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Ageing dams in India, US, other nations pose growing threat: UN report
Ageing signs include increasing cases of dam failures, progressively increasing costs of dam repair and maintenance, increasing reservoir sedimentation, and loss of a dam’s functionality and effectiveness, “strongly interconnected” manifestations, the report said.
“By 2050, most people on Earth will live downstream of tens of thousands of large dams built in the 20th century, many of them already operating at or beyond their design life,” according to the UN University analysis.
Google to redesign mobile search with new interface
According to The Verge, Aileen Cheng, who led the redesign, in an official release announced on Friday, “We wanted to take a step back to simplify a bit so people could find what they’re looking for faster and more easily.”
Vaccinated people may still transmit COVID-19, warns England’s chief medic
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer, also warned that there is no clear evidence yet to show that vaccinated people cannot transmit the deadly virus on to others.
“Regardless of whether someone has had their vaccination or not, it is vital that everyone follows the national restrictions and public health advice, as protection takes up to three weeks to kick in and we don’t yet know the impact of vaccines on transmission,” said Van-Tam.
Aviation sector workers be vaccinated on priority after health workers: MoCA to MoHFW
“Considering that the frontline workers of airlines and airports are also involved in movement of vaccines, this MoCA recognizes the merit in the proposal and requests the MoHFW (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) to include frontline workers of airlines and airports along with frontline workers mentioned in the operational guidelines released on December 28, 2020,” Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), Pradeep Singh Kharola said.
As per the guidelines issued by the health ministry on December 28 last year, initially around 30 crore Indians will be vaccinated, including around three crore healthcare and frontline workers, and approximately 27 crore people of over the age of 50 years.
COVID-19 pandemic underlined need for higher budget allocation for healthcare sector
The pandemic has completely changed the dynamics of the Indian healthcare ecosystem, NATHEALTH President and Apollo Hospitals Executive Vice-Chairperson Preetha Reddy told PTI.
‘It has reiterated the need for increased investment in healthcare infrastructure, national level programmes for skill development and training of healthcare staff, increase in number of medical colleges, effective PPP models and further boost for local manufacturing,’ she added.
Facebook says ‘configuration change’ at back-end logged out some users
“We’re looking into reports of people being logged out and having to login again to access their Facebook accounts. We’re working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience,” Facebook tweeted.
WHO says deal with Pfizer to allow poor countries to start vaccinating in February
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the 40 million doses announced on Friday would be sold on a non-profit basis. He described it as an initial agreement and said more doses could be sold through the COVAX programme in future.
Cash for Covid? UK says no decision on reported plan for positive tests
Currently, only some people receiving welfare benefits receive a 500 pound payment if they are told to self-isolate, but according to an official policy paper seen by the Guardian newspaper and others, ministers were looking at making this a universal payment to all who tested positive.
This would cost up to 453 million pounds a week, 12 times the cost of the current system, the Guardian said.
Maruti Suzuki”s premium hatchback Swift India”s ”best-selling” car model in 2020
Commenting on the milestone, Maruti Suzuki India Executive Director (Marketing & Sales) Shashank Srivastava claimed that “Swift has been the best-selling premium hatchback in the country for the past 15 years with over 2.3 million delighted customers.”
He further said, “Despite the adverse impact of COVID-19, brand Swift sold over 1,60,700 units in CY 2020, emerging as the top brand in the pecking order.”
Tesla claims engineer stole secrets just days into the job
Elon Musk’s electric-car maker has aggressively pursued lawsuits against different former employees and rival companies that it has accused of poaching engineers and stealing proprietary data.
Tesla convinced U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers that the menace posed is superior capable that she granted a restraining bid Friday requiring Khatilov to instantly sphere and instrumentality each files, records and emails to the institution and look earlier her, remotely, connected Feb. 4.