ਸੋਮਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਅੰਕੜਿਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਪਤਾ ਚੱਲਿਆ ਕਿ ਵਪਾਰ ਯੋਜਨਾ ਦੀ ਮੁੜ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਹੋਣ ਦੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਦਿਨ ਦੱਖਣੀ ਕੋਰੀਆਈ ਸਟਾਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਛੋਟੀ ਵਿਕਰੀ 1.7 ਟ੍ਰਿਲੀਅਨ ਵੌਨ ($1.16 ਬਿਲੀਅਨ) ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਰਹੀ।

ਨਿਊਜ਼ ਏਜੰਸੀ ਦੀ ਰਿਪੋਰਟ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ, ਦੇਸ਼ ਨੇ ਨਵੰਬਰ 2023 ਵਿੱਚ ਛੋਟੀ ਵਿਕਰੀ 'ਤੇ ਅਸਥਾਈ ਪਾਬੰਦੀ ਲਗਾਈ ਸੀ ਜਦੋਂ ਕਈ ਗਲੋਬਲ ਨਿਵੇਸ਼ ਬੈਂਕਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਜੁੜੀਆਂ ਨੰਗੀਆਂ ਛੋਟੀ ਵਿਕਰੀ ਉਲੰਘਣਾਵਾਂ ਦਾ ਪਤਾ ਲੱਗਿਆ ਸੀ।

ਸੋਮਵਾਰ ਤੋਂ, ਮਾਰਚ 2020 ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਵਾਰ ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਸੂਚੀਬੱਧ ਫਰਮਾਂ ਲਈ ਛੋਟੀ ਵਿਕਰੀ ਦੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਹੈ, ਜਦੋਂ ਅਧਿਕਾਰੀਆਂ ਨੇ COVID-19 ਮਹਾਂਮਾਰੀ ਕਾਰਨ ਬਾਜ਼ਾਰ ਦੇ ਰੁਖ਼ ਦੇ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਸੂਚੀਬੱਧ ਫਰਮਾਂ ਲਈ ਛੋਟੀ ਵਿਕਰੀ 'ਤੇ ਪਾਬੰਦੀ ਲਗਾ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਸੀ।

ਮਈ 2021 ਵਿੱਚ ਇਸ ਪਾਬੰਦੀ ਨੂੰ ਅੰਸ਼ਕ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਹਟਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ ਅਤੇ 2023 ਵਿੱਚ ਇਸਨੂੰ ਦੁਬਾਰਾ ਲਾਗੂ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ।

सोमवार को डेटा से पता चला कि ट्रेडिंग स्कीम के फिर से शुरू होने के पहले दिन दक्षिण कोरियाई स्टॉक की शॉर्ट सेलिंग 1.7 ट्रिलियन वॉन ($1.16 बिलियन) से अधिक थी।

समाचार एजेंसी की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, कई वैश्विक निवेश बैंकों से जुड़े कई नग्न शॉर्ट सेलिंग उल्लंघनों की खोज के बाद देश ने नवंबर 2023 में शॉर्ट सेलिंग पर अस्थायी प्रतिबंध लगा दिया है।

सोमवार से, मार्च 2020 के बाद पहली बार सभी सूचीबद्ध फर्मों के लिए शॉर्ट सेलिंग की अनुमति है, जब अधिकारियों ने COVID-19 महामारी के कारण बाजार में आई गिरावट के बीच सूचीबद्ध फर्मों के लिए शॉर्ट सेलिंग पर प्रतिबंध लगा दिया था।

मई 2021 में प्रतिबंध आंशिक रूप से हटा लिया गया था, उसके बाद इसे 2023 में फिर से लागू कर दिया गया।

The short selling of South Korean stocks was tallied at over 1.7 trillion won ($1.16 billion) on the first day of the resumption of the trading scheme, data showed on Monday.

The country imposed a temporary ban on short selling in November 2023 after a series of naked short selling violations involving several global investment banks were discovered, reports news agency.

Starting Monday, short selling is allowed for all listed firms for the first time since March 2020, when the authorities banned short selling for listed firms amid a market rout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ban was partially lifted in May 2021 before it was reimposed in 2023.

ਕੀਆ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਅਤੇ ਮੁੱਖ ਕਾਰਜਕਾਰੀ ਅਧਿਕਾਰੀ (ਸੀ.ਈ.ਓ.) ਸੌਂਗ ਹੋ-ਸੁੰਗ ਨੇ ਮੰਗਲਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਦੱਖਣੀ ਕੋਰੀਆਈ ਵਾਹਨ ਨਿਰਮਾਤਾ ਲਈ ਵਧਦੀ ਗਲੋਬਲ ਵਪਾਰ ਅਤੇ ਵਪਾਰਕ ਅਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤਤਾਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਹੋਰ ਵਿਕਾਸ ਦੇ ਮੌਕਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਦਲਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਾਸ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਾਇਆ।

ਕੀਆ ਦੀ ਵੈੱਬਸਾਈਟ 'ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਿਤ ਸ਼ੇਅਰਧਾਰਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਲਿਖੇ ਇੱਕ ਪੱਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ, ਸੋਂਗ ਨੇ ਮੁਲਾਂਕਣ ਕੀਤਾ ਕਿ ਪਿਛਲੀ ਅੱਧੀ ਸਦੀ ਦਾ ਵਿਸ਼ਵੀਕਰਨ ਰੁਝਾਨ "ਖੇਤਰੀਵਾਦ ਅਤੇ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਵਾਦ ਵੱਲ ਵਧ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ," ਜਦਕਿ ਅੰਤਰਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਵਪਾਰ ਗਤੀਸ਼ੀਲਤਾ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਨਵਾਂ ਰੂਪ ਦੇ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ।

ਗੀਤ ਨੇ ਇਹ ਵੀ ਨੋਟ ਕੀਤਾ ਕਿ ਵਧਦੀ ਰੈਗੂਲੇਟਰੀ ਚੁਣੌਤੀਆਂ, ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਨਿਕਾਸ ਅਤੇ ਬਾਲਣ ਕੁਸ਼ਲਤਾ ਲੋੜਾਂ, ਉਦਯੋਗ ਦੇ ਵਾਤਾਵਰਣ-ਅਨੁਕੂਲ ਵਾਹਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਤਬਦੀਲੀ ਨੂੰ ਤੇਜ਼ ਕਰਨਾ ਜਾਰੀ ਰੱਖਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ, ਖਬਰ ਏਜੰਸੀ ਦੀ ਰਿਪੋਰਟ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ।

Song Ho-sung, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Kia, on Tuesday expressed confidence in turning increasing global trade and business uncertainties for the South Korean automaker into opportunities for further growth.

In a letter to shareholders published on Kia's website, Song assessed that the globalisation trend of the past half-century was "shifting toward regionalism and nationalism," while also reshaping international trade dynamics.

Song also noted that increasing regulatory challenges, such as emissions and fuel efficiency requirements, continue to accelerate the industry's transition to eco-friendly vehicles, reports news agency.

Under the able leadership of Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Nayab Singh Saini, the state is reaching new heights in the field of education. The recently released ASER-2024 Report has proven that the visionary policies and relentless efforts of the state government are yielding positive results. When education was disrupted across the country due to COVID-19, the Haryana government took swift and effective measures to improve schools. In this journey of educational reform, the government adopted a strong policy framework and precise strategies.

Greece has confirmed its first case of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in a 71-year-old man, the national news agency AMNA reported on Wednesday.

The patient, who had pneumonia and underlying health conditions, is in intensive care in Thessaloniki, a northern port city. The National Public Health Organisation has advised medical staff to follow Covid-19 protocols and maintain strict hygiene measures.

Gkikas Magiorkinis, associate professor of epidemiology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, reassured the public, saying there is no need to panic as HMPV is a known virus that has circulated for decades and is not considered highly dangerous, news agency reported.

Even as China is reportedly seeing an outbreak of Covid-like Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), Indian health officials on Friday said that there is no need to worry.

This comes as several media reports and social media posts suggest that the virus is spreading rapidly in China, five years after the Covid-19 pandemic. Some even claim that hospitals and crematories are being overwhelmed.

"The spread of HMPV in China is like any other respiratory virus," Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Dr Atul Goel told the media

“There is no need for alarm about the present situation," he added.

A Covid-19 infection does not worsen symptoms or disability in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS) and is caused by an autoimmune attack on the body's healthy cells.

Researchers from the University of Texas’s Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas conducted the study on 2,132 adults with MS with an average age of 65. They were followed over 18 months.

While infections are known to cause disability among people with MS, the results published in the online issue of the Neurology journal, showed that “for Covid-19 infections specifically, this was not true”.

South Korea's consumer sentiment fell by the largest margin since the Covid-19 pandemic in December as political turmoil sparked by President Yoon Suk Yeol's shocking martial law declaration added another layer of uncertainty to the economy, a central bank poll showed on Tuesday.

The composite consumer sentiment index stood at 88.4 this month, down 12.3 points from the previous month's 100.7, according to the survey conducted by the Bank of Korea (BOK).

December's figure is the lowest level since November 2022 when the index came to 86.6. It also logged the sharpest decline since March 2020, when the index fell by 18.3 points. A reading above 100 means optimists outnumber pessimists, reports news agency.

"It was the third consecutive monthly fall. The martial law incident appeared to have affected the sentiment, which had already worsened after the U.S. presidential election and growth concerns," a BOK official said.

 Amid the surge in quick commerce industry, the food collection take-away segment in India is projected to register a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 7.7 per cent during 2023–28, a report showed on Friday.

The rapid rise of quick commerce in India is reshaping the retail landscape, with urban populations progressively seeking fast delivery services for daily necessities, according to says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

As consumers increasingly rely on instant access and time-saving services, the number of quick commerce options has proliferated, driving their swift expansion in the country.

“The Covid-19 pandemic has played a crucial role in driving the shift to quick commerce, as consumers prioritised safer and more convenient shopping methods. Quick commerce platforms are addressing this need by offering rapid delivery services that allow consumers to order groceries, household items, and ready-to-eat meals with ease,” said Shravani Mali, consumer analyst at GlobalData.

India tops the list of recipient countries for remittances in 2024 with an estimated inflow of $129 billion, followed by Mexico ($68 billion), China ($48 billion), the Philippines ($40 billion), and Pakistan ($33 billion), according to the latest figures compiled by World Bank economists.

The growth rate of remittances this year is estimated to be 5.8 per cent, compared to 1.2 per cent registered in 2023, according to a World Bank blog post

“The recovery of the job markets in the high-income countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been the key driver of remittances. This is especially true for the United States where the employment of foreign-born workers has recovered steadily and is 11 percent higher than the pre-pandemic level seen in February 2020,” the report said.

Officially recorded remittances to low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are expected to reach $685 billion in 2024, it further stated.

New Zealand's overseas visitor arrivals were 240,200 in October 2024, an increase of 14,200 from October 2023, with the biggest changes in arrivals from Australia, the United States, Singapore, and Britain, the statistics department Stats NZ said on Friday.

The total number of overseas visitor arrivals in October 2024 was 85 per cent of the 283,800 in October 2019, which was before the Covid-19 pandemic, Stats NZ said.

Of the 240,200 overseas visitor arrivals in October 2024, 46 per cent were from Australia, 9 per cent from the United States, 7 per cent from China, 5 per cent from Britain, 3 per cent from India, and 3 per cent from Germany, statistics show.

In terms of annual arrivals, New Zealand's overseas visitor arrivals were 3.25 million in the October 2024 year, an increase of 413,000 from the October 2023 year, with the biggest changes in arrivals from China, Australia, the United States, South Korea and Japan, Stats NZ said, news agency reported.

SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the Covid-19 pandemic, remains in the skull and meninges for years after infection, leading to a long-lasting effect on the brain, according to a major German study.

Researchers from Helmholtz Munich and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat (LMU) found that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein remains in the brain's protective layers -- the meninges, and the skull's bone marrow for up to four years after infection.

These spike proteins are responsible for triggering chronic inflammation in affected individuals and increase the risk of neurodegenerative diseases, the team found.

Prof. Ali Ertürk, Director at the Institute for Intelligent Biotechnologies at Helmholtz Munich said that the long-term neurological effects include “accelerated brain ageing, potentially leading to a loss of five to 10 years of healthy brain function in affected individuals."

The Indian healthcare sector is growing rapidly and is projected to reach $638 billion by 2025, according to a report.

Valued at $110 billion in 2016, the Indian healthcare market reached $372 billion in 2023, marking a 22.5 per cent CAGR growth during this period, revealed the report by Bajaj Finserv AMC.

Overall, the sector has seen a 17.5 per cent CAGR growth in the last decade. The report identified large-scale innovation in hospitals, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and other industries as primary drivers behind the growth.

“The sector has experienced a massive surge in private healthcare spending during and post-Covid-19, with the hospital market size growing from $62 billion in 2020 to $132 billion in 2023. In pharmaceuticals, India emerged as a global vaccine hub, led by organisations like the Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech,” said Sorbh Gupta, Senior Fund Manager - Equities, Bajaj Finserv AMC.

South Korea will foster the bio-industry as a new growth engine for the country's exports by offering trade financing and other tailored support, the industry minister said on Thursday.

Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun made the remark during his visit to Samsung Biologics's production facility in Incheon, west of Seoul, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, news agency reported.

"South Korea's bio-industry experienced a slight setback following the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, but the sector is on track to post record exports this year at $15 billion," Ahn was quoted as saying.

South Korea's combined outbound shipments of bio-related products, including medical instruments, totaled $11.2 billion through September this year.

A study of 34,000 Americans, published on Thursday, showed that Covid-19 has led to a decline in outdoor activities.

The study noted that people are spending nearly an hour less a day doing activities outside the home -- a behaviour that researchers say is a lasting consequence of the pandemic.

The team from Clemson University and University of California Los Angeles in the US reveals an overall drop since 2019 of about 51 minutes in the daily time spent on out-of-home activities. They even found an almost 12-minute reduction in time spent on daily travel, such as driving or taking public transportation.

In a paper published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Planning Association, the team documented a trend toward less and less out-of-home time stretching back to at least 2003.

Australian researchers have identified a previously unknown gene that influences the immune defence among indigenous people across Oceania, according to research published on Wednesday.

The research, which was published by The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne, was the first of its kind to comprehensively map natural killer cells in Oceania's indigenous populations, news agency reported.

Natural killer cells are a type of white blood cell that play a crucial role in the body's first line of immune defence by destroying infected and diseased cells, restricting viruses from replicating in the earliest stages of infection.

Long-Covid -- continued illness post Covid-19 -- is common after other respiratory infections, according to a study.

A team of researchers from the University of Oxford in the UK analysed data from 190,000 participants. They classified them into: people hospitalised with Covid and those hospitalised with other lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs). These were then compared with a reference group with no LRTI hospitalisations.

Participants completed surveys reporting on 45 different physical and psychological symptoms observed across the ear, nose, and throat; respiratory; neurological; gastrointestinal; and musculoskeletal systems.

The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, showed that people hospitalised with Covid had higher risks of 23 out of 45 symptoms. Similarly, those hospitalised for non-Covid LRTIs had 18 out of 45.

Cambodia attracted 4.8 million foreign visitors in the first nine months of 2024, up 22 per cent from 3.92 million over the same period last year, said a Ministry of Tourism's report released on Wednesday.

"The number has reached 99.7 per cent of that in the first nine months of 2019, the pre-COVID-19 pandemic era," the report said.

Thailand still topped the chart of international tourist arrivals to the Southeast Asian country during the January-September period this year, followed by Vietnam, China, Laos and the United States.

Ministry of Tourism's Secretary of State and Spokesperson Top Sopheak said that Cambodia is a cultural and ecological tourism destination, news agency reported.

The number of babies born in South Korea increased on-year for the second consecutive month in August, data showed on Wednesday, amid lingering demographic challenges caused by the ultra-low birth rate and rapid ageing.

According to data compiled by Statistics Korea, a total of 20,098 babies were born in August, up 5.9 per cent from a year earlier, news agency reported.

The growth followed 20,601 births recorded in July, marking a 7.9 per cent on-year rise.

The increase apparently occurred after more couples held weddings from the second half of 2022 through the first half of 2023, having delayed their marriages during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Rwanda has launched the world's first clinical trial for a treatment of Marburg virus disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced late Tuesday.

The initiative, in partnership with the WHO, is testing the safety and efficacy of two treatments: Remdesivir, a drug currently used to treat COVID-19, and MBP091, a specialized antibody developed to fight Marburg virus disease, WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti said on X.

The health initiative is part of a process that began two years ago, where 17 African countries, including Rwanda, were identified by the WHO as willing to conduct clinical trials.

Currently, no treatment or vaccine is available for Marburg virus disease.

Rwanda declared a Marburg virus outbreak on September 27, news agency reported.

The European Union (EU) announced Tuesday the resumption of budgetary support to Zambia, marking the first such disbursement in a decade.

The initial tranche of 20 million euros (about 22 million US dollars) has been released, part of a broader 60 million euros package scheduled for transfer to Zambia's National Treasury between 2024 and 2026.

During a joint press conference with Zambia's Minister of Finance and National Planning Situmbeko Musokotwane, EU Ambassador to Zambia Karolina Stasiak expressed optimism about Zambia's renewed commitment to governance reforms since the new cabinet's appointment after the 2021 general elections.

Former US President Donald Trump has said that he will "get along well with China" and did not think that nations and others like Russia are the "enemies" that President Biden's administration considers them.

"I think we'll get along great with China," the Republican presidential candidate said on Monday during an online interview on X Spaces that again brought out his foreign policy ambivalence and his mercurial approach to policy.

The claim was in contrast to his threats to impose tariffs of 60 per cent or more on imports from China during his current campaign.

While he was President, he had accused China of "malfeasance" in causing the spread of Covid-19 and said that it had "raided our factories, offshored our jobs, gutted our industries, stole our intellectual property".

Immediate treatment is crucial to warding off sepsis -- a life-threatening emergency caused by a dysregulated host immune response to an infection, said experts on World Sepsis Day on Friday.

World Sepsis Day takes place annually on September 13 and is aimed at raising awareness of the devastating condition that claims millions of lives globally each year.

In 2020 alone, there were 48.9 million sepsis cases globally, leading to 11 million deaths -- representing 20 per cent of all global deaths.

The burden is particularly heavy in low- and middle-income countries, where 85 per cent of sepsis-related deaths occur.

The heart-warming story of the world-famous 'dabbawalas' of Mumbai has been made part of the Class 9 English textbook in Kerala from this year, officials said on Monday.

The Kerala State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has included an article penned by travel writer couple Hugh and Colleen Gantzer, who are based in Mussoorie (Uttarakhand), in its school curriculam.

The chapter on 'dabbawalas' (Pg. 71-75) recounts the origin of the first ‘dabba’ (tiffin box) that was carried from Dadar (then considered a suburb) to south Mumbai’s Fort area, roughly 12 km away.

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a direction to the Centre to conduct a caste-based census for the “welfare of backward and other marginalised sections” in the country.

“We are not issuing a notice here. These all (issues) are in the domain of policy. Whether it is to be conducted now or after six months, these all are essentially the domain of governance,” remarked a bench headed by Justice Hrishikesh Roy.

“We will dismiss this petition. The issues raised are in the domain of policy, if you want to withdraw, withdraw it. Otherwise, we will pass a dismissal order,” added the Bench, also comprising Justice SVN Bhatti.

भारत के पूर्व विकेटकीपर-बल्लेबाज दिनेश कार्तिक ने कहा कि तेज गेंदबाजी के अगुआ जसप्रीत बुमराह राष्ट्रीय टीम के लिए कोहिनूर हीरे की तरह हैं, उन्होंने कहा कि कप्तानी की जिम्मेदारी सौंपे जाने से उनके चोटिल होने का खतरा बढ़ जाएगा। बुमराह ने इससे पहले 2022 में एजबेस्टन में इंग्लैंड के खिलाफ पुनर्निर्धारित पांचवें टेस्ट के दौरान स्टैंड-इन कप्तान के रूप में भारत का नेतृत्व किया था, जब नियमित कप्तान रोहित शर्मा COVID-19 संक्रमण के कारण बाहर थे।

उन्होंने पिछले साल आयरलैंड के खिलाफ तीन मैचों की टी-20 सीरीज में भारत को 2-0 से जीत दिलाई थी, जहां उन्होंने गंभीर पीठ की चोट के कारण 11 महीने की छुट्टी के बाद वापसी की थी।

“बुमराह शांत स्वभाव के हैं और उनमें अच्छी परिपक्वता है। लेकिन वह एक तेज गेंदबाज है, हम उसे तीनों प्रारूपों में कैसे खिला सकते हैं? चयनकर्ताओं के पास यह सबसे बड़ा सवाल होगा। बुमराह जैसे तेज़ गेंदबाज़ के लिए, उसकी फिटनेस पर नज़र रखने की ज़रूरत है और उसे एक खिलाड़ी के रूप में संरक्षित करने की ज़रूरत है और केवल महत्वपूर्ण मैचों में खेलने के लिए बनाया जाना चाहिए।

Former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik said fast-bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is like a Kohinoor diamond for the national team, adding that being entrusted with the responsibility of captaincy will increase the risk of him being injured. Bumrah previously led India as a stand-in captain during the rescheduled fifth Test against England at Edgbaston in 2022, when regular skipper Rohit Sharma was out due to COVID-19 infection.

He also guided India to a 2-0 series victory in a three-match T20I series against Ireland last year, where he made a comeback post a layoff of 11 months due to a serious back injury.

“Bumrah is calm, cool, and has good maturity. But him being a fast bowler, how we can play him in all three formats? That is the biggest question selectors would have had. For a fast bowler like Bumrah, his fitness needs to be monitored and he needs to be protected as a player and only made to play in important matches.”

“I keep saying this about Bumrah, he is like a Kohinoor diamond. We have to protect him, take care of him, and make sure that he lasts as long as possible because whenever Bumrah plays in any format, he makes an impact and that's what we want. You burden him with captaincy and if he plays a lot of series and injures himself, it becomes a massive problem," said Karthik in a video for Cricbuzz.

The number of heat-related patients in South Korea has exceeded 3,000 so far this year, as scorching heat continues to sweep across the nation, health authorities said on Friday.

According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), the total number of such patients had reached 3,019 as of Wednesday, since May 20, when the government began monitoring cases for the year, news agency reported.

The agency said that extreme heat has also claimed 28 lives so far this year in the country.

It marks the second-largest tally on record, with the highest number of heat-related patients reported in 2018 when 4,526 cases were recorded.

The latest figure has already surpassed the 2,818 cases posted in 2023, which were recorded between May 20 and September 30 last year.

The Korea Meteorological Administration, meanwhile, expects the country to remain under the influence of heat waves and to experience tropical nights through early September.

स्वास्थ्य अधिकारियों ने गुरुवार को कहा कि अस्पताल में भर्ती होने वाले सीओवीआईडी -19 के मरीजों की संख्या में कमी के संकेत दिख रहे हैं।

समाचार एजेंसी की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, कोरिया रोग नियंत्रण और रोकथाम एजेंसी (केडीसीए) के अनुसार, हालांकि पिछले सप्ताह सीओवीआईडी -19 के मरीजों की साप्ताहिक संख्या में वृद्धि हुई, लेकिन अस्पताल में भर्ती होने की वृद्धि दर में गिरावट आई।

केडीसीए ने कहा कि पिछले सप्ताह 220 अस्पतालों में सीओवीआईडी -19 रोगियों की संख्या 1,444 हो गई, जो एक सप्ताह पहले से 5.7 प्रतिशत अधिक है।

इसकी तुलना इस महीने के दूसरे सप्ताह में 1,366 रोगियों से की गई, जो एक सप्ताह पहले की तुलना में 55.2 प्रतिशत अधिक है, और पहले सप्ताह में 880 रोगियों की तुलना में, एक सप्ताह पहले की तुलना में 85.7 प्रतिशत अधिक है।

केडीसीए आयुक्त जी यंग-मी ने संबंधित सरकारी एजेंसियों के साथ एक बैठक के दौरान कहा, "वर्तमान प्रवृत्ति को देखते हुए, इस सप्ताह या अगले सप्ताह के बाद संक्रमण की संख्या में कमी आने की उम्मीद है।"

जी ने कहा कि इस सप्ताह संक्रमणों की संख्या, जिसका पहले अनुमान 350,000 था, संभवतः "अनुमान से कम" होगी।

ਸਿਹਤ ਅਧਿਕਾਰੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਵੀਰਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਕੋਵਿਡ -19 ਲਈ ਹਸਪਤਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਾਖਲ ਮਰੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਦੀ ਗਿਣਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਮੀ ਦੇ ਸੰਕੇਤ ਦਿਖਾਈ ਦਿੱਤੇ।

ਹਾਲਾਂਕਿ ਕੋਵਿਡ-19 ਦੇ ਦਾਖਲ ਮਰੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਦੀ ਹਫਤਾਵਾਰੀ ਗਿਣਤੀ ਪਿਛਲੇ ਹਫਤੇ ਵਧੀ ਹੈ, ਕੋਰੀਆ ਰੋਗ ਨਿਯੰਤਰਣ ਅਤੇ ਰੋਕਥਾਮ ਏਜੰਸੀ (ਕੇਡੀਸੀਏ) ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ, ਹਸਪਤਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਭਰਤੀ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਵਾਧਾ ਦਰ ਡਿੱਗ ਗਈ ਹੈ, ਨਿਊਜ਼ ਏਜੰਸੀ ਨੇ ਰਿਪੋਰਟ ਦਿੱਤੀ।

ਕੇਡੀਸੀਏ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਪਿਛਲੇ ਹਫ਼ਤੇ 220 ਹਸਪਤਾਲਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੋਵਿਡ -19 ਦੇ ਮਰੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਦੀ ਗਿਣਤੀ 1,444 ਹੋ ਗਈ, ਜੋ ਇੱਕ ਹਫ਼ਤੇ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਨਾਲੋਂ 5.7 ਪ੍ਰਤੀਸ਼ਤ ਵੱਧ ਹੈ।

ਇਸ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਦੇ ਦੂਜੇ ਹਫ਼ਤੇ ਵਿੱਚ 1,366 ਮਰੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਦੀ ਤੁਲਨਾ ਵਿੱਚ, ਇੱਕ ਹਫ਼ਤੇ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਨਾਲੋਂ 55.2 ਪ੍ਰਤੀਸ਼ਤ ਵੱਧ, ਅਤੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਹਫ਼ਤੇ ਵਿੱਚ 880 ਮਰੀਜ਼, ਇੱਕ ਹਫ਼ਤੇ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਨਾਲੋਂ 85.7 ਪ੍ਰਤੀਸ਼ਤ ਵੱਧ।

ਕੇਡੀਸੀਏ ਕਮਿਸ਼ਨਰ ਜੀ ਯੰਗ-ਮੀ ਨੇ ਸਬੰਧਤ ਸਰਕਾਰੀ ਏਜੰਸੀਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਮੀਟਿੰਗ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਕਿਹਾ, “ਮੌਜੂਦਾ ਰੁਝਾਨ ਨੂੰ ਦੇਖਦੇ ਹੋਏ, ਇਸ ਹਫ਼ਤੇ ਜਾਂ ਅਗਲੇ ਹਫ਼ਤੇ ਲਾਗਾਂ ਦੀ ਗਿਣਤੀ ਘਟਣ ਦੀ ਉਮੀਦ ਹੈ।

The number of patients hospitalised for COVID-19 showed signs of abating, health authorities said on Thursday.

Although the weekly number of COVID-19 inpatients grew last week, the growth rate of hospitalisation plunged, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), news agency reported.

The number of COVID-19 patients in 220 hospitals last week came to 1,444, up 5.7 per cent from a week earlier, the KDCA said.

That compared with 1,366 patients in the second week of this month, up 55.2 per cent from a week earlier, and 880 patients in the first week, up 85.7 per cent from a week ago.

"Considering the current trend, the number of infections is expected to decrease after this week or the next," KDCA Commissioner Jee Young-mee said during a meeting with related government agencies.

Jee added that the number of infections this week, previously estimated at 350,000, would likely be "smaller than anticipated."

Chandrayaan 3, which scripted history in 2023 by becoming the first to land on the South Pole of the Moon, created "a milestone" that will soon be followed by Chandrayaan 4 and 5, said Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday, on the eve of first National Space Day.

On August 23, India is set to celebrate its maiden National Space Day, to celebrate the achievements of Chandrayaan at the Bharat Mandapam, Plenary Hall in New Delhi.

The theme for the celebration will be: "Touching Lives while Touching the Moon: India's Space Saga."

At the curtain raiser event, held in the national capital on Wednesday, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, highlighted India's efforts to rise as a world leader in the space sector.

Recent weeks have witnessed a substantial wave of Covid-19 infections across the US, primarily driven by the emergence of new variants and exacerbated by the hot summer weather, the media reported.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s wastewater dashboard, the viral activity levels in wastewater reached their highest point since July 2022, news agency reported.

This tracking method, which provides a more comprehensive picture of viral spread than traditional testing methods, indicated that nationally, the wastewater viral activity level for Covid is currently "very high," noted the CDC's latest monitoring report last week.

The situation was particularly dire in the Western US, which has been identified as having "the highest wastewater viral activity level" for Covid, according to the CDC.

The agency also reported an increase in emergency room visits and hospitalisations due to Covid-19 infections across the country.