Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 15 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday announced several relaxations in Covid-induced restrictions and said it will be allowed on the basis of the test positivity rate under local self-government bodies.
Beijing [China], June 15 (ANI): The Han population in China's western region of Xinjiang grew faster than the ethnic minority Uygur population over the last decade, according to a report in South China Morning Post.
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Delhi recorded 12 deaths due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours which is the lowest since April 3, according to the Delhi government's health bulletin on Tuesday.
Washington [US], June 15 (ANI): A new study has found that higher education students are more engaged and motivated when they are taught using playful pedagogy rather than the traditional lecture-based method.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 15 (ANI): Air traffic is expected to slump in fiscal 22 and fully recover only by fourth quarter of next fiscal because of debilitating consequences of second Covid-19 wave in India, according to Crisil Ratings.
Singapore, June 15 (ANI): Fitch Ratings has assigned Wipro Ltd long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings and foreign currency senior unsecured rating of A-minus.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 15 (ANI): India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has said the operating performance of thermal power plants can improve meaningfully, given the change in incremental demand supply equation after a decade.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 15 (ANI): Indian pharmaceutical companies' sales will grow robustly in the financial year ending March 2022 (FY22) as sales normalise in categories affected by the pandemic in previous year, Fitch Ratings has said.
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): India reported 60,471 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest count after 75 days, while the daily positivity rate further dropped to 3.45 per cent, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 15 (ANI): The Odisha government has sought COVID-19 vaccine in the ratio of 95:05 for government and private hospitals instead of 75:25 as per the Central guidelines.
Beijing [China], June 15 (ANI): China's recently-announced three-child policy will not help the country to drastically raise the birthrate, said a top Chinese economist, adding that the country will struggle to raise the retirement age by more than a couple of years by 2025.
Karachi [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): Religious and ethnic minorities have been overlooked in Pakistan's mainstream media due to reporting priorities in the industry being dictated by commercial interests rather than human rights or public good.