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FIIs continue to be net seller, sold equity worth Rs 28,671 cr
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Reinsurers set to bear brunt of costs for Suez Canal grounding
The UK Club will cover the first $10 million of P&I losses.
Beyond that, the wider pool of P&I insurers will cover up to $100 million, at which point reinsurers such as Lloyd’s of London step in for up to $2.1 billion of claims. P&I insurers would contribute for part of a further $1 billion of cover.
India to review COVID-19 vaccines after blood clot warning – report
The review comes after Europe’s drug regulator said on Wednesday it found a possible link between AstraZeneca’s vaccine and rare blood clotting issues in adults who had received the shot, although it added the vaccine’s advantages still outweighed the risks.
India records over 1.26 lakh new COVID-19 cases, highest this year
With 685 new COVID-related deaths in the last 24 hours, the toll in the country has mounted to 1,66,862. Currently, there are 9,10,319 active cases in the country. As many as 59,258 people were discharged or recovered from the disease during the same period.
Ten states including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Kerala and Punjab have shown a steep rise in the daily COVID-19 cases accounting for 84.21 per cent of the 1,26,789 new infections, the health ministry said on Thursday.
Covid: New Zealand suspends entry for travellers from India starting Apr 11
“We are temporarily suspending entry into New Zealand for travellers from India,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a news conference in Auckland.
The move comes after New Zealand recorded 23 new positive coronavirus cases at its border on Thursday, of which 17 were from India.
Indian travellers ready to adopt ‘digital health passports’ to restart travel
Despite an overwhelming response to digital health passports, when queried further, there are concerns about security and privacy such as: • 34% of respondents are worried about data security risks with their personal information being hacked, • 28% of respondents are concerned about lack of transparency and control over how and where their data will be shared.
IMF sees evidence of normalisation of India’s economic activity, projects 12.5 pc growth in 2021
“The evidence we were getting in the last couple of months in terms of the normalisation of economic activity,” said IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath
UK launches new watchdog to keep tech giants in check
“Today is a major milestone in the path to creating the world’s most competitive online markets, with consumers, entrepreneurs and content publishers at their heart,” said UK Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden.
“The Digital Markets Unit has launched and I’ve asked it to begin by looking at the relationships between platforms and content providers, and platforms and digital advertisers. This will pave the way for the development of new digital services and lower prices, give consumers more choice and control over their data, and support our news industry, which is vital to freedom of expression and our democratic values,” he said.
Passenger vehicle sales jump 28 pc in March, Covid concerns remain: FADA
Commercial vehicles witnessed a downswing of 42.20 per cent to 67,372 registrations versus 1.16 lakh in March 2020. Two-wheeler registrations totalled 11.95 lakh last month compared to 18.46 lakh in March 2020, marking an downturn of 35.26 per cent.
However, passenger vehicle registrations edged higher by 28.39 per cent to 2.79 lakh from 2.17 lakh in the year-ago period.
India’s record COVID-19 surge continues, vaccines run short
Healthcare workers outside a government hospital in Mumbai city – India’s financial capital – were seen turning people away, asking them to call a helpline number set up by the municipal authorities. “We don’t know when the vaccine will be back in stock. It could be available later today or maybe tomorrow,” one of them said.
Notices saying “vaccine out of stock” were plastered outside a centre in a neighbouring suburb, along with helpline numbers. In two other districts in Maharashtra, local officials said inoculation efforts had been stopped and centres were closed.
One in ten suffer long-term effects 8 months following mild Covid-19: Study
“Fatigue and respiratory problems are also more common among participants who have had COVID-19 but do not occur to the same extent,” Thalin said.