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Harsh Vardhan releases document chronicling India’s response to COVID-19 pandemic
On how the success on the front of COVID-19 can be replicated in the fight against tuberculosis, the minister said, ”Another goal in front of us is to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025. Our efforts of testing, tracing and treating in COVID-19 can be replicated for treatment of tuberculosis. The experience from the pandemic can be used to achieve the goal of eliminating TB by 2025.”
Automatic recurring payment to comply with RBI direction from April 1
Under the new norms, banks will be required to inform customers in advance about recurring payment due and transaction would be carried following nod from the customer. So the transaction would not be automatic but would be done after authentication from the customer.
Shipping companies may not get insurance claims for’ lost expenses’ incurred from Suez closure chaos
Ships typically have various types of insurance, including protection & indemnity (P&I) for pollution and injury claims. Separate hull and machinery policies cover vessels against physical damage.
“Both exclude loss of earnings,” Claudio Blancardi, underwriting director with ship insurer Nordic Marine, said.
India pushes ahead with coronavirus vaccination drive to head off new surge
At more than 53 million, India has administered the most doses after the United States and China. But per-capita, India, the world’s biggest vaccine maker, ranks much lower.
India’s records 56,211 new cases of the coronavirus,6 states account for over 78 pc
Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, continue to report a high surge in daily cases accounting for 78.56 per cent of the new infections reported in a span of 24 hours, it said
The ministry said that Maharashtra has reported the highest number of daily cases at 31,643. It is followed by Punjab with 2,868 cases and Karnataka with 2,792 cases
Canada halts AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for adults under 55 years
In a statement issued on Monday, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization said the cases, known as vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia (VIPIT), “have been recently reported in Europe following post-licensure use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine”.
“Cases identified so far have been primarily in women under the age of 55 years, although cases in men have also been reported and have mostly occurred between four and 16 days after receipt of vaccine.”
Global nat cat insured losses at $ 89 billion in 2020, fifth-costliest year since 1970:Swiss Re
According to Swiss Re’s Sigma report, released on Tuesday, natural catastrophes in 2020 caused global economic losses of USD 190 billion of which the insurance industry covered USD 81 billion.
Nepal’s schools close as air pollution hits alarming levels
Dust from construction works, exhaust from old, poorly maintained vehicles and smoke from coal-burning brick kilns blend in a murky haze that hangs over the ancient city of four million people, raising the risk of cancer, stroke, asthma and high blood pressure, experts say.
10 districts including 8 from Maharashtra have highest active COVID-19 cases
The health secretary said that 807 cases of the UK strain, 47 cases of the South African variant, and one case of the Brazilian variant of the Covid-19 virus have been found in India so far.
China found using surveillance firms to help write ethnic-tracking specs
The technical standards, published by surveillance research group IPVM, specify how data captured by facial recognition cameras across China should be segmented by dozens of characteristics – from eyebrow size to skin color and ethnicity.