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21.5% of population showed evidence of past exposure to COVID in latest national serosurvey: Govt
Urban slums (31.7 per cent) and urban non-slums (26.2 per cent) had a higher SARS-CoV-2 prevalence than that in rural areas (19.1 per cent), Bhargava said, adding that 23.4 per cent of individuals above 60 years of age had suffered from COVID-19.
Airfare bands not permanent; will be done away with once normal flight operations resume: Civil Aviation Sec
While flights are operating at 80 per cent capacity of the pre-COVID-19 period, he said the utilisation has only been 60-65 per cent.
Property Cat Bond Placement reaches a record $ 11 billion in 2020: Aon report
Quarterly issuance of $ 3.7 billion, was a record Q4 issuance quarter
The total amount of property cat bonds outstanding is marginally up (<2%) compared to 2019 at $29.5 billion.
McKinsey to pay $573 million to settle claims over opioid crisis role: Report
More than 3,200 lawsuits are pending, seeking to hold drug makers, distributors and pharmacies responsible for an opioid addiction epidemic that according to U.S. government data resulted in 450,000 overdose deaths from 1999 to 2018.
With 12,899 new COVID-19 cases, India’s tally reaches 1,07,90,183
According to the Union Ministry, the total number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 1,55,025. As many as 44,49,552 people have been administered the COVID-19 vaccine so far, as per the Health Ministry.
Indian carries’ fleet strength rise from 669 in March 2020 to 713 in November 2020:Puri
”Brazil has around 1,250, Australia has around 2,000, the US has more than 14,000. There is a growing requirement of helicopters for civil use in tourism, mining, corporate travel, air ambulance, homeland security, air charter, etc,” he added.
He said that while big established airlines across the world are in red, the fleet strength of Indian carries has increased from 669 in March 2020 to 713 in November 2020.”This fignure will go beyond 2,000 in the next few years,” he mentioned.
Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray launches scheme for startups to help file IT patents
“Our goal is to make the state number one in various skill development schemes and startups. A number of schemes have been undertaken for this purpose and new schemes will be added in the future as well. It has been proposed to set up an international standard Center for Skill Development in Mumbai and courses in ITIs are being updated in a timely manner,” Malik said.
Passenger traffic at airports in tier 2, 3 cities higher than pre-COVID levels: IATA
‘In domestic, we have seen a strong expansion in new destinations and the deployment of new flights. Unused and under utilised airports in India are starting to see additional passenger activity,” Amitabh Khosla, country director of International Air Transport Association (IATA) said during a seminar at Aero India 2021.
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Govt sticks to $5 trn economy target; emphasis on infra aimed at achieving goal:DEA Secy
The Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday has given a big push to infrastructure spending, monetisation of assets, ramping up of capacities in healthcare sector and agriculture sector, among others. These initiatives are aimed at reviving the economy ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have not revised the target. We are pushing for it. The various initiatives of the government including emphasis on infrastructure are targeting towards achieving that goal,” Bajaj told PTI in an interview.
There are 4,000 variants of virus that causes COVID-19, UK minister says
Its very unlikely that the current vaccine won’t be effective on the variants whether in Kent or other variants especially when it comes to severe illness and hospitalisation
“All manufacturers, Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Oxford-AstraZeneca and others are looking at how they can improve their vaccine to make sure that we are ready for any variant – there are about 4,000 variants around the world of COVID now.”UK Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi told Sky News,”