By Administrator_ India Capital Sands The benchmark indices logged a fresh high on Tuesday since the global outbreak of Covid-19 after gaining sharply for the fourth straight day. Stocks extended gains on optimism around the US stimulus and a positive outlook given by India’s largest housing finance firm. The Sensex rose 601 points, or 1.54 per cent, […]
Read MoreBy Administrator_India Capital Sands The dollar rose during the previous session after a recent weak spell, buoyed by expectations that today’s Federal Reserve meeting will pursue a policy of keeping interest rates low and controlling inflation. The greenback’s fall on Wednesday helped gold pull back some of its lost territory. Other actors influencing the precious metal’s price include […]
Read MoreBy Administrator_India Capital Sands One-fifth of the population in Chennai has been exposed to COVID, said a Sero survey for the transmission of the infection in Greater Chennai Corporation areas. The sample size was around 12,000 to detect a seroprevalence of 2 percent, for a relative precision of 20 per cent design effect of 2.5 […]
Read MoreBy Administrator_India Capital Sands Serum Institue of India issued a statement on August 23, clarifying that all claims surrounding the availability of its COVID-19 vaccine, COVISHIELD, in 73 days are false. “Presently, the government has granted us permission to only manufacture the vaccine and stockpile it for future use,” SII said in a statement they […]
Read MoreBy Administrator_India Capital Sands California, Florida and Texas, the three largest U.S. states, all set one-day records for fatalities from COVID-19 on Wednesday, a Reuters tally showed, and the Miami-area school district said students would not return to classrooms when the new academic year begins as deaths from the virus spiked nationwide. The United States […]
Read MoreBy Administrator_India Capital Sands Researchers are making “good progress” in developing vaccines against COVID-19, with a handful in late-stage trials, but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021, a WHO expert said on Wednesday. WHO is working to ensure fair vaccine distribution, but in the meantime it is key to suppress the virus’s […]
Read MoreBy Administrator_India Capital Sands Early data from trials of three potential COVID-19 vaccines released on Monday, including a closely-watched candidate from Oxford University, increased confidence that a vaccine can train the immune system to recognize and fight the novel coronavirus without serious side effects. Whether any of these efforts will result in a vaccine capable […]
Read MoreBy Administrator_India Capital Sands EU leaders were making progress on Monday after three days of haggling over a plan to revive economies throttled by the COVID-19 pandemic, but Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned the discussions could still fall apart. EU summit chairman Charles Michel urged the 27 leaders of the European Union to achieve […]
Read MoreThe aviation sector has been significantly impacted due to travel restrictions imposed in India and other countries due to the coronavirus pandemic Government-owned Air India has commenced the process of identifying staff, based on various factors like efficiency, health and redundancy, who will be sent on compulsory leave without pay for a period of up […]
Read MoreBy Administrator_India Capital Sands California’s governor on Monday clamped new restrictions on businesses as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations soared, and the state’s two largest school districts, in Los Angeles and San Diego, said children would be made to stay home in August. Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, ordered bars closed and restaurants, movie theaters, zoos […]
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