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With positivity rate below 5% for 14 days, is second Covid wave over?
With the current positivity rate at less than 5 per cent, India’s COVID-19 second wave is on the wane as quickly as it rushed to its peak, but the end of it may yet be far away as more transmissible new variants such as Delta plus variant are emerging, said Naga Suresh Veerapu, associate professor at the School of Natural Sciences (SoNS), Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR.
Carmakers in India’s auto hub allowed to operate at full capacity
An Indian court tasked industrial safety officials this month with visiting carmakers in the southern state to draw up uniform safety guidelines.
The Madras High Court was responding to a case filed last month by workers at the Indian unit of the French-Japanese alliance of Renault SA Nissan Motor Co.
India spent Rs 2,386 cr in 2020 on oral cancer treatment: Study
‘India’s cancer scenario is burdened with oral cavity cancer being the most common among men. In fact, India accounted for almost a third of the global incidence in 2020.”
Dr R.A. Badwe, Director, Tata Memorial Center said, “As per the GLOBOCAN statistics, the rate of new cases being diagnosed has increased by a staggering 68 per cent in the past two decades alone, making it a real public health crisis.
“To add to this, accessibility to health services is low, which coupled with poor health literacy results in a majority of cases presenting with advanced stage disease that is often difficult to treat.”
Govt plans to bring stricter e-commerce rules, flash sales may be history
Further, if the norms come into effect, every e-commerce shall establish an adequate grievance redressal mechanism having regard to the number of grievances ordinarily received by such entity from India.
Amazon and Flipkart, among others, will have to appoint a Chief Compliance Officer, a Resident Grievance Officer and a nodal contact person in India.
India in talks to find ‘middle ground’ with Pfizer, others for vaccine imports: govt official
“We have to find the middle ground,” government advisor Vinod Kumar Paul told the news channel CNBC TV-18 when asked about the progress of talks with Pfizer and Moderna
Any final decision on vaccine imports has to be compatible with Indian laws and the government was hopeful that these vaccines would be available in the country before the end of this year, Paul said.
Britannia offers insurance coverage to 10,000 sales personnel, merchandisers
The company is offering a term insurance policy and hospitalisation insurance of Rs 2 lakh and Rs 1 lakh respectively, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Britannia Industries said in a statement.Besides, it is also contributing Rs 2 lakh each to the bereaved families of the personnel who were not insured earlier.
Britannia is also offering domiciliary COVID-19 treatment worth Rs 7,500 for patients who need support at home, apart from reimbursing vaccination costs.
Mukesh Ambani says no option but to make businesses green
“We at Reliance have adopted this wholeheartedly and transforming each one of our business lines to be sustainable, circular, recyclable and fully transparent environment, social, and governance standards,” he said.
Irrespective of co-morbidities, classified as deaths due to Covid: Centre
The MHA in its affidavit said: “All deaths with a diagnosis of Covid-19, irrespective of co-morbidities, are to be classified as deaths due to Covid-19. The only exception could be where there is a clear alternative cause of death, that cannot be attributed to Covid-19 (e.g. accidental trauma, poisoning, acute myocardial infarction, etc), where Covid-19 is an incidental finding.”
HDFC bank buys 4.99 % stake in HDFC Ergo Gen from HDFC, insurer’s share priced at Rs 536
With market share of 6.2 per cent, HDFC ERGO has been one of the fastest growing private General Insurers in the country, having grown its gross written premium at a 35 per cent CAGR over the last 13 years.
UAE’s Emirates airline to resume flights from India to Dubai from June 23
On Saturday, the Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management in Dubai said that the passengers from India with a valid residence visa who have received two doses of a UAE-approved vaccine will be allowed to travel to Dubai, Gulf News reported.