India on Friday forecast its pandemic-stricken economy would grow by 11 percent in the 2021-22 financial year after a 7.7 percent contraction this year.
The Russian population shrank by more than half a million over the past 12 months, the steepest fall since the mid-2000s, official data showed on Thursday.
The Philippines will relax its ban on travelers, starting next month, from over 30 countries and regions that have confirmed cases of more transmissible COVID-19 variants, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Friday.
India's COVID-19 tally rose to 10,720,048 on Friday as 18,855 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the federal health ministry.
