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Brazil: Severe Second Wave of Covid-19

March 11, 2021

The nation comprising of a population of 212 million, Brazil, is facing the severe second wave of Covid-19. The pandemic had hit the country in the year 2020. Now, the country is observing more covid deaths & cases than before and its hospitals are overflowing with the surge in infection due to Brazilian Variant of ..

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India’s Rank on Covid-19 Response Index

January 29, 2021

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 ..

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New Strain of Corona Virus in 8 European Countries

December 26, 2020

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 ..

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Why did Indian Market suffer the worst one-day fall in seven months?

December 23, 2020

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 ..

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