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From only 80 Jan Aushadhi Kendras in 2014, now around 11,000 units operating across the country: Dr Mandaviya
“it is estimated that around 10 to 12 lakh people visit these Jan...
Global electric car sales in February hurt by China’s New Year celebrations
The company said global sales hit 800,000 units. Sales in Europe...
Apple iPhones get bigger and pricier, Watch turns to health
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it worked with Apple to develop apps for the Apple Watch and has been taking steps to ease the regulatory pathway for companies seeking to create digital healthcare products.
Sri Lanka seeks at least $1.9 million damage from owner of fire-hit tanker
Nishara Jayaratne said the cost was for services provided by various departments including the Sri Lankan navy, air force, ports authority and Marine Environment Protection Authority, among others, up until Sept. 15.The vessel is chartered by Indian Oil Corp to import 2 million barrels of oil from Kuwait to Paradip in eastern India.
Automation key biz tool to maximise efficiency in finance functions: Report
“Technology is transforming our profession, and automation technologies in particular raise profound questions about the future role of chartered accountants,” ICAEW President David Matthews said.
Despite market volatility, LIC made Rs 13k cr profit in equity till Aug: MD
“The insurance industry had lost about Rs 45,000 crore in new and renewable premiums in the last fortnight of FY20 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, we have recovered well since unlocking and registered healthy growth,” LICI Managing Director Raj Kumar said at a webinar organised by Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
He further said, “The market now has recovered by 32 per cent from the March lows. LIC has booked a profit of Rs 13,000 crore from equity operation and is still a net investor of Rs 28,000 crore in the market.”
Airlines in India seek $1.5 bn in interest-free credit line, says govt
The government is engaged with aircraft lessors and financiers to ensure there is no premature withdrawal of planes, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. Local traffic has slumped almost 80 per cent to just 12 million passengers in the five months to July 31, eroding airline revenues, he said.
Close to 3 million jobs in aviation and related industries as well as more than $11 billion in revenue could be lost in India this year because of the pandemic according to the International Air Transport Association.
Nifty50 ETFs’ assets base crosses Rs 1 trn, asset under management Rs 2 trn
“We are encouraged by the investors’ continued confidence demonstrated through their participation in ETFs linked to Nifty 50 and other Nifty Indices…NSE will continue to actively promote ETFs to retail investors through multiple channels,” NSE Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Vikram Limaye said.
Centre approved anti-viral medicines to treat COVID-19 patients, says SC
The top court was hearing a plea seeking registration of an FIR by the CBI against ten Indian pharmaceutical firms for manufacturing and selling these two medicines for treating COVID-19 patients allegedly without valid licences.
A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian referred to the New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2018 and said these medicines have been permitted by the government for using in treatment of novel coronavirus patients.
India’s coronavirus cases jump by daily record of 97,894
The COVID-19 case fatality rate due to the coronavirus infection was recorded at 1.63 per cent.
There are 10,09,976 active cases of COVID-19 in the country which comprises 19.73 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
With 5.12 million cases in all, India is the world’s second-worst affected country, and trails only the United States, which has a caseload of around 6.6 million
COVID-19 tally in India crosses 50-lakh mark
The COVID-19 case fatality rate due to the coronavirus infection further dropped at 1.63 per cent.
There are 9,95,933 active cases of COVID-19 in the country which comprises 19.84 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 5,94,29,115 samples have been tested up to September 15 with 11,16,842 samples being tested on Tuesday.
Global coronavirus cases to soon surpass 30 million: Reuters tally
The official number of global coronavirus cases is now more than five times the number of severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to World Health Organization data.
Around the world, there have been almost 1 million deaths, considered a lagging indicator given the two-week incubation period of the virus. That has well exceeded the upper range of 290,000 to 650,000 annual deaths linked to influenza.