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Misplaced Confidence: Is India ready for another Covid wave?
Epidemiological models that predicted the second wave suggest that another, shallower wave might hit India as soon as this month. And the country isn’t nearly as ready as it thinks.Part of what is driving overconfidence is the particularly devastating nature of India’s second wave.
Iran says one person dying of Covid-19 every two minutes
In January, Iran’s top authority supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei banned imports of US and British-made vaccines, saying they were unreliable and may propagate the infection.
Iran has blamed US sanctions for hampering purchases and deliveries of vaccines from other nations.
India advises its citizens in Afghanistan to return amid rising violence
According to government data, around 1,500 Indians are currently staying in Afghanistan.
“Indian companies operating in Afghanistan are strongly advised to immediately withdraw their Indian employees out of project sites in Afghanistan before air travel services get discontinued,” the embassy said.
India reports 28,204 new COVID-19 cases, lowest in 147 days
The cumulative number of COVID vaccine doses administered in the country so far has reached 51,45,00,268 of which doses 54,91,647 were administered in the last 24 hours.
India on track to achieve WHO-recommended doctor-population ratio: NITI Aayog member Vinod Paul
Ayushman Bharat Yojna and Jan Arogya Yojna are programmes that focus on providing all kinds of health facilities to people and are steps towards universal health coverage, making health services affordable and ensuring access to health facilities, he said.
“India is well on the path to having one doctor per thousand population by 2024, which is the World Health Organisation (WHO)-recommended doctor to population ratio and is increasing the number of beds from 11 lakh to 22 lakh,” a statement quoted Paul as saying.
Lloyd’s chooses 11 Start-Ups for developing products on claims and cryptocurrencies
For the seventh cohort, the InsurTech start-ups have been selected based on solutions geared towards three key themes: claims, data and models, and cryptocurrencies. Additionally, for the second cohort in a row, the Lloyd’s Lab accepted wildcard entrants who presented solutions outside of the core themes.
These start-ups focus on important areas such as anti-money laundering, robotics and construction. The teams will be working to create insurance products and solutions which can be adapted to the Lloyd’s market.
First case of deadly Marburg virus confirmed in WAfrica: WHO
“This is the first time Marburg, a highly infectious disease that causes haemorrhagic fever, has been identified in the country, and in West Africa,” it added.
The disease falls into the same family as the virus that causes Ebola, another deadly and highly infectious disease.
65 per cent of tuberculosis cases in 15-45 age group: Health minister
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu turning his focus to the gravity of the disease suggested, “If all the local, central, and state governments, MPs, and officials join together and make it a people’s movement, it won’t be difficult to eliminate TB by 2025. The average life expectancy has increased to 69.4 years, which was 35 years in 1950.
20.32 lakh tests, 7.08 lakh hospital admissions related to Covid authorised under AB-PMJAY: Govt
The National Health Authority (NHA) has been providing the necessary support to the states and Union territories for ensuring free COVID-19 testing and treatment to all eligible beneficiaries under AB-PMJAY.
When the pandemic broke out, the existing packages were used for providing treatment, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said.
Number of billionaires in India stands at 136 in FY21
The number of individuals disclosing a gross total income of more than Rs 100 crore (one billion rupees) in a year in his/her return of income filed with the Income Tax Department during 2018-19 stood at 77, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a reply to the Rajya Sabha.
”As per the information available with Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), there is no legislative or administrative definition of the term billionaire under direct taxes. Wealth tax has been abolished with effect from 01.04.2016 and, therefore, CBDT does not any more capture information about complete wealth of an individual taxpayer,” she said.