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GENEVA: The World Trade Organization concluded deals Friday on tackling food insecurity, curbing harmful fishing subsidies and temporarily waiving Covid-19 vaccine patents after days of round-the-clock talks. WTO director-general Ngozi…

Talks at the World Trade Organisation conference hit a fresh hurdle late on Thursday with a group of countries blocking a decision on two crucial issues, temporary patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines and eliminating harmful subsidies to…

GENEVA: Talks for a first trade agreement in almost a decade were precariously poised just when it appeared that World Trade Organisation (WTO) members were close to sealing a deal on Thursday to check subsidies on unregulated fishing…

NEW DELHI: The Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) of the NTAGI on Thursday recommended reducing the gap between the second and precaution doses of Covid-19 vaccines from the current nine to six months, official sources said. They…

New coronavirus cases hit another peak on Thursday as Tamil Nadu logged 552 infections including three returnees from domestic and overseas, pushing the caseload to 34,58,997 till date, the Health department said. The death toll remained…

Delhi recorded 1,323 new Covid cases and two deaths on Thursday, while the positivity rate stood at 6.69 per cent, according to data shared by the health department here. This is the second consecutive day that Delhi has recorded over…

With a positivity rate of 6.69%, over 1,323 fresh cases of Covid-19 infections were detected in Delhi on Thursday. The total number of active Covid cases now stands at 3,948. In the past 24 hours, the city reported two deaths due to the…

India is convinced that the World Trade Organization's ministerial conference will be among the most successful held for many years, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Thursday. Goyal is the man in the spotlight at the…

West Bengal has the highest average loan outstanding per borrower at Rs 53,708, followed by Kerala at Rs 46,074 among the top ten states of the country, according to a report released by a microfinance industry body on Thursday. The…

More than 7,100 coronavirus cases have been reported in Delhi in the last 10 days as doctors and other medical experts cautioned people to not lower the guard and follow all Covid-appropriate behaviour. Amid a spike in daily cases, the…