The visit will take place more than six months after the WHO’s Country Office in China picked up a statement from the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission on cases of ‘viral pneumonia’. Amid global concerns that China delayed giving information regarding the novel…
A vaccine for COVID-19 from India is unlikely to be ready for public use by August 15 but early data on whether it is safe and proof of its working could be available by then, say clinicians involved with the trial. On…
US-based software and communications service provider Amdocs is laying off around 1,000 employees amid uncertainties surrounding the financial recovery owing to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the media reported on Thursday. According to a report in Israeli-based website Calcalist, Amdocs’s quarterly earnings is…
Company to begin redundancy talks this month with jobs at all levels affected. Accenture is to cut up to 900 jobs in the UK as the consultancy firm reduces costs in the face of lower demand for its services. The New York-listed company employs…
Now, another recent report has surfaced that WWE Chairman Vince McMahon has been able to see his net worth take a steep rise amid Covid-19 pandemic. On April 15th 2020, the world saw WWE’s ‘Black Wednesday’. Amid rising coronavirus cases and lockdown restrictions…
In April, the French government has offered a 7-billion-euro ($7.91 billion) aid package to rescue Air France, whose planes have been grounded by virus lockdowns around the world. Air France is set to cut nearly 7,600 posts due to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
TOULOUSE : Airbus is cutting 15,000 jobs within a year, including 900 already earmarked in Germany, saying its future is at stake after the coronavirus outbreak paralysed air travel. Airbus is moving swiftly to counter damage caused by a 40% slump in its…
While the average number of cases increased to 3,157 between June 21-29, the average number of fatalities has gone down to 63. Thus, despite an increase in the number of cases, the number of Covid-19 deaths has fallen. Afall in the mortality…
India, a leading manufacturer of generic medicines, is expected to play a key role in the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, with several institutes working in parallel. New Delhi: A potential COVID-19 vaccine, the first to be developed in India, has…
The supervisors are responsible for ensuring food and water distribution to passengers during train journey and at stations. CHENNAI: The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has laid off over 500 contract staff working as supervisors (hospitality) across the country. The…
