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Accelerated action needed to save 12,000 lives a day due to injury, violence
In Preventing injuries and violence: an overview, WHO reveals that...
More boys with cancer being diagnosed than girls in India: Lancet study
''We observed that among nearly 11,000 patients registered in the...
AM Best maintains its negative outlook on India’s non-life insurance market
Factors that mnay lead to AM Best revising its India non-life outlook to stable fron negative in the future include evidence of sustainable improvement in the underwriting performance supported by better pricing discipine, as well as an improved balance of overall earnings and stabilising of economic indicators, explained AMBest..
People with intellectual disabilities more likely to die from COVID-19: Study
More attention is needed to this vulnerable health population in order to ensure their safety and well-being during this pandemic,” said study co-author Scott Landes, an associate professor of sociology at Syracuse University.
India records highest single-day spike of 8,380 cases; death toll climbs to 5,164
The death toll has gone up by 193 since Saturday morning, of which 99 were from Maharashtra, 27 from Gujarat, 18 from Delhi, nine each from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, seven from West Bengal, six each from Tamil Nadu and Telangana, five in Bihar, three from Uttar Pradesh, two from Punjab, and one each from Haryana and Kerala.
Global coronavirus cases surpass 6 million
The COVID-19 respiratory illness has claimed more than 367,000 lives worldwide, though the true number is thought to be higher as testing is still limited and many countries do not include fatalities outside of hospitals.
Herd immunity as Covid-19 strategy risky, countries must make timely interventions: CSIR DG
“Herd immunity, typically works when 60-70 per cent population of a country has been affected and it’s too large a risk to take for any nation. What one would do is to take intervention before so that the infection does not spread,” he told PTI in an interview.
Insurers stare at a Rs 2000 crore hit from “Amphan” devastated WB and Orissa
Till Saturday, the general insurance industry had already received claims worth of Rs 945 crore from these two states with more than 90 per cent of the total claims originating from the economically developed WB, with higher insurable industral areas, where torrential rains coupled with strong winds caused severe flooding and wind related damages especially in the Kolkata metro region, resulting in inundation and damage of both public and private infrastructure.
Around Rs 836 crore of claims have been triggered by the property damages under fire policies from the WB and rest are from motor and other policies.
Indian states rush to identify high-risk zones to remain in lockdown
In its guidelines, ‘Mission Begin Again’, issued on Sunday, Maharashtra departed from the Centre’s guidelines. CM Uddhav Thackeray said the state needed to tread cautiously now that monsoon was round the corner. It said intra-district bus services can operate, but inter-district bus operations will remain restricted.
Restrictions will remain in force in containment zones and the municipal corporation areas of Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Pune, Nagpur and Aurangabad. In phase 1 of the easing starting June 3, individuals in these areas will be allowed to exercise in open public spaces including beaches, playgrounds, gardens and promenades between 5 am and 7 pm.
US terminating relationship with WHO; takes steps against China
Chinese officials ignored their reporting obligations to the World Health Organization and pressured the World Health Organization to mislead the world when the virus was first discovered by Chinese authorities. Countless lives have been taken, and profound economic hardship has been inflicted all around the globe, US President Donald Trump said.
Stating that the funding of the WHO would now be diverted to other global public health organisations, Trump announced a series of decisions against China including issuing proclamation to deny entry to certain Chinese nationals and tightening of regulations against Chinese investments in America.
Trump also announced that the US will end special treatment of Hong Kong in response to Chinese imposition of new controls.
He said that the US will revise its travel advisory to warn of surveillance in Hong Kong.
AXA agrees to pay Covid-19 Business Interruption claims to French restaurants after court ruling
Stephane Manigold, the owner of four Paris restaurants who brought the case against the French insurer, told Reuters that since the court decision his team had received calls from Britain, South Africa, Spain and the United States asking for details of his contract and the court’s ruling.“This decision in Paris has a global resonance,” he said.
Fed’s Powell fears second coronavirus wave, reiterates crisis-fighting pledge
WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday said a potential surge in U.S. coronavirus infections could derail the recovery from the deep downturn triggered by the pandemic, even as he reiterated the central bank’s vow to keep fighting the crisis....