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Nifty, Sensex at record high on boost from Reliance, banking stocks
The NSE Nifty 50 index was up 0.7% at 13,844.75 by 0347 GMT, while the S&P BSE Sensex was 0.71% higher at 47,307.78. Both indexes hit record highs.
Broader Asian shares rose at the start of the final trading week of 2020 as a source said Donald Trump signed into law a pandemic aid and spending package, averting a partial federal government shutdown in the United States
Financial frauds push cyber crimes to peak in Delhi
“Among the complaints received by various victims, the predominant ones are of online financial fraud, accounting for around 62 per cent of the total. 24 per cent of the complaints have been related to the social media, primarily online harassment, and the rest 14 per cent of other cyber crimes such as hacking, identity theft, data theft and some more,” said DCP Cyber Crime Anyesh Roy
Covid-19 pandemic will not be the last: WHO chief
“We throw money at an outbreak, and when it’s over, we forget about it and do nothing to prevent the next one. This is dangerously short-sighted, and frankly difficult to understand.” said .Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,Director General, World Health Organization’
UK’s post-Brexit trade deal maintains the existing standards on environment, workers’ rights and climate change
There is a clear commitment not to lower standards on the environment, workers’ rights and climate change from those that currently exist and mechanisms to enforce them, the BBC reported.
Similarly, the restrictions compensation for unfair subsidies to companies “do not apply” in situations such as natural disasters, the BBC said. That will exempt the EU’s large current pandemic support package for aviation, aerospace, climate change and electric cars.
COVID-19: Daily deaths below 300 after over 6 months, 22,273 new cases reported
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 97,40,108, pushing the national recovery rate to 95.78 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent
The active caseload remained below three lakh for the fifth consecutive day. There are 2,81,667 active coronavirus infections in the country, constituting 2.77 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated
Virus resurges in Africa, doctors fear the worst is yet to come
The reported toll of the pandemic on the continent — 2.6 million cases and 61,000 deaths, according to the Africa C.D.C. — is lower than what the United States alone currently experiences in three weeks.
“It is possible and very likely that the rate of exposure is much more than what has been reported,” Dr. Nkengasong said in an interview.Now, as they battle new outbreaks, doctors are convinced that deaths have also gone uncounted. Dr. John Black, the only infectious-disease specialist for adults in Port Elizabeth, said he and other physicians feared that many people were dying at home.
Pandemic plus social exclusion equals slide into poverty for millions in informal sector
While the virus affected all classes, the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic was particularly devastating for those in the informal sector who found themselves on the streets, without their livelihoods and sometimes without their homes too.
PM Modi launches Ayushman Bharat scheme for all Jammu and Kashmir residents
The scheme will provide free-of-cost insurance cover to all residents of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir, the PMO said, adding that it will extend financial cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family on a floater basis to all residents of the UT.
There is provision for operational extension of the ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana’ (PM-JAY) to approximately 15 lakh additional families, the PMO statement said, adding that the scheme will operate on insurance mode in convergence with PM-JAY.
Oxford Covid vaccine may be first to get govt nod for emergency use: Report
“Going by this, Oxford vaccine ‘Covishield’ is likely to be the first to be rolled out in India,” a source said.
The process of granting emergency use approval for Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’ may take time as its phase 3 trials are still underway, while Pfizer is yet to make a presentation.
Japan to ban new entries of foreigners until end-January – Nikkei
Japan on Friday reported its first cases of a fast-spreading variant in passengers arriving from Britain. The new variant has also been detected in a man who visited that country and a family member – the first cases of infected people found outside airport checks – Nippon TV reported on Saturday.