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No more extension for the renewals of motor policies:GI Council
All vehicle owners are advised to get their insurance policies renewed on or before the due date of renewal for continued validity of the insurance policies, said the GI Council on Thursday. .
MoRTH had issued a letter on 24th August 2020 advising State Governments that in case the validity of fitness certificates, permits, driving licences, and registration certificates pertaining to vehicles have expired on or after 1st February 2020 and not extended due to the lockdown, such certificates may be treated as valid until 31st Dec 2020.
India’s coronavirus pandemic hits fast dwindling tribe in remote islands
“It is extremely alarming that members of the Great Andamanese tribe tested positive for Covid-19. They will be all too aware of the devastating impact of epidemics that have decimated their people,” said Sophie Grig, senior researcher.
Scientists map out mosquito immune system to help fight malaria
Malaria affects more than 200 million people worldwide and killed an estimated 405,000 people in 2018 – most of them babies and children under five years old. It is caused by Plasmodium parasites, which are spread in the bites of female Anopheles mosquitoes.
Max Life Insurance partners with Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL 2020
As part of the partnership, Max Life will be the official life insurance partner of the Royal ChallengersBangalore (RCB) team for the second consecutive year. In addition to being the team’s official life insurance partner, Max Life is also among the apparel partners for RCB for the 13th edition of Indian Premier League T20.
Assam Cabinet approves Rs 50-lakh insurance cover for journalists, home guards succumbing to COVID-19
The cabinet also decided to increase the upper age limit for state government jobs for Group-III and Group-IV by two years to 40 years.
Indian Vaccine trial: Vital signs of volunteers normal, says doctor
Two men, aged 32 and 48, were given the first shot of the ‘Covishield’ vaccine, being manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), at Bharti Vidyapeeth’s Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday. The dose will be repeated after one month, an official said.
“Since yesterday, our medical team is in touch with the two volunteers and both are fine. They do not have any pain, fever, injection-side reaction or systemic illness post-vaccination,” the medical college and hospital’s deputy medical director Dr Jitendra Oswal said.
COVID-19 deaths to cross 317,000 in U.S. by December 1
At least 179,725 Americans have died from the respiratory disease, while reported U.S. infections have breached 5.8 million cases, according to a tally by Reuters.
Hurricane Laura slams Louisiana, kills six, but less damage than forecast
Laura was downgraded to a tropical depression by the NHC at 10 p.m., and the forecaster said it will move to the mid-Mississippi Valley later on Friday and then to the mid-Atlantic states on Saturday.
Laura caused less mayhem than forecasts predicted – but officials said it remained a dangerous storm and that it would take days to assess the damage. At least 867,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas remained without power on Thursday afternoon.
“This was the most powerful storm to ever make landfall in Louisiana,” Governor John Bel Edwards told a news conference. “It’s continuing to cause damage and life-threatening conditions.”
Record 75,760 COVID-19 cases in single day, India’s virus tally crosses 33-lakh mark
With a total of 25,23,771 patients having recuperated so far, the recovery rate was recorded at 76.24 per cent while the COVID-19 case fatality rate has declined to 1.83 per cent
There are 7,25,991 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 21.93? per cent of the total caseload, the data stated
Covid-19 disease can affect almost all organs, say experts at AIIMS
“What started off as a viral pneumonia is now a multi-systemic disease. However, the jury is out whether SARS-COV2 is the culprit in these extra pulmonary manifestations or just an innocent bystander which happens to be at the wrongplace at a wrong time,”DrNischalsaid.
“So the classification of COVID-19 into mild, moderateand severe cases based only on respiratorysymptoms should be relooked into to incorporate other organ involvement,” he said.