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Passengers on this flight had to undergo and return a negative result on two tests before they could get on the plane

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 160.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.34 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

Adnan Abidi/Reuters After nearly a year of Covid-triggered slump, ride-hailing companies in India had finally started recovering in early 2021. But the onset of the second wave of the pandemic could hit the breaks on recovery. Companies like Ola and Uber were nearly completely out of business during April 2020 and May 2020 as India was under lockdown. Between June and December 2020, these apps saw “gradual recovery”, according to market research firm RedSeer Consulting. The recovery after the lockdowns was slow mainly because offices continued to remain shut and most people chose to s...

REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo The vaccine prince. May 8, 2021 India’s “vaccine prince” Adar Poonawalla rose to fame in 2020 when he became the only Indian billionaire to put his weight behind an international Covid-19 vaccine. But since then, he has made headlines for statements that are at times confusing and contradictory. Poonawalla, CEO of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturing firm Serum Institute of India (SII), last year struck a deal with AstraZeneca to manufacture and stockpile its Covid-19 vaccine. These doses could be sold in India and to other countries under ...

Sri Lanka bans travellers from India with immediate effect PTI Updated : May 6, 2021, 1:01 pm IST Several countries like UK, UAE, Australia and Singapore have already banned travellers from India as well as other South Asian countries   The Civil Aviation Authority on Thursday said that travellers from India will not be allowed to disembark in Sri Lanka. (AFP) Colombo: Sri Lanka on Thursday announced that all arrivals from India will be banned with immediate effect due to the record rise in COVID-19 cases in the neighbouring country. Several countries like the UK, the UAE, Austra...