Four found infected with South African strain in India
Concerned over the detection of various mutant strains, the government is looking at increasing the RT-PCR tests in the flights
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The South African variant of coronavirus circulating in more than 44 countries has entered India, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) confirmed on Tuesday. Four cases of the mutant strain have been detected, it said. India has also reported one case of the Brazilian strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
“The strain has multiple mutations, including in the receptor binding domain of the spike protein allowing the virus to easily enter the lung cells of the human body. The majority of the cases in South Africa are due to the variant strain and it has spread to 44 countries. In India, the strain has been detected in four different South Africa returnees in January 2021, one each from Angola and Tanzania and two from South Africa, said Dr Balram Bhargava,
India set to clear some investment proposals from China in coming weeks: Report
The rule change had put in limbo over 150 proposals from China worth more than $2 billion, hurting the plans of Chinese companies in India.Premium
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Last week, India and China began disengagement from the Pangong Tso area, in the Ladakh region of the western Himalayas, following a nearly nine-month-long standoff after the worst clash between the neighbouring countries since 1962
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India is poised to clear some new investment proposals from China in the coming weeks as frosty relations between the two neighbouring countries thawed amid an easing in border tensions, said three government officials with knowledge of the matter.
Recovering demand for petroleum products is supporting the profitability of India s oil marketing companies, Fitch Ratings said.The ratings agency cited the sustained strength of marketing margins (MM) and recovering demand for petroleum .
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In the last six days, fuel prices have gone up by ₹ 1.8 per litre and ₹ 1.88 per litre for petrol and diesel respectively. With the continuous revision in fuel rates, petrol prices on Sunday breached ₹ 95-mark and diesel too surpassed ₹ 86-mark in Mumbai. Customers in Mumbai will now have to pay ₹ 95.21 per litre for one-litre petrol and for diesel they will have to shell out ₹ 86.06 for a litre. The fuel rates have been hiked for the sixth straight day which came into effect from 6 am today.
The retail price of petrol in Kolkata went up by 28 paise to ₹ 90.01 per litre from ₹ 89.73 per litre and diesel retails at ₹ 82.65 per litre. In Chennai and Bengaluru, petrol retailed at ₹ 90.96 and ₹ 91.70 respectively. On the other hand, diesel retailed at ₹ 84.16 in Chennai and ₹ 83.81 in Bengaluru.