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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......

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......

'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......

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......

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......

HDFC Bank aims to reduce CD ratio, plans slower loan growth in FY25

The country’s largest private sector lender HDFC Bank on Saturday said it will grow its loan book slower than the industry in the current financial year (FY25). Photograph: Shailesh......

Indian banks in Canada fear biz loss amid row

If there is a decline in the number of Indian students pursuing higher studies in Canada due to the ongoing diplomatic tensions between the two countries, it may have implications for Indian banks......

Asset quality key monitorable going ahead for Cholamandalam Investment

Cholamandalam Investment and Finance’s (Chola) share has yielded one of the best returns in the last month. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Cholamandalam The company has sustained assets under......

13 candidates in fray for PNB top job

At least 13 candidates are in the race for the position of managing director and chief executive officer (MD & CEO) of Punjab National Bank (PNB), the second-largest public sector bank (PSB),......

Results review: PSBs' net profit grows 16% to Rs 39,974 crore in Q1

Public sector banks (PSBs) posted 16.1 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth in net profit at Rs 39,974 crore during the June 2024 quarter. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters While net interest income......

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......

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......

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......

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