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Defamation should be retained as an offence in criminal laws: Law Panel
In its report on the law on criminal defamation submitted to the...
14.1 lakh new cancer cases, 9.1 lakh deaths in India during 2022: WHO
In India, the risk of developing cancer before turning 75 was...
Biocon secures approval to use drug on coronavirus patients
“The randomised control trial indicated that all the patients treated with Itolizumab responded positively and recovered,” said Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the firm’s executive chairperson.
The control group which did not receive Itolizumab unfortunately suffered deaths, she said, adding that the “first-in-class” drug will save lives and help reduce the mortality rate in India.
Priority is close monitoring, guiding containment work in areas with high infection rate: PM Modi
According to a statement issued by the Prime minister’s Office, Modi also directed that real-time national level monitoring and guidance should be provided to all affected states and places with high test positivity rates.
HC asks Centre to treat as representation plea for disaster management agency in NCR
“In order to bring about uniformity in the COVID-response, it is imperative that the respondents (Centre and governments of Delhi, UP, Haryana and Rajasthan) designate the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) or any authority, consisting of executive members from all the concerned states and union territory, as the single nodal agency, to carry out disaster management tasks in the NCR region in a uniform manner,” the petition had said.
India’s COVID-19 tally reaches 8.2 lakh with 27,114 new cases, death toll climbs to 22,123
While the total coronavirus caseload surged to 8,20,916 on Saturday, there were 2,83,407 active cases and 5,15,385 recoveries. The total number of confirmed cases include foreigners
“Thus, around 62.78 per cent of patients have recovered so far,” an official said
China’s bank and insurance sectors facing rises in non-performing assets – regulator
Asset quality at some small and medium-sized financial institutions is deteriorating due to the coronavirus pandemic, the regulator said in a statement on its website.
U.S.bans Pakistan International Airlines flights over pilot concerns
Pakistan last month grounded almost a third of its pilots after discovering they may have falsified their qualifications.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency suspended PIA’s authorisation to fly to the bloc for six months in a blow to the carrier’s operations.
Floods, landslides kill 23 in Nepal, dozens missing
In the southern plains bordering India, the Koshi river, which causes deadly floods in the eastern Indian state of Bihar almost every year, was flowing above the danger level, police said.
Landslides and flash floods are common occurrence in mountainous Nepal during the June-September monsoon every year.
Indian economy’s medium-term outlook remains uncertain – RBI Governor
Policy responses by the central bank appear to have worked so far, but going forward the situation would need even more careful assessment, said Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das.Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Saturday describing the COVID-19 outbreak has “unambiguously the worst health and economic crisis in the last 100 years during peacetime”.
The COVID-19 outbreak has “dented the existing world order, global value chains, labour and capital movements across the globe, and, needless to say, the socioeconomic conditions of large sections of the world population”.
Pandemic exposes scientific rift over proving when germs are airborne
WHO still insists on more definitive proof that the novel coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease COVID-19, can be transmitted through the air, a trait that would put it on par with measles and tuberculosis and require even more stringent measures to contain its spread.
Life insurance industry sees double-digit degrowth in new premiums and policies in Apr-June Qtr
The life insurance behemoth the LIC, though has improved its market share to 74 per cent in terms new premium income, has seen its new premium income falling by 18.45 per cent y-o-y to Rs 36,530.02 in June quarter of 202-21.Its number of new policies sold during the June quarter have also fallen by 44 per cent y-o-y to 19,15,641