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According to the data from the National Securities Depository, and Central Depository Services, a record 14.2 million new demat accounts were opened in FY21, a near three-fold rise from the previous year’s 4.9 million.
The massive 68 per cent market rally after the meltdown in the first half of 2020 has seen a massive influx of investors into the equity markets during the year when the whole country was under lockdown for long.
Office supply jumps 75 pc annually during Jan-Jun across 7 cities despite COVID-19
New office space supply stood at 14.38 million sq ft during January-June 2020 across seven cities — Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai.
JLL India Head (Office Leasing Advisory) Rahul Arora.said,He added that in the second half of the year, if the country can ensure that most of the active workforce gets fully vaccinated, the shift back to office premises will be more feasible and sustainable.
Flexible, agile vaccination strategy vital in saving lives in India, says Lancet report
The report noted that innovative measures currently being tried in India like establishing satellite vaccination centres closer to hamlets in rural settings and resident welfare associations in urban areas; converting community halls and using large parking spaces for drive-in vaccination; and using mobile vaccination facilities to cover populations that do not live within easy access of vaccination centres.
Covid first wave led to increase in antibiotic misuse in India: Study
”Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest threats to global public health,” said the study’s senior author, Sumanth Gandra, an associate hospital epidemiologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in the US.
”Overuse of antibiotics lessens their ability to effectively treat minor injuries and common infections such as pneumonia, which means that these conditions can become serious and deadly,” Gandra said.
Heatwave scorches north India; flash floods render many homeless in Tripura
The northeastern state is being battered by torrential rains for the last 48 hours and besides power and road infrastructure, crops have also been damaged. Though there was some respite for the national capital, temperatures in Punjab and Haryana were recorded above 40 degrees Celsius. Churu in Rajasthan sizzled at 43.6 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), while it was 43.5 degrees Celsius in Haryana’s Gurgaon, which falls in the Delhi-National Capital Region.
$40 billion pledged at Paris conference for gender equality
Bill and Melinda Gates’ namesake foundation announced it will spend $2.1 billion in the next five years on health and family planning programs, economic empowerment projects and other initiatives.
NPPA approves price rise of 50 per cent for carbamazepine, ranitidine, ibuprofen
To address the situation arising due to repeated price control, a one-time price increase of 50 per cent from the current ceiling price is being considered in public interest as an exceptional measure as advised by the Standing Committee on Affordable Medicines and Health Products (SCAMHP), NPPA said
Data, demographic dividend present huge opportunity; this decade to be ‘India’s techade’: PM
He cited an example of how Digilocker has helped millions of people especially during the pandemic by providing a digital storage facility for school certificates, medical documents and other important certificates.
Modi highlighted that 2.5 lakh CSCs had helped take the Internet to remote areas. Under Bharat Net scheme, work is underway on a mission mode to bring broadband internet to the villages.
Dr Reddy’s denied approval for Phase 3 trials of Sputnik Light vaccine
“The Subject Expert Committee has denied permission to Dr Reddy’s to conduct phase-3 trials on the Russian vaccine Sputnik Light in India,” sources told ANI here.
After launching Sputnik V, Russia had introduced a new single-dose vaccine called Sputnik Light in May.
Cyber reinsurance jump 40 % in July renewals -Willis Re
The average ransom payment made by a business to restore data after a cyber attack was $220,000 in the first quarter, up 43% from the last quarter of 2020, according to cyber security firm Coveware.
In addition to the ransom payments, cyber insurance and reinsurance policies can cover the cost of restoring the network, business interruption losses and even the hiring of a PR agency to address reputational damage.