Beirut [Lebanon], January 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Drivers of taxis and minibusses blocked all the main roads in Beirut and important transport corridors across Lebanon on Thursday, protesting the continuous surge in gas and food prices and the decline of national currency.
Mumbai [India], January 13 (ANI): The Indian equities markets benchmark Sensex closed 85 points higher in choppy trade on Thursday. Metal and pharma stocks surged while shares of Wipro and some private banks tumbled.
Tianjin [China], January 13 (ANI): The northern Chinese city of Tianjin has cut off public transportation to other cities including trains, buses and taxis, and car-hailing service as it registered more residents with the Omicron variant, local media reported on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): Senior Surgeon of Medanta Hospital Dr Arvind Kumar on Thursday said that the data shows that the COVID-19 variant Omicron is more infectious than the Delta variant. However, it is milder as compared to it.
Mumbai [India], January 13 (ANI): The Indian equities markets key indices witnessed choppy session on Thursday with benchmark Sensex rising 87 points led by nearly five per cent surge in Tata Steel.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 13 (ANI): The colourful kites have hit the markets ahead of the Makar Sankranti festival in Hyderabad and the sellers are hopeful of doing good business this year despite the surge in COVID-19 cases.
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): As the poll campaign has gone virtual in view of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Manoj Tiwari has composed a special song "Mandir ab banane laga hai, bhagwa rang chadhne laga hai" for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): As India witnesses a steep surge in COVID-19 cases, the Ministry of AYUSH (MoA) on Wednesday issued revised guidelines and advisory to fight against coronavirus infection.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 12 (ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, Maharashtra's Pune district launched the "Covid-Free Village" Contest to curb the spread of COVID-19 and its Omicron variant.
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): With India recording a staggering number of fresh COVID-19 cases and the Omicron tally continuing to top the count, the nation is gearing up for administering the third 'precautionary dose' to priority groups: health care and frontline workers an
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 12 (ANI): Amid a surge in COVID-19 infections in Kerala, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) held Thiruvathira (a Hindu festival) celebrations, at Parassala in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 12 (ANI): Share price of Vodafone Idea surged by over 10 per cent on Wednesday a day after the company announced that it has opted to convert interest on adjusted gross revenue (AGR) and spectrum dues into government equity.