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Most Indians keen to travel abroad in next six months: Survey
In terms of destinations, the survey found that almost 50 per cent...
70% who took booster didn’t get Covid in third wave, says study
The study also showed that the third wave affected those aged below...
Tribunal cancels property gift deed as son fails to look after ailing mother
The senior citizen had earlier lodged a complaint with the Deputy Collector stating that her son was not offering her basic amenities after she gifted her property to him.
M Adharsh, Deputy Collector-cum-head, Karaikal District Social Welfare Tribunal, passed orders declaring the transfer of property to the son void and restoredit to the mother under sections 4(2) and 23(1) of the Maintenance and Welfare of the Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.
France to rein in reduced-time work scheme as covid crisis eases
From Oct.1,workers will get 60% of their normal gross wages under the scheme, down from 70% currently, President Emmanuel Macron told employers and unions. Meanwhile, the state will reimburse employers up to 60% of the cost, instead of 85% currently.
However, a company can only tap the existing furlough arrangements for up to six months, and on Wednesday the government also outlined a new longer-term programme that is more generous for the employee and company, but demands commitments to safeguarding jobs.
The programme will allow workers to receive up to 70% of gross wages, with the state reimbursing firms up to 85% if the programme is tapped before July and 80% afterwards.
Frustration, fear and family: lockdowns test investment bankers
Global M&A volumes are down 41% so far this year, a far cry from the champagne-popping records of recent years when bankers at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Citi and Bank of America – the top five dealmakers – were the toast of Wall Street.
Massive government support for companies, particularly in Europe, is keeping many firms afloat and delaying the kind of lucrative takeover deals that have put M&A advisors at the top of the investment banking world, bankers and lawyers said.
Even six months after it began, plenty of people unaware of Covid-19
A recent assessment by the U.N. migration agency of displaced people in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland found very high levels of misunderstanding, with some people confusing Covid-19 with a mosquito-borne disease or thinking a key symptom of the respiratory disease was diarrhea.
Maharashtra bans guru’s ‘spurious’ coronavirus treatment
Earlier yesterday, Ramdev had launched Coronil and Swasari as Ayurvedic cure for Covid-19, stressing that the medicines had been tested in “a clinical case study and clinical controlled trial”, which found that “69 percent patients recovered in three days and 100 % patients recovered within seven days” of the treatment.
Hours after its launch, India’s federal government asked Patanjali to provide details about Coronil, trials and sample size and asked the company to stop advertising the product until it had been approved.
India joins ‘Alliance for Poverty Eradication’ at UN as founding member
India has joined the alliance as a founding member and stressed that ending poverty is not just about monetary compensation but guaranteeing access of the poor to quality education, healthcare, clean water, sanitation, decent housing and social security.
Deep sea mining could destroy undiscovered species, says Ocean Panel
Sea floor nodules contain battery metals needed to fuel the world’s transition to clean energy, but trawling the sea floor for them is likely to disrupt ecosystems about which there has been scant research, as they are very difficult to reach.
One meter or two? How social distancing affects COVID-19 risk
The WHO says keeping a distance of at least one meter helps reduce the risk of the coronavirus spreading in the small liquid droplets that people spray out when they cough, sneeze and talk.
These droplets may contain the virus, and “if you are too close, you can breathe in the droplets”, the WHO says.
COVID-19 Pandemic may lead to 95,000 additional TB deaths in India: Study
The modelling study, published in the European Respiratory Journal, estimates at least 110,000 additional deaths from TB in India, China, and South Africa unless health services maintained and strengthened
Sanofi eyes approval of COVID-19 vaccine by first half of 2021
There are currently no vaccines to prevent the coronavirus that has infected more than 9 million people and killed over 469,000 globally, and only a couple of medicines that have demonstrated benefit in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in clinical trials.