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World’s fastest vaccine push augurs return to normal in Israel
The Pfizer vaccine led to 94% fewer symptomatic illnesses and 92% fewer critically sick cases, according to a study of 1.2 million people by Israel’s largest health maintenance organization.
That success has spurred the government to ease restrictions on movement that have been in place for months. Next week, sporting and cultural events will be open to those who have been fully vaccinated, and everyone will be allowed to go to malls and shops.
Indian economy on track for recovery: S&P
“The emergence of yet more contagious COVID-19 variants with the potential to evade vaccine-derived immunity present a major risk to this recovery. As does the possibility of early withdrawal of global fiscal stimulus,” S&P said in a report titled ”Cross-sector outlook: India”s escape from COVID”.
Covid-linked syndrome in children is growing and cases are more severe
Doctors across the US have been seeing a striking increase in the number of young people with the condition Braden had, which is called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children or MIS-C. Even more worrisome, they say, is that more patients are now very sick than during the first wave of cases, which alarmed doctors and parents around the world last spring.
Glenmark launches kidney cancer treatment drug in India priced 96% lower than innovator brand
Kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma) is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth in the lining of small tubes in the kidney.
Quoting Globocan 2020 report, Glenmark said there are close to 40,000 patients with renal cancer in India.
UK judge rules that newspaper invaded Meghan’s privacy
The former Meghan Markle, 39, sued publisher Associated Newspapers for invasion of privacy and copyright infringement over five February 2019 articles in the Mail on Sunday and on the MailOnline website that published large portions of a letter to her father, Thomas Markle.
UK Supreme Court allows Nigerians to sue Shell in English courts – ruling
Nigeria’s Ogale and Bille communities allege their lives and health have suffered because repeated oil spills have contaminated the land, swamps, groundwater and waterways and that there has been no adequate cleaning or remediation.
Insurers partner with paytechs to widen distribution in India:GlobalData
Ayushi Tandon, Senior Fintech Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Insurance companies in India that have collaborated with paytechs are likely to reach a large customer base in a fast and inexpensive way. The strategy can work well as the use of payment platforms has dramatically increased in the country over the recent past, especially after the demonetization and during the COVID-19 pandemic. It can also simplify the entire customer journey in insurance, from purchases to claims.’’
COVID-19: India records 11,649 new cases, 90 fresh fatalities
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,06,21,220 which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.29 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.43 per cent.
There are 1,39,637 active cases of coronavirus infections in the country which comprise 1.28 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
SC notice to Centre, WhatsApp on plea alleging lower standards of privacy for Indian users
The apex court said people value their privacy more than the value of the company which might be in trillions.
WhatsApp told the top court that Europe has a special law on privacy and it will also follow if India has a similar statute
Govt may have identified four banks for potential privatisation,report
The four banks on the shortlist are Bank of Maharashtra, Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank and the Central Bank of India, two officials told Reuters on condition of anonymity as the matter is not yet public.