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Coronavirus Long-term Toll Signals Billions in Healthcare Costs Ahead
Late in March, Laura Gross, 72, was recovering from gall bladder surgery in her Fort Lee, New Jersey, home when she became sick again.
6-member Panel to Study, Submit Report on NEP 2020 to Bengal Govt: Edu Minister Partha Chatterjee
Vice Chancellor of Jadavpur University Suranjan Das, retired professor and TMC MP Sougata Roy and educationist Pabitra Sarkar are among those who form a part of the panel.
UK declines comment on Reuters report about hacking of former trade minister's email
The British government on Monday declined to comment on a Reuters report that classified U.S.UK trade documents leaked ahead of Britain's 2019 election were stolen from the email account of former trade minister Liam Fox.
Mexican TV networks to provide home learning for students as schools stay shut
Mexican students will be educated in the next academic year through a homelearning program broadcast by major networks such as TV Azteca until a drop in coronavirus infections allows for schools to be reopened, the government said on Monday.
Wonder Why Home Minister Chose Not to Go to AIIMS but to Private Hospital, Says Shashi Tharoor
Shah on Sunday said he has tested positive for coronavirus and been admitted to a hospital following the advice of doctors.
White House adviser Navarro suggests Microsoft divest China holdings
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro suggested on Monday that Microsoft Corp could divest its holdings in China if it were to buy the Chinese owned shortvideo app TikTok.
White House adviser Navarro questions Microsoft's China ties amid TikTok discussions
Any potential buyer of Chineseowned TikTok that has operations in China could be a problem, a White House adviser said on Monday, amid reports that President Donald Trump was weighing whether to allow a U.S. company to buy the popular shortvideo app in li...
29% of Migrants Who Left Cities Due to Covid-19 Curbs are Back, 45% Want to Return: Survey
About 10 per cent of households have borrowed money from their extended families, while 7 per cent borrowed from money lenders, the study found. The survey found that women in households where migrant members have returned shouldered more workload compare...
Earthquake of 3.3 Magnitude Hits South Gujarat, No Reports of Casualty or Damage to Property
The earthquake was recorded with its epicentre 7km east-south-east from Bharuch city, an official of the Gandhinagar-based Institute of Seismological Research said.
World Breastfeeding Week 2020: The Benefits Of Breastfeeding For Mother And Baby
Breastfeeding is as natural a process as one can be and is not only beneficial for the baby but also for the mother in different ways.
'The Unfinished Agenda': Viral Acharya on the Need For a 'Concrete' Plan to Restore the Health of PSBs
Former RBI deputy governor Viral Acharya's latest book uses the Japanese asset price bubble burst of 1992 and the European debt crisis as lessons for the Indian banking sector.
Global Markets: Investors cautious as U.S. lawmakers wrangle over virus aid
World stocks began August cautiously as U.S. lawmakers struggled to agree on the next round of coronavirus aid, though a squeeze on crowded short positions left the dollar clinging to a tentative bounce.
Microsoft talks to buy TikTok's U.S. operations spurs ire in China
A potential shotgun wedding to Microsoft Corp for TikTok's U.S. operations provoked an outcry on Chinese social media as well as criticism from a prominent Chinese investor in TikTok owner ByteDance.
Wockhardt to supply millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines to UK
Indian drugmaker Wockhardt Ltd will supply millions of doses of multiple COVID19 vaccines to the UK, including the one being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, it said on Monday.
SoftBank spent $3.8 billion on buybacks in July, August
SoftBank Group Corp on Monday said it spent 398 billion yen ($3.8 billion) buying back 63.2 million shares between July 1 and Aug. 3, part of a repurchase programme that has helped lift its share price to two decade highs.
Lebanon's foreign minister quits over lack of "will to reform"
Lebanon's Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti resigned on Monday over what he described as lack of political will to reform as his nation wrestles with a financial crisis posing the biggest threat to stability since a 19751990 civil war.
