Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: PTI Moving to renewables in India to get dearer after the Union government raised GST on critical components used in solar technology, including photovoltaic cells. The government has hiked GST to 12% from the existing 5% with effect from the beginning of this month….
India logged 8,954 new Covid cases, taking the country’s total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,45,96,776, while the active cases have declined to 99,023, which is less than a lakh after 547 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. Stay with TOI for all updates on Coronavirus from India and around…
People with Omicron significantly less likely to develop severe symptoms, according to analysis; government will not announce any post-Christmas restrictions this week; government’s chief scientific adviser says it is not SAGE’s job to take policy stances.Former cabinet minister David Davis has said the government’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance is correct to say it…
NEW YORK & MAINZ, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced results from an initial laboratory study demonstrating that serum antibodies induced by the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (BNT162b2) neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant after three doses. Sera obtained from vaccinees one month after receiving the booster vaccination (third dose…
Editor’s note: This is a live account of COVID-19 updates from Monday, Aug. 30, as the day unfolded. It is no longer being updated. Click here to see all the most recent news about the pandemic, and click here to find additional resources.Across the globe and close to home, pushback continues against public-health measures aimed…
Ireland’s National Public Service MediaMeáin Náisiúnta Seirbhíse Poiblí na hÉireannThe Netherlands will go into "lockdown" over the Christmas period to try to stop a surge of the Omicron coronavirus variant, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said this evening.All non-essential shops, restaurants, bars, cinemas, museums and theatres must shut from tomorrow until 14 January, while schools…
NC COVID-19 Dec. 16 Update: new cases hits two-month high, hospitalizations continue to rise WAVY.comsource
Want to discuss? Please read our Commenting Policy first.Uncertainty about the potential effects of the rapidly spreading Omicron variant are clouding the federal government’s forecasts for when soaring inflation and supply chain bottlenecks will ease.Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Tuesday tabled her fall fiscal update amid a backdrop of escalating global…
To provide our community with important public safety information, the Statesman Journal is making this daily update related to the coronavirus free to read. We’ll update this story with the latest news about coronavirus and its effects in Oregon on Friday, Dec. 10.Oregon has recorded more than 400,000 cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday, nearly 22…