Responding to the World Health Organization's (WHO) warning of a new COVID-19 wave, AIIMS Doctor and Epidemiologist Dr Sanjay K Rai on Friday said that it is unlikely if a large population has already been already infected by the virus.

The WHO had earlier warned of a massive COVID-19 wave in Europe and Central Asia. It also said that over 5,00,000 deaths (combined) are likely in this region by February 2022.

The Income Tax Department has frozen deposits worth over Rs 53 crore of an urban credit cooperative bank in Maharashtra after it found "glaring irregularities" in the opening of accounts in a recent raid, the CBDT said on Saturday.

The department raided the headquarters of the bank and the residence of its chairman and a director on October 27, it said.

Mainland China reported 55 new Covid-19 cases on Nov. 6, down from 78 a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Saturday.

The National Health Commission said in its daily bulletin that 40 of the new cases were locally transmitted, down from 68 the previous day, with 16 in the northeast border province of Heilongjiang.

The Air Quality Index of Delhi continued to remain in the 'severe' category, informed the Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research on Saturday (November 6).

As per SAFAR's analysis at 6 am today, Delhi's overall air quality was found to be in the 'severe' category with the overall AQI standing at 533.

US pharmaceuticals company Pfizer has come out with an antiviral COVID-19 pill Paxlovid that cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death by 89% in vulnerable adults, clinical trial results suggest. The drug is intended for use soon after COVID-19 symptoms develop in people at high risk of severe disease.

Pfizer's Paxlovid pill could get approval from the US regulator by the end of the year. The company says it plans to submit interim trial results to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before November 25.

West Bengal on Friday recorded 763 fresh Covid-19 cases, 155 less than the previous day's figure, while the number of fresh fatalities also dropped marginally from 14 on November 4 to 13, according to a health department bulletin.

The state's Covid-19 death toll went up to 19,201 with 13 fatalities while 763 new cases pushed the tally to 15,97,095.

The Meghalaya Cabinet on Friday approved a proposal to upgrade the Mairang civil sub-division to a full-fledged district.

It will be called Eastern West Khasi Hills district, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said.

Mairang is now a sub-division under West Khasi Hills district.

India on Saturday recorded 10,929 fresh coronavirus cases that took its infection tally to 3,43,44,683, while 392 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,60,265, according to Union health ministry data.

The number of active cases came down to 1,46,950 from 1,48,922 on Friday, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The price of 10 gram of gold on Saturday fell by Rs 190, to Rs 47,220 for 24-carat. The price for 10 grams of 22-carat gold is Rs 46,220. Meanwhile, the price of 1 kg of silver on Saturday increased by Rs 1,800 to Rs 64,300.

In Delhi, the price of 10 gram of 24-carat gold is Rs 51,110, while the price of 22-carat gold is Rs 46,850. In Mumbai, the price of 10 grams of yellow metal, for 24-carat and 22-carat on Saturday is Rs 47,220 and Rs 46,220 respectively.

Cyber security firm McAfee Corp is nearing a deal to sell itself to US private equity firm Advent International for more than $10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The deal could be announced on Monday, although the talks could still fall apart, the report said.

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