Australia eases Covid 19 travel restrictions from Dec 1

Crude oil prices are witnessing their worst run in about four months as concerns about the softened demand have resurfaced in the global oil market. The prices of Brent Crude Oil Futures for October 2021 have crashed 9.3% in the current month as the...

The Scott Morrison-led federal government has informed that the Moderna vaccine will be available in Australia by mid-September. This is the third vaccine set to be rolled out in the country after AstraZeneca and Pfizer. The Morrison government woul...

Summary  The Australian national COVID-19 vaccine task force has declared that Australian adults seeking a COVID-19 shot will likely get one by Christmas. The country is planning to set up travel bubbles with nations that have managed COVI...

The equity markets in Asia-Pacific (APAC) region traded mixed on Tuesday morning as investors are keenly looking out for the Reserve Bank of Australia’s latest monetary policy decision. In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 0.34% in early...

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is on the brink of surging past the grim milestone of 200 million cases. As many as 199,025,423 have fallen prey to the fast-spreading pandemic. In its one-and-a-half-year reign, the pandemic has claimed 4,240,425 lives...

Summary Vaccination has been a game-changing tool in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 3.6 billion people have been successfully vaccinated across the globe. Rising concerns about vaccine safety have triggered countless challenges...

In May, when India hit the second wave peak, the world hoped that the virus might have been gone for good. But the tenacious virus seems to have another plan. The virus can beat any mobile phone maker fair and square, when it comes to upgrades. The v...

The fears about a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic are still weighing heavy on Olympics 2020, as officials didn’t rule out the eleventh-hour cancellation. More and more athletes have started testing positive for the virus, and sponsors have...

Summary The UK government has announced easing of almost all COVID-19 restrictions. Experts have sounded alarm on Britain’s unlock strategy, calling it a threat to the world and a potential ground for the emergence of COVID-19 variants th...

The equity markets in the Asia Pacific region seem to have thwarted the bears that gripped the markets on Friday. The regional indices opened in green on Monday morning as investors have started monitoring the COVID-19 situation locally. In Japan,...