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Coal expansion could cause over 5,200 premature deaths, 8,300 preterm births in Delhi this decade
Twelve percent of India’s coal-based electricity is generated within 500 km of the national capital.
The research suggests that around 55 lakh sick days could be caused by air pollution exposure from coal power plants in Delhi if the current proposed expansion of coal capacity takes place. The economic health costs associated with coal pollution in Delhi is estimated at USD 8.4 billion over the coming decade.
75 per cent COVID-19 patients were overcharged by hospitals: survey
Though the Maharashtra government had announced that the rates of treatment of COVID-19 at private hospitals will be regulated, the official instructions were not heeded, he said.
Nearly 7K applications okayed for Delhi govt’s Covid aid scheme, 6,000 cases get Rs 50K each
The call centre set up by the Delhi government for making calls to the affected families and apprise them about the scheme as well as assisting them in filing the application on e-district portal, received around 11,000 calls till Sunday, an official statement said on Monday..
Pandemic pushes Chinese tech giants to roll out more courier robots
Researchers at the University of Michigan said fully and partially automated vehicles could cut delivery costs by 10−40% in cities. Alibaba’s last-mile logistics vehicle has delivered over a million orders as of September to more than 200,000 consumers, the company said. It operates over 200 robots and plans to have 1,000 by March and 10,000 over the next three years.
World Bank says Delta variant slowing economic growth in East Asia and Pacific
Economic activity began to slow in the second quarter of 2021, and growth forecasts have been downgraded for most countries in the region, according to the World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific Fall 2021 Economic Update.
While China’s economy is projected to expand by 8.5%, the rest of the region is forecast to grow at 2.5%, nearly 2 percentage points less than forecast in April 2021, the World Bank said.
DCGI allows Serum to enrol 7-11 year olds in Covid vaccine trial
“After detailed deliberation, the committee recommended for allowing enrolment of subjects of 7 to 11 years of age group as per the protocol,” a subject expert panel of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization said.
WHO’s emergency use authorisation for Covaxin further delayed: Report
The sources further said that the UN public health agency has asked for more data from Bharat Biotech for Covaxin.
This delay will affect Indians especially students and who have international travel plans. The EUA is important because without it Covaxin will not be accepted by most countries.
AIIMS-Bhubaneswar receives funding for ‘first’ brain bank of Eastern India
A brain bank is a repository of brain samples of deceased persons, which finds use in research work.
National Consumer Court asks NIA to pay Rs 1 lakh health claim linked to alcohol consumption
Clearly, nothing is mentioned in the policy relating to exclusion that treatment expenditure of any disease caused by use of alcohol or arising out of the use of alcohol will not be admissible, said the National Consumer Court..
New India Assurance had rejected the claims saying that disease of of the patient (claimant) was due to the alcohol consumption that IS not covered in the company’s policy.
Centre extends nationwide COVID-19 containment measures till Oct 31
The home secretary said there should be a continued focus on the five-fold strategy i.e. Test-Track-Treat-Vaccination and adherence to COVID-appropriate behaviour, to safely navigate through the festive season and avoid the possibility of a surge in COVID-19 cases.