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World Bank signs $125 million to support Resilient Kerala Program
The Resilient Kerala Program will focus on two key areas.
First, it will incorporate disaster risk planning in the master plans of urban and local self-governments to ease financial constraints on the state government when faced with unexpected shocks. Second, it will help make the health, water resources management, agriculture, and road sectors more resilient to calamities.
Taking all steps to safeguard interest of children affected by pandemic, Centre tells Delhi HC
The Centre has further stated that to support the psychosocial and mental health of children impacted of the pandemic, a national initiative called SAMVAD – Support, Advocacy & Mental health interventions for children in Vulnerable circumstances And Distress has also been launched along with a 24X7 childline for emergency outreach.
Dabur India expects strong consumer demand for Ayurvedic healthcare products
Citing Expert Market Research consultant services data, the company said, ”The market for Ayurvedic products is expected to grow at a CAGR of 15 percent between 2021 and 2026”.”Moving forward on this mission to make Ayurveda more mainstream and accessible to every household, Dabur has now rolled out a new retail initiative christened ‘Ghar Ghar Ayurveda’,” the report said.
Expected to vaccinate 60 per cent population within two-three months: Kerala to SC
In an affidavit filed in the apex court in response to an application raising issue of relaxations granted by Kerala because of the Bakrid festival, the state said it has vaccinated 45 percent of its 18+ population with at least one dose and 18 percent have been vaccinated with two doses.
It said the state has taken a “scientific and pragmatic approach” for conceiving and implementing various measures for curbing the spread of pandemic and the strategy is based on a rational balance of life and livelihood.
India’s excess deaths during pandemic up to 4.9 million, study shows
India has officially reported more than 414,000 deaths due to COVID-19, the third highest tally in the world after the United States and Brazil, but the study adds to growing calls from experts for a rigorous nationwide fatality audit.
“What is tragically clear is that too many people, in the millions rather than hundreds of thousands, may have died,” the report said, estimating the excess death toll during the pandemic at between 3.4 million and 4.9 million.
The report did not ascribe all the excess deaths to the pandemic.
No Caste Census Other Than SCs, STs: Govt
“The state governments of Maharashtra and Odisha have requested to collect caste details in the forthcoming census. The government of India has decided as a matter of policy not to enumerate caste-wise population other than SCs and STs in census,” he said replying to a written question.
Indian shares fall on mixed corporate results, global selloff
“There are two silver linings to the market, though. First, oil prices have started cooling off after the oil producing nations’ cartel OPEC+ agreed to boost supply, and second, unemployment data has been reported to be on the lower side,” said Anita Gandhi, wholetime director at Arihant Capital Markets, Mumbai.
Two-thirds of Indians have coronavirus antibodies, survey shows
The survey showed 67.6% of adults were seropositive, while more than 62% of adults were unvaccinated. As of July, just over 8% of eligible adult Indians had received two vaccine doses.
About 400 million of India’s 1.4 billion people did not have antibodies, the survey showed.
With vaccinated support staff, primary schools can open: ICMR
Bhargava said children can handle viral infection much better than adults and it has also been established that they have a lower number of ace receptors to which virus attaches.
“In some countries, particularly the Scandinavian ones, they (authorities) did not shut down their primary schools during the first, second or third wave whatever (Covid) waves they had, their primary schools were always open.
Pension money to soon be allowed into IPOs, NSE-200 companies: PFRDA
As of now, equity investments have delivered 11.31 per cent returns, corporate debt has delivered 10.21 per cent and government securities 9.69 per cent. The total number of NPS subscribers stand at 4.37 crore as of now, with a maximum 2.90 crore being under the Atal Pension Yojana.