COVID-19 pandemic Archives

Total number of bankruptcies from January to June came to 4,887, the highest since 2014

Decade-high bankruptcies recorded in Japan: Survey reveals

PGurus Newsdesk - July 21, 2024 1

Rising costs and labour shortages drive corporate bankruptcies to decade high in Japan Corporate bankruptcies in Japan surged 22 percent year on year to a...

The Ministry says the paper's authors claim to have followed standard methodology in analyzing the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5), but there are critical flaws in their approach

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Health Ministry disputes study that claims India recorded 1.1 million excess...

Team PGurus - July 20, 2024 2

Health Ministry terms study on Covid deaths in India as 'misleading' The Union Ministry of Health on Saturday issued a strong rebuttal to a study...

Travel

Govt directs travel portals to process refunds related to air tickets...

Team PGurus - November 8, 2023 0

Department of Consumer Affairs meets online travel aggregators on issues affecting consumer interest India’s Consumer Affairs Ministry on Wednesday directed online travel aggregators to process...

Emerging and developing countries are facing a multi-year period of slow growth driven by heavy debt burdens and weak investment

Economy

Global economy staring at two recessions in same decade, first time...

PGurus Newsdesk - January 11, 2023 2

For the first time in 80 years, global recessions have occurred within the same decade According to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report,...

Military

India’s military spending third highest in the world, up by 0.9...

PGurus Newsdesk - April 26, 2022 0

India among top 5 countries on military spending: SIPRI report Sweden-based think-tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in its report published on Monday has...

There are around 405 million schoolchildren in these 23 countries.

Education

23 countries yet to fully reopen schools after Covid closings, says...

PGurus Newsdesk - March 31, 2022 0

In the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic; 23 countries yet to fully open schools The COVID-19 pandemic has now entered the third year and...

BEA said in a report, "In the fourth quarter, COVID-19 cases resulted in continued restrictions and disruptions in the operations of establishments in some parts of the country

Economy

US economy regains speed: GDP grows 6.9% in fourth-quarter

PGurus Newsdesk - January 28, 2022 0

US economy grew at a much better-than-expected pace to end 2021 The Commerce Department reported that the gross domestic product (GDP) of the US accelerated...

bidens covid | Sunday's survey highlights Americans' dissatisfaction with the state of the country. Biden scores lower than nearly all of his predecessors up through Ronald Reagan

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64% Americans think Biden’s COVID-19 response is ‘going badly’ as his...

PGurus Newsdesk - January 18, 2022 0

Biden's approval hits historic low According to a CBS News/ YouGov poll released on Sunday, Americans' approval of the White House's response towards the COVID-19...

Railways issued an order to discontinue the 'special' tag for mail and express trains and revert to pre-pandemic ticket prices with immediate effect

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Railways to resume pre-Covid services soon, fares likely to be down...

PGurus Newsdesk - November 13, 2021 0

Railways to run regular trains again, return to pre-COVID-19 fares India has regained normalcy post the pandemic. In a much-needed relief to the commuters, the...

IMF commends Indian authorities' "swift, substantial" response to COVID-19 pandemic, noted possibility of "a faster than expected recovery"

Economy

IMF: India could show a faster than expected post-pandemic recovery

PGurus Newsdesk - October 16, 2021 0

IMF: India's economy to grow at 9.5% in 2021, 8.5% in 2022 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commended Indian authorities' "swift and substantial" response...