Coronavirus

Economic activities in both countries are driven by the tourism sector and Covid-19 pandemic has made the situation worse for India's two neighbouring countries.

"Allegations that the Kerala government is withholding COVID data from the Centre are completely false. We've been submitting data since 2020 and will continue to do so in the future. It's only that we've ceased printing daily bulletins in the state and have started sending emails," Kerala Health Minister said.

Following the city authority, the first death due to the virus was reported on Monday. The total now stands at 10, despite the scale of the outbreak.

"With the significant relaxation of limitations on people's movement and office operations, it has now been decided to return the opening hour for regulated financial markets to its pre-pandemic timing of 9 a.m.," the RBI said in a statement.

China's largest city Shanghai has been stewed under a patchwork of lockdown restrictions this year due to the country's worst Covid-19 outbreak since the pandemic's inception.

Indian passengers can only enter the city if they have a Covid-19 negative certificate from a test performed 48 hours before the trip.

Even though China's economy grew at 4.8 per cent, there are 'significant difficulties and challenges'.

Adar Poonawalla, SII CEO, stated that India had exported the Covishield vaccine to more than 80 countries until now.

The decision to allow the booster doses to all the adults comes as infections advance in many countries.

The board is expecting more than three lakh pilgrims this year to the Shrine as normalcy returns and fewer numbers of Covid cases.