India News: India on Tuesday recorded another landmark achievement as the national recovery rate from Covid-19 touched 97.32 per cent, among the highest in the wo
India s national recovery rate from COVID-19 now at 97.32 pc ANI | Updated: Feb 16, 2021 14:23 IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): India on Tuesday recorded another landmark achievement as the national recovery rate from COVID-19 touched 97.32 per cent, among the highest in the world, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed.
India continues to follow the trajectory of steady decline in active cases with the country s total active caseload dropping to 1.36 lakh (1,36,872) today.
The present active caseload now consists of just 1.25 per cent of India s total positive cases.
More than 1.06 crore (1,06,33,025) of people have recovered so far. A total of 11,805 patients have recovered and got discharged in the last 24 hours.
Domestic benchmark indices closed with strong gains on Monday. The Sensex closed above 52,000 mark and the Nifty closed above 15,300 mark for the first time. Strength in banks and financial stocks boosted the indices while selling was witnessed in metal and IT shares.
As per the provisional closing data, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, surged 609.83 points or 1.18% at 52,154.76. The Nifty 50 index rallied 151.4 points or 1% at 15,314.90.
The BSE Sensex hit a new record high of 52,235.97 while the Nifty index touched 15,340.15 in late trade.
Domestic shares have rallied sharply since January 2021 following a range of positive developments, including a high-spending union budget, strong corporate earnings, robust foreign fund flows and progress on COVID-19 vaccinations.
New Delhi [India], February 14 (ANI): India continues to record a steady decline in the number of daily deaths due to COVID-19 as only 92 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfares (MoHFW) on Sunday.
Vaccine rollout, falling Covid cases are adding momentum to white-collar job scene in India
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A decline in Covid cases as well as fatalities and the imminent vaccine roll-out for the masses have proven to be the foremost factors giving an impetus to the battered job market.
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We can safely say that we are at 80-90% of the pre-Covid job market,” says Sandeep Gulati, managing director, ManpowerGroup India. As recently as December, companies hesitated to talk about hiring intent, which is now giving way to cautious yet concrete hiring plans in the coming months. So, what changed?