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UK's Covid Lockdown Delay Led To 23,000 Excess Deaths: Report
UK's government-level response to the COVID pandemic was often a case of "too little, too late", and a week's delay in imposing a mandatory lockdown during first wave in 2020 led to approximately 23,000 excess deaths, an official inquiry concluded.
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Australian Court Fines Qantas $59 Million For 1,800 Illegal Layoffs
Qantas decided to sack the workers and outsource their jobs in August 2020, a period of lockdowns and border closures when no Covid-19 vaccine existed.
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Apple Aims to Build Most iPhones for US in India by End of 2026
Apple is seeking to import most of the iPhones it sells in the US from India by the end of next year. The plans are the latest sign of Apple and its suppliers accelerating a pivot away from China, a process that began when harsh Covid lockdowns hurt production at its largest plant.
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Amid HMPV Worry, #Lockdown Trends; Government Says No Need To Panic
Three cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) have been detected in India - two in Bengaluru and one in Ahmedabad. The cases were detected in babies and one of them has been discharged from the hospital.
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Garuda Aerospace Receives Its First Order From ISRO
During the Covid-19 lockdown, ISRO utilised the services of Garuda Aerospace in 2021 for sanitising its premises using drones.
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Refund Air Tickets Booked During Lockdown By Next Week: Centre To Online Portals
The Centre directed online travel portals to process pending refunds on air ticket bookings during the coronavirus-induced lockdown by the third week of November.
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Man Kills Wife, Her Parents, Goes To Cops With 9-Month-Old Baby In Arms
A Covid lockdown love story has ended in a gruesome triple murder in Assam's Golaghat district.
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Covid Lockdown Prevented Melting Of 27 Tonnes Of Himalayan Ice, Snow: Study
The authors estimate that the reduced anthropogenic pollutant emissions during the Indian lockdown was responsible for 71.6 per cent of the reduction in radiative forcing on snow in April 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
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Madhya Pradesh To Withdraw Cases Of Lockdown Violation
The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to withdraw cases filed in 2020 and 2021 against individuals accused of violating the COVID-19 related lockdowns.
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Online Gaming Sector to Attract Investment Once Taxation Policy Is Finalised: FM Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the GST Council is deliberating on taxation policy for online gaming and exuded confidence that the sector will attract investment once it is finalised.
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UK's Covid Lockdown Delay Led To 23,000 Excess Deaths: Report
UK's government-level response to the COVID pandemic was often a case of "too little, too late", and a week's delay in imposing a mandatory lockdown during first wave in 2020 led to approximately 23,000 excess deaths, an official inquiry concluded.
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Australian Court Fines Qantas $59 Million For 1,800 Illegal Layoffs
Qantas decided to sack the workers and outsource their jobs in August 2020, a period of lockdowns and border closures when no Covid-19 vaccine existed.
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Apple Aims to Build Most iPhones for US in India by End of 2026
Apple is seeking to import most of the iPhones it sells in the US from India by the end of next year. The plans are the latest sign of Apple and its suppliers accelerating a pivot away from China, a process that began when harsh Covid lockdowns hurt production at its largest plant.
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Amid HMPV Worry, #Lockdown Trends; Government Says No Need To Panic
Three cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) have been detected in India - two in Bengaluru and one in Ahmedabad. The cases were detected in babies and one of them has been discharged from the hospital.
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Garuda Aerospace Receives Its First Order From ISRO
During the Covid-19 lockdown, ISRO utilised the services of Garuda Aerospace in 2021 for sanitising its premises using drones.
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Refund Air Tickets Booked During Lockdown By Next Week: Centre To Online Portals
The Centre directed online travel portals to process pending refunds on air ticket bookings during the coronavirus-induced lockdown by the third week of November.
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Man Kills Wife, Her Parents, Goes To Cops With 9-Month-Old Baby In Arms
A Covid lockdown love story has ended in a gruesome triple murder in Assam's Golaghat district.
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Covid Lockdown Prevented Melting Of 27 Tonnes Of Himalayan Ice, Snow: Study
The authors estimate that the reduced anthropogenic pollutant emissions during the Indian lockdown was responsible for 71.6 per cent of the reduction in radiative forcing on snow in April 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
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Madhya Pradesh To Withdraw Cases Of Lockdown Violation
The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to withdraw cases filed in 2020 and 2021 against individuals accused of violating the COVID-19 related lockdowns.
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Online Gaming Sector to Attract Investment Once Taxation Policy Is Finalised: FM Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the GST Council is deliberating on taxation policy for online gaming and exuded confidence that the sector will attract investment once it is finalised.
