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Digital healthcare to witness exponential growth in next 5 years: Practo CEO
The healthcare as an overall sector in India is close to USD 200 billion in size and just a single digit of it is online today, Practo co-founder and CEO Shashank ND
Digital adoption in healthcare is still very small and 90 per cent of healthcare is still offline today. So for the companies like Practo, there is a long way to go, he added.
“I expect that this single digit will grow into 20-30 per cent in the next 5-10 years and that is going to be a real big jump for the sector,” Shashank told PTI.
Delhi govt exempts road tax on battery-operated vehicles under its EV policy
Delhi government will provide financial assistance to those buying electric vehicles under Electric Vehicle Policy. Financial assistance of ₹30,000 will be given on the purchase of 2-wheelers, ₹1.5 lakh on cars and ₹30,000 on auto-rickshaws and e-rickshaws.
In August, Kejriwal announced that the Delhi government has notified the electric vehicle policy.
Emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccine to depend on clinical trial data
Categorically rejecting speculation that the government is prioritizing young and working-class for the COVID-19 vaccine for economic reasons, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said, the prioritisation of groups for COVID-19 vaccine shall be based on two key considerations — occupational hazard and risk of exposure to infection, and the risk of developing severe disease and increased mortality
Digital payments soar manifold in 5 years to FY20: RBI
However, FY20 saw a massive spike in volumes over the previous year to 3,434.56 crore but in value slipped down to Rs 1,623.05 lakh crore, which can be attributed to the steep fall in the overall economy and the massive job losses, forcing people to spend less and preserve more cash.
FPIs turn positive on Indian markets, invest Rs 1,086 cr so far in October
According to the depositories data, overseas investors pumped in a net Rs 5,245 crore into equities and withdrew Rs 4,159 crore from the debt market during October 1-9.
This translated into a total net inflow of Rs 1,086 crore.
In September, FPIs were net sellers at Rs 3,419 crore.
“Better than expected Q2 (earnings) performance, rising GST collection and a general opening up of the economy are helping India in becoming an attractive investment destination,” Harsh Jain, co-founder and COO at Groww, said.
PM Modi launches property-card scheme to aid rural households
The government plans to use drone technology to map land parcels in rural areas and cover some 620,000 villages over the next four years, Modi said.
“Despite owning houses, people were facing multiple problems while borrowing from banks. These people can now borrow very easily from banks after showing property cards issued under ownership scheme,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
Nurses suffer burn-out, psychological distress in COVID fight – association
“Our most recent survey of national nurses’ associations shows that more than 70% of them (the associations) were saying that nurses have been subject to violence or discrimination and as a result of that they are very concerned about extreme cases of psychological distress and mental health pressure,” said Howard Catton, a British nurse who is the ICN’s chief executive,
The figure was based on responses from roughly a quarter of its national nurses’ associations in more than 130 countries.
Four low-intensity earthquakes recorded near Porbandar in Gujarat
Moratorium period exceeding six months may result in vitiating overall credit discipline: RBI to SC
The Finance Ministry had filed an additional affidavit in the apex court on October 2 saying it had decided to waive compound interest (interest on interest) charged on loans of up to Rs 2 crore for a six-month moratorium from individual borrowers as well as medium and small industries.
Though COVID-19 cases are surging in Kerala, death rate is 0.36%, says Health minister
“In the end all that matters is how we reduce the mortality rate. How many lives we could save. That’s our aim. Our mortality rate is still below 0.4 percent. The mortality rate of 0.36 is the best among the world,” Health Minister K K Shailaja noted.