In a letter, IMA’s state secretary Amit Khanna sought the attention of Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami to the warnings of medical experts about a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and asked him to cancel the yatra.

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If the third wave peaks, the country may see only 1 lakh daily cases as against more than 4 lakh when the deadly second wave was at its peak in May.

Cues from micro borrowers are important as this segment gets impacted at the first hint of an economic shock but also recovers quickly. If the third wave is contained, microloans may rebound sharply.

The survey further warned of the risk of Delta Plus, C.1.2, Mu and other variants finding a base to spread and take off, reminding the people of the devastating second wave in April and May.

While domestic industry may be more resilient in the face of a possible third wave, the government needs to rescue MSMEs and further push exports to ensure continued growth, Sanjay Aggarwal, President of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry tells Moneycontrol…

Proposing 'responsible travel', researchers said mask use and observing social distancing norms by tourists can have important effects in mitigating the risk of disease transmission.

In an interview to Moneycontrol, the Niti Aayog CEO singles out Serum Institute of India for praise and also says it helps that India does not have a large number of anti-vaxxers

Uncertainty about the latest variant of the coronavirus has small businesses worried about lockdowns and the impact on their ability to compete in the export market and repay loans.

Omicron: Harsh Goenka primarily highlighted the importance of vaccination and getting booster shots, which the government is yet to clear.

Some political rallies called off; government, issues fresh guidelines as two Omicron deaths reported

Faced with uncertainty amid the third wave, the sector fears further closures in the absence of support from the government.

He said two things we can be sure of are that Covid is not going anywhere and that new variants will emerge.

Cases in India are rising very quickly – about 195,000 cases were reported on January 11. Over the next 2-4 weeks, there would possibly be a peak

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The outbreak of a new wave of COVID-19 due to the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 will result in a 40-42 percent fall in domestic passenger traffic in January, ICRA said in its report.

Nomura India Business Resumption Index fell to 100.50 for the week ended January 23 versus 102.20 in the previous week

Of the various configurations, homes in the range of 47-92 sq m (501-1,000 sq ft) accounted for 46 percent of the total registrations in January 2022

According to Bizom, which tracks data from 7.5 million stores in India, commodity products grew 43 percent and packaged foods grew 38 percent, while sale of home and personal care products declined