By Administrator_ India Capital Sands An expert panel on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to recommend the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, saying the benefits of inoculation outweigh the risks. Authorization for that age group would be an important regulatory step toward […]
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands The Tamil Nadu state government has extended COVID-19 curbs till September 9 with additional relaxations. The existing relaxations were scheduled to end by August 23. Chief Minister M K Stalin chaired a high-level meeting with senior officials on August 21 and decided to reopen educational institutions from September 1 along […]
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Census operations, aborted due to Covid, are set to resume soon. In a huge rush of orders, the ministry of home affairs has filled in the vacant positions of director of Census operations in states over the last week. The states covered include large ones like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and Chhattisgarh as […]
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Oil prices were little changed on Monday as investors balanced concerns about fuel demand from the spread of COVID-19 variants and floods in China against expectations of tight supplies through the rest of the year. Brent crude futures for September fell 3 cents to $74.07 a barrel by 0153 GMT […]
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Delhi government’s Women and Child Development Department will undertake a survey to identify children who have been orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic. The department said it has appointed 20 welfare officers who will conduct the survey in different childcare homes, institutions, and district offices in the city. The officers have […]
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Moody’s Investors Service on Wednesday slashed India’s growth projection to 9.6 percent for the 2021 calendar year, from its earlier estimate of 13.9 percent, and said faster vaccination progress will be paramount in restricting economic losses to the June quarter In its report titled “Macroeconomics – India: Economic shocks from […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands As many as 42,640 fresh COVID-19 infections were reported in the last 24 hours, the lowest daily spike after 91 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The second wave of COVID-19 seems to be abating as the country has been witnessing a continuous decline in fresh coronavirus cases for the past few weeks. […]
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Oil was down Friday morning in Asia but remained above $70-market after the U.S. Federal Reserve projected possible interest rate hikes earlier than expected. Brent Oil Futures fell 0.79% to $72.50 by 12:36 AM ET (4:36 AM GMT) and Crude Oil WTI Futures slid 0.82% to $70.46. The dollar has soared in the […]
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Agra’s Taj Mahal has reopened today (June 16, 2021) for the general public after being shut due to the second wave of coronavirus in the country. The entry to the historic monument has been allowed after the Union Ministry of Culture decided to reopen all the centrally protected monuments, sites, and […]
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands More than 32.74 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in India on June 10, the Union Health Ministry’s latest provisional report suggested. With that, the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country reached 24.60 crores. On the 146th day of the vaccination drive (June 10), 29.54 lakh […]
