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India’s Rank on Covid-19 Response Index
The Covid-19 Response Index was provided by Sydney-based Lowy Institute, recently. The study was based on the number of key indicators such as confirmed cases, cases per million people, deaths and deaths per million people. Key findings of the index India was ranked 86th in a coronavirus performance index among the 98 countries. Report highlights ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • COVID-19 new strain • Covid-19 Response Index • Lowy Institute • New Zealand
New Strain of Corona Virus in 8 European Countries
The World Health Organisation Director recently announced that a new strain of Corona Virus has been detected in eight European countries. The new strain is spreading rapidly among the younger groups unlike the previous strain. New COVID-19 mutants Recently, this mutant was first discovered in UK. According to experts, this mutant transmitted at faster rates ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • COVID-19 new strain • European Countries • Genetic Mutation • Mutation
Why did Indian Market suffer the worst one-day fall in seven months?
The SENSEX crashed 1,406.73 points and NIFTY crashed 432.15 points recently. In terms of percentage, SENSEX crashed by 3% and NIFTY crashed by 3.14%. This was the biggest fall in seven months. This is being referred to as “Blood Bath in Dalal Street”. Dalal Street is the address of Bombay Stock Exchange. The main reason ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) • Brexit • COVID-19 • COVID-19 new strain • Mutation • National stock exchange • Nifty • Sensex