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Digital payments sees significant growth in tier II, III towns
The report said that on August 6, 2021 – which marks the completion of 500 days of pandemic-related restrictions — a new lifestyle for disruptors and disruptive businesses has emerged with digital payments as its financial backbone.
Not a single sector has shown negative growth during the last 250 days, reflecting their openness to innovation and acceptance of digital modes of payments, it said.
1,016 claims settled till Aug 5 under PMGKP scheme for health workers fighting Covid: Govt
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP): Insurance Scheme for Health Care Workers Fighting COVID-19 was launched on March 30, 2020 to provide comprehensive personal accident cover of Rs 50 lakh to 22.12 lakh health care providers including community health workers and private health workers who may have been in direct contact and care of Covid patients and may be at risk of being impacted by this.
The scheme is being implemented through an insurance policy from New India Assurance Company Limited, a public sector insurance company under Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance. Initially, the insurance policy had validity of 90 days which was extended twice and it finally ended on March 24, 2021 on the expiry of its validity.
73% of Indian firms expect customer data breach in next 1 year
Nearly 57 per cent Indian organisation among those surveyed said it was somewhat to very likely that they’d suffer serious cyber-attacks in the next 12 months.
While 34 per cent suffered more than 7 cyber attacks that infiltrated networks/systems, 20 per cent had more than 7 breaches of information assets.
Maha: 64 kin of victims of twin landslides in Raigad receive Rs 5 lakh compensation each
The kin of the victims is given Rs 5 lakh, including Rs 4 lakh from the State Disaster Management Fund and Rs 1 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Fund. They are now awaiting a Rs 2 lakh compensation from the Prime Minister Fund, an official statement said.
Fake COVID-19 vaccination cards worry US college officials
Requiring vaccinations to attend class at colleges and universities has become a contentious political issue in some states. Public colleges in at least 13 states including Ohio, Utah, Tennessee and Florida cannot legally require COVID-19 vaccinations due to state legislation, but private institutions in those same states can.
UNICEF India, Facebook launch initiative to create safe online environment for children
The partnership will include a nationwide social media campaign and capacity building for 1,00,000 schoolchildren on online safety, digital literacy and psychosocial support, it said.
Will take all measures to eliminate use of crypto-assets: Govt
In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary also said the government will explore the use of block chain technology proactively for ushering in digital economy.
”The government does not consider crypto-currencies legal tender or coin and will take all measures to eliminate use of these crypto-assets in financing illegitimate activities or as part of the payment system,” he said.
Economic impact of 2nd COVID-19 wave likely to be muted; visible signs of eco rejuvenation: FinMin
The latest Monthly Economic Review, released by the finance ministry, said the ”robust recovery in tax collections cushions the fisc towards meeting the budgeted support to the economy”.
It also said the recent sero-prevalence results signify that India can reduce the likelihood of severe illness due to COVID-19 if the country sustains the momentum of the vaccination programme.
”Having antibodies reduces the probability of acquiring serious illnesses, as is borne by studies. So, any subsequent waves are expected to be mild in terms of severity of disease,” the ministry said in the report.
Covid-19 R-value more than 1 in 5 states, it’s cause for concern: Govt
At a press briefing on the pandemic, officials said the reproduction number or R number that indicates the speed at which COVID-19 is spreading is more than 1 in five states — Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh — which remains a cause for concern.
Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Nagaland have their reproduction number at 1, Joint Secretary in the Union Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said.
For India, it is around 1, he said.
SC notice to Centre, others on plea seeking disclosure of data on Covid vaccine clinical trials
While making it clear that neither it is an anti-vaccine petition nor the petitioner is seeking to stop Covid vaccination in the country, Prashant Bhushan, who was appearing for the petitioner, said transparency on the issue was needed and disclosure of data would rather clear all the doubts.