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Health report indicates significant growth in non-communicable diseases across India
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COVID-19 third wave peak likely in October: NIDM report
Emphasising the effect of the potential COVID third wave on children, the report said the Indian Academy of Paediatrics found that there is no biological evidence that the current and the new Delta Plus variant will affect children more than adults.
India’s first smog tower inaugurated in Delhi
”This is the first such smog tower in the country. It’s a new technology. We have imported it from the US. The structure will suck polluted air from above and release clean air from below. It will purify 1,000 cubic metres of air per second,” Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal told reporters.
Experts, however, feel smog towers may provide immediate relief from air pollution in a small area but they are a costly quick-fix measure with no scientific evidence to back their efficacy in the long term.
Governments should instead address root causes and promote renewable energy to tackle air pollution and reduce emissions, they said.
Pandemic threatens Asia-Pacific’s progress on global development goals, says ADB
Developing Asia’s extreme poverty rate – or the proportion of its people living on less than $1.90 a day – would have fallen to 2.6% in 2020 from 5.2% in 2017 without COVID-19, but the crisis likely pushed last year’s projected rate higher by about 2 percentage points, ADB simulations showed.
The figure could even be higher considering the inequalities in areas like health, education and work disruptions that have deepened as the COVID-19 crisis disrupted mobility and stalled economic activity, the ADB said in a flagship report on the region.
UAE allows Indian tourists with 14-day rider
Approval of tourist visas for Indian passport holders, who have not been in the country in the last fortnight, comes as the UAE is slowly opening up its arrivals.
All flyers will have to undergo a Polymerase Chain Reaction test on the day of arrival and on the ninth day after arrival in the UAE.
Xiaomi to offer full spectrum of financial services, adds insurance vertical to its India platform
Xiaomi is adding insurance vertical to its platform as well as expanding the lending category with the addition of offerings like gold loans and credit line cards.
Xiaomi India Financial Services Head Ashish Khandelwal said Xiaomi has partnered with ICICI Lombard to curate a health insurance product.
Xiaomi also has a cyber insurance offering, and more than 25,000 customers have been covered so far.
”Going ahead, insur-tech is another proposition that we are working on in a curated manner in partnerships,” he added.
Three insurance-related firms to raise Rs 10,000 cr through IPOs
Policybazaar’s Rs 6,017.5-crore public issue comprises a fresh issue of Rs 3,750 crore and an offer-for-sale of Rs 2,267.5 crore by existing selling shareholders
Star Health, the largest standalone private health insurer, is planning to raise Rs 3,000 crore; while Medi Assist, which is the largest third-party administrator, is lining up a Rs 840-1,000 crore issue, according to their draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) filed with the market watchdog.
The cost of saving global economy: $834 million an hour for 18 months
With central banks sucking up so much of the bond market and forcing down borrowing costs, there’s now more than $16 trillion in debt with a negative yield. And it’s part of the reason why money managers say they’ve got no alternative except to keep buying up stocks.
Hope to start supply of ZyCoV-D vaccine by mid to end Sept: Zydus Group MD
The company’s indigenously developed needle-free three-dose COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D was granted emergency use authorisation (EUA) by the drug regulator on Friday, making it the first vaccine to be administered to beneficiaries in the age group of 12-18 years in the country.
Severe Covid-19 breakthrough cases mostly in older, sicker patients: Doctors
Such “breakthrough” cases have become central to a global debate over whether highly vaccinated countries should give booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines, and to which people. Israel began offering booster doses to people age 60 and up in July, and has since expanded that eligibility.
The United States, citing data out of Israel and other findings, said on Wednesday it would make booster doses available to all Americans beginning in September.
July non-life insurance premiums shrug off pandemic cloud: Care Ratings
Non-life insurance premium reached Rs 20,171 crore compared to Rs 16,885 crore in July 2020. The growth was driven by health and fire segments with motor segment also turning in positive numbers.