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[ad_1] Turkish finance minister says inflation will come down to single digits by mid-2023 [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Coronavirus Vaccine Registration, Coronavirus Omicron Variant Cases in India January 15 News Live Updates: India seems to be heading into the third wave of the Coronavirus pandemic as daily count of Covid-19 cases is rapidly increasing on account of the new Omicron variant. According to the Union Health Ministry’s bulletin, India recorded 2,68,833 new cases in the last 24 hours, more than double the number of recoveries which stand at 1,22,684. With this, the active caseload in India has reached 14,17,820. India, so far, has 6,041 confirmed cases of Omicron, with a daily increase of 5%. The variant, which is highly transmissible, is suspected to be the reason behind the rapid increase in cases, with the numbers increasing much faster than they did even with the Delta wave last year. Amid this wave, India’s recovery rate has declined to 94.83% from 95.20% a day ago. The number of Omicron cases in the country surged to 6,041. The daily positivity rate was 16.66% while the weekly positivity rate was 12.84%. The number of active cases has increased to 14,17,820, the highest in 223 days, and now accounts for 3.85% of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 94.83%, according to the Health Ministry’s data on Saturday. Meanwhile, the vaccination drive is still going strong, with now, children between the ages of 15 to 18 years also having been added to the population that can be vaccinated. So far, 156.02 crore doses of vaccines have been administered in the country since the inoculation drive began in January last year. This includes young adults and priority groups who are now getting a third precautionary dose as protection against Omicron. Stay tuned as Financial Express Online brings you the latest coronavirus updates. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Railway Board Chairman V K Tripathi Saturday inspected the site where the Bikaner-Guwahati Express had derailed in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district and said all aspects related to the accident will be thoroughly investigated. At least nine people were killed and 36 injured after 12 coaches of the train went off the rails on Thursday, near Domohani in Alipurduar subdivision of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR). “Work is underway to clear the railway tracks at the accident spot and it will be complete soon. All angles in connection with the unfortunate mishap will be probed,” Tripathi told reporters. Several intercity and DEMU trains had been cancelled on the affected route on Friday, while a couple were short-terminated or short-originated. Another 10 long-distance trains were diverted through alternative routes. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had on Friday said preliminary findings suggest there was “some issue” with the equipment of the locomotive that could have caused the accident. Vaishnaw said the actual reason would be ascertained only after dismantling the engine’s equipment. “The root cause (behind the accident) will soon come out. The Commission of Railway Safety is conducting an inquiry,” he had told reporters after visiting the site. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] The Bahujan Samaj Party on Saturday announced the names of 53 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. The candidates are for the seats in western Uttar Pradesh which will go to polls in the first phase on February 10. BSP supremo Mayawati said that the party will announce the remaining candidates over the next two-three days. Here is the full list of candidates of BSP for UP Assembly Elections 2022: Constituency – Candidate Name Kairana – Rajendra Singh Upadhyay  Shamli – Brijendra Malik Budhana – Haji Mohammad Anish Charthawal – Salman Saeed Purkaji (SC) – Surendra Pal Singh Muzaffarnagar – Pushpankar Pal Khatauli – Majid Siddiqui  Meerapur – Mohammed Shalim Siwalkhas – Mukarram Ali alias Nanhe Khan Meerut Cantt. – Amit Sharma  Meerut South – Kunwar Dilshad Ali  Chhaprauli – Mohammad Shahin Chaudhary  Baraut – Ankit Sharma  Loni – Haji Aakil Chaudhary Muradnagar – Haji Ayyub Idrishi Ghaziabad – Suresh Bansal  Modinagar – Poonam Garg  Dhaulana – Wasid Pradhan Hapur (SC) – Manish Kumar Singh alias Monu  Garh Mukteshwar – Mohammad Arif  Noida – Kriparam Sharma  Dadri – Manveer Singh Bhati  Jewar – Narendra Bhati Dada Secunderabad – Chaudhary Manveer Singh  Syana – Sunil Bhardwaj Anupshahr – Rameshwar Singh Lodhi Dibai – Karan Pal Singh  Shikarpur – Mohammad Rafi alias Fadda Khurja (SC) – Vinod Kumar Jatav  Khair (SC) – Prempal Singh Jatav  Barauli – Narendra Sharma  Atrauli – Omveer Singh  Chharra – Tilak Raj Yadav  Kol – Mohammad Bilal  Aligarh – Razia Khan  Iglas (SC) – Sushil Kumar Jatav  Chhata – Sonpal Singh  Mant – Shyam Sundar Sharma  Govardhan – Raj Kumar Rawat  Mathura. – Jagjit Chaudhary  Baldev (SC) – Ashok Kumar Suman The Bahujan Samaj Party has announced to go it alone in the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, where it seeks to return to power after 10 years. Several pre-poll surveys have predicted anywhere 15-20 seats for the BSP in the contest which is seen as a one-to-one fight between the ruling BJP and the Samajwadi Party. The list of BSP candidates for Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022 will be updated as and when announced by the party. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Rochester, New York On Saturday, high temperatures in Rochester, New York, will plummet to a frigid eight degrees Fahrenheit and the city has already seen over 18 inches of snow since the start of the year.  That’s standard for Rochester, a city on the banks of Lake Ontario that quickly grew after the American Revolution and gave birth to Eastman Kodak and Xerox, but whose population has tumbled from around 350,000 in the mid-20th century to just over 200,000 today. In November, Rochester’s median home sales price was $154,838, according to Redfin, less than half of the national median that month of $335,519. Still, there’s a sustained, nationwide surge in housing demand, plus a crippling lack of inventory – and Rochester is hardly impervious to either of these historic trends.  “The market last year was unprecedented,” said Mark Siwiec, a Keller Williams agent in Brighton, a town just southeast of Rochester. “It left us breathless. Until about mid-May of this past year the market was unlike anything we’d ever experienced. Then we downshifted from securing 20-25 offers and selling for $15,000 to $75,000 over asking to a market that was still a great seller’s market, but just not as insane, and that market lasted until about mid-September.” That median sales price is up 3.8% year over year, per Redfin, and the November 2020 price was itself up 12.4% from 2019. In addition, the sale-to-list price ratio was 106.3% in November, per Redfin, suggesting listing agents perhaps underestimated continued market demand.  “While we are finding some pockets of the market that are cooling off, others, like suburban Rochester, are even more competitive than they were a year ago,”  local Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Zambito agent Sichel Cignarale said. “The city of Rochester itself is still very competitive. People are using escalation clauses [a clause in an offer that automatically increases the purchase price by a certain amount over competing offers] and other strategies in their attempts to outbid the competition.” Cignarale noted signs of cooling off, including some properties appraising for lower than expected and once desperate buyers no longer waiving home inspections. But the market remains elevated, especially for the winter season when things typically slow down in Rochester as illustrated in the number of homes on the market and percentage of homes selling for over list price. Agents claim that buyers are leaving pricey, big cities for Rochester including “boomerang buyers” who grew up in Rochester but moved away.  “We are seeing a decent amount of boomerang buyers, who, due to job changes or just being able to work remotely, are able to return home,” Mandy Friend Gigliotti, a local Keller Williams agent said. “Truthfully, Rochester is just a beautiful place and a great place to raise a family. There are so many amenities, there is not a lot of traffic and the culture is really strong here.” Aside from Brooklyn, Siwiec and other local agents have helped buyers from Manhattan, New Jersey, Connecticut, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco move to Rochester.  “We are experiencing the phenomenon of people realizing that their job is portable, so they sell the Brownstone in Brooklyn for $1.5 million, pocket $750,000 in equity and use the remaining money to buy a house in Rochester that is three times the size of what they were living in, with the added benefits of a larger yard and less congestion,” Siwiec said. Many agents also cited the area’s public school system and the many local highly-rated universities, including Rochester Institute of Technology and Eastman School of Music, as well as the city’s proximity to the picturesque Finger Lakes region.  This increase in demand for housing has resulted in high levels of competition and multiple offer situations.  “We are still seeing 15 to 20 offers on properties and that has been during the holiday time,” Tiffany Hilbert, a Rochester Keller Williams agent, said. “I think a lot of buyers want to try to buy a house and lock in before mortgage rates potentially go up, so people are still seriously looking to find a home.” “Generally, you pretty much have to go in at or above ask, if you really want to be competitive on a house and you definitely want to use an escalation clause,” Hilbert said. “I think the big thing, if you are representing a buyer, is to have a strong and fierce conversation with them prior to even going out and looking because you’ve got to set that expectation the correct way for them and you have to gain their trust so they will listen to you when it comes time to put a competitive offer in.” In addition to heightening the level of competition for properties, this influx of homebuyers has placed increased stress on the area’s already tight housing inventory. “In the six county region, which Rochester is part of, six years ago or so there were typically around 7,500 homes on the market,” Siwiec said. “But for the past three or four years that number has not risen above 1,000 units and right now we have less than 560 homes on the market in this region.” Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the median number of days a home has sat on the market in Rochester has not risen above 12. Currently, it is less than 10 days on the market. “Some new properties came on the market last Friday morning and they are not accepting offers until Monday,” Cignarale said. “So some of these homes, agents are only giving one weekend and then they are gone.” Local agents do not see any hope on the horizon for the city’s low inventory issues, especially with starter homes suited to first time homebuyers. “People are staying in their existing homes longer, so less inventory is hitting the market and there just aren’t enough starter homes being built, so we are struggling with that too” Siwiec said. “Of course, COVID plays into things as well. With all the uncertainty

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