The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday stated that India's COVID-19 case fatality rate has fallen below 2.5%.

The Ministry informed that with 'effective Containment Strategy, aggressive testing, and standardized clinical management protocols', they have been able to control the death rates caused by the virus.

The United Arab Emirates on Monday blasted off its first-ever interplanetary Hope Probe mission to Mars from Japan.

Called the 'Al-Amal' in Arabic, the probe lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Centre at 01:58 am(local time).

Sending a clear message to the pharmaceutical industry that it is under the strict vigilance of the central government, the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) VG Somani has now sought clarification from Glenmark Pharmaceuticals regarding alleged false claims about the usage of branded generic 'FabiFlu' on patients with co-morbidities suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The DCGI has also pulled up Glenmark over the alleged overpricing of FabiFlu, the branded generic of the anti-viral Favipiravir, after a complaint about the same was received from a Member of Parliament.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that some people think that the coronavirus would be eradicated by building a temple.

The NCP leader's comment comes a day after the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust proposed two dates in August for laying the foundation stone of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

India crossed 1 million Covid-19 cases on Friday, according to the health ministry data, reaching another grim milestone.

In the time it took for the cases to grow tenfold to 1,003,832, the number of fatalities increased by over five times to more than 25,000. Maharashtra and Delhi have seen the highest number of coronavirus deaths in the country so far.

Russians' real disposable income plunged the most in 20 years in the second quarter, while the economy shrank by 9.6 per cent year-on-year as the country has been hit by low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic.

Real disposable income has become one of the most socially-sensitive issues in Russia led by President Vladimir Putin, with the economy expected to contract by as much as 6 per cent this year.

Gold prices on Saturday fell to Rs 48,900 from Rs 49,150 per 10 gram, while silver climbed to Rs 53,810 from Rs 52,800 per kilogram, according to Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery prices vary across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making charges.

State-owned Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is expecting the sector it operates in to post steady growth in new business premium (NBP) by the end of the December quarter (Q3FY21), assuming the economy bounces back.

The first quarter of FY21 was a rough one for life insures because NBP contracted 18.64 per cent to Rs 49,335 crore against Rs 60,637 crore in Q1FY20 due the lockdown.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for a reformed multilateralism with a reformed United Nations at its centre as he delivered a keynote address virtually at this year’s high-level segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) session.

This was the first address by PM to the broader UN membership since India’s election as a non-permanent member of the Security Council on June `7 for the term 2021-22.

At least three terrorists were killed after an encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists at Amshipora area in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian in early hours of Saturday.

The identity of the terrorists is yet to be ascertained.

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