 to 18 months will support deleveraging.
Hong Kong, July 6 (ANI): Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday there were no sovereign rating upgrades and only three downgrades in 1H21, marking the fewest rating actions in a six-month period in more than 20 years.