coronavirus
Bank employee unions demand 5-day working week, says COVID threat is haunting bankers
The Indian Banks' Association in January rejected the proposal for a five-day working week but offered a 19 percent pay hike to employees
Seven Indian pharma players race to develop vaccine for deadly coronavirus
Leading vaccine major Serum Institute of India has said that it is hoping to develop a COVID-19 vaccine by the year-end
6,00,000 people succumb to COVID-19 globally
While the U.S. leads global infections, South Africa now ranks as the fifth worst-hit country in the pandemic with 350,879 cases
Zydus Cadila to end COVID-19 vaccine trial in 2021
Cadila’s vaccine candidate, known as ZyCov-D, is one of dozens being developed around the world to fight the coronavirus pandemic
GoAir announces quarantine packages
The hotel quarantine packages start from Rs 1,400 and goes on to Rs 5,900 per person per night , from their station of origin
Indian pharma industry capable of producing COVID-19 vaccine for entire world: Bill Gates
Lot of very important things have been done in India and its pharma industry is doing work to help make the coronavirus vaccine, he said
The Fauci vs White House tussle over a deadly pandemic
White House tensions with Fauci have risen with the decline of Trump’s popularity in opinion polls over the president’s handling of pandemic
Not out of the woods yet: IMF chief warns second wave of virus could disrupt economies
Activity has started to gradually strengthen, but we are not out of the woods yet, Georgieva said in a message to G20 finance ministers
Air India to send staff on leave without pay for upto five years
Air India to send employees on LWP for six months or for a period of two years extendable upto five years
Oil prices slip after OPEC, allies agree to loosen supply curbs
OPEC+ agreed on Wednesday to scale back oil production cuts from August as the global economy slowly recovers from the coronavirus pandemic