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Atal Pension Yojana adds record 12.2 million new members in 2023-24
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India mulls income tax cuts in Budget as part of $6 billion consumer boost
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Telangana: Health worker dies after jab, death not due to it: Official
“Preliminary findings suggest that the death seems to be unrelated to vaccination,” state Director of Public Health G Srinivasa Rao said in a press release
Elon Musk to offer $100 million prize for ‘best’ carbon capture tech
Capturing planet-warming emissions is becoming a critical part of many plans to keep climate change in check, but very little progress has been made on the technology to date, with efforts focused on cutting emissions rather than taking carbon out of the air.
COVID-19 active caseload further dips to 1.81 per cent of total cases
”Following the national trend of consistent decline in the active cases, 17 states and UTs have cases per million population lower than the national average. India’s cases per million population stand at 7,689,” the ministry said.
Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and West Bengal account for 73 per cent of the total active cases in the country.
New China swine fever strains point to unlicensed vaccines
Two new strains of African swine fever have infected more than 1,000 sows on several farms owned by New Hope Liuhe, China’s fourth-largest producer, as well as pigs being fattened for the firm by contract farmers, said Yan Zhichun, the company’s chief science officer.
Health ministry strengthens CoWIN app to monitor Covid-19 vaccination
Manohar Agnani, Additional Secretary at the Union Health Ministry said, “A new feature of ‘Allot beneficiary’ in ‘Ongoing session’ is being added. This will allow maximum possible number of beneficiaries per session and to have better coverage.”
Insurance firm offers mental health support as UK flood risk surges
“With five million people in England at risk of flooding, and climate change intensifying the frequency and severity of extreme weather, a mental health crisis is looming,” warned David Nichols, Zurich UK’s chief claims officer.
U.S. agency orders Ford to recall 3 million vehicles over air bags
The defect, which leads in rare instances to air bag inflators rupturing and sending potentially deadly metal fragments flying – especially after long-term exposure to high humidity – prompted the largest automotive recall in U.S. history of more than 67 million inflators. Worldwide, about 100 million inflators installed by 19 major automakers have been recalled.
California COVID-19 benefits fraud could reach $9.8 billion
The state has acknowledged that the department was bilked out of hundreds of millions of dollars in COVID-19 unemployment funds that went to fraudsters, including some in the name of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Others were sent to inmates in jails and prisons, including some on California’s death row.
Massachusetts Governor vetoes sweeping climate change Bill
A highlight of the bill is the goal of attaining a net-zero greenhouse gas emission limit by 2050 in part by setting new statewide limits every five years to help the state reach the goal.
The bill would also increase requirements for purchasing offshore wind energy and write into state law the criteria used to define “environmental justice populations” – communities with lower incomes, larger numbers of non-English speaking adults, or with a nonwhite population of 25% or more.
European satellites could help catch the next climate change disaster
The new climate models also have the potential to help investors make better decisions. Storms, fires and floods killed at least 8,200 people and cost the world $210 billion in insured losses in 2020, according to a report published this month by Munich Re. Those damages could swell as the world inches closer to crossing the 1.5 degree Celsius warming threshold that scientists predict will lead to more frequent superstorms and higher sea levels.