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Covid’s 2nd wave deadly, causing mental ailments: Gehlot
“Post-Covid side effects in people after prolonged treatment is a matter of concern for us,” he said.”It is our endeavour that such patients and families get proper treatment and counselling so that they can recover from these health problems at the earliest,” an official statement quoted Gehlot as saying.
PM Narendra Modi calls for ‘one earth one health’ approach for pandemic at G7 summit
Sources said Modi’s call for adopting a “one earth, one health” approach received support from German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
They said Australia and several other countries came out in strong support of Modi’s call to waive patents on coronavirus vaccines to boost their production. India and South Africa have come out with the proposal at the World Trade Organisation.
Road accidents in India are like silent pandemic: Rajnath Singh
Addressing the ‘Karmayogis’ of Border Road Organisation (BRO) via video conferencing, the Union Defence Minister said, “Accidents on the roads are a cause of great concern for us today. It is a matter of great surprise that our country has less than 3 per cent of the world’s total vehicles, but accidents are close to 11 per cent. Every year around 4.5-5 lakh accidents and 1.5 lakh unfortunate deaths occur in the country. It is not less than a silent pandemic.”
NGT forms 3-member committee to evaluate risk over Nayara Energy expansion
“The committee may recommend safety measures to prevent accidents on account of operation of the activities by ensuring proper on-site and off-site emergency plans and hospital backup and awareness in the local residents,” said the bench, also comprising Justice M Sathyanarayanan.
India records 91,702 new COVID-19 cases, 3,403 fresh fatalities
ICMR to start national sero surveys to assess Covid spread: Health ministry
On the US’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denying Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) to Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, the health ministry said, We respect each country’s regulatory system, but it will have no impact on India’s vaccine programme.
Non-life insurers’ gross direct premium rises 11 pc to Rs 12,316 cr in May
The six standalone private sector health insurance companies registered a jump of 66.6 per cent in their gross premium at Rs 1,406.64 crore in May 2021, as against Rs 844.13 crore earlier.
On a cumulative basis, the gross direct premium of all the non-life insurance companies grew by 17.5 per cent to Rs 29,626 crore in April-May 2021-22, as against Rs 25,212.55 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal.
Passenger vehicle sales in India dip 66 per cent in May as COVID disruptions take toll: SIAM
Commenting on the sales data, SIAM Director General Rajesh Menon said that many states were under lockdown due to COVID-19 cases for most part of May thus impacting overall sales and production during the month.
“Many members (auto cos) had also shut down their manufacturing plants to divert oxygen from industrial use for medical purposes,” he added.
May received the second highest rainfall in 121 years, says IMD
It also said that at 34.18 degrees Celsius, the average maximum temperature over India this May was the fourth lowest since 1901.
The lowest ever temperature recorded for May was 32.68 degrees Celsius in 1917. The temperature was lowest since 1977 when it was of 33.84 degrees Celsius, the IMD said
First year premium of life insurers down by 5.6 per cent to Rs 12,977 crore in May
23 private sector insurers, however, posted 14.2 per cent rise in their combined new business premium in May 2021 at Rs 4,029.35 crore as against Rs 3,527.48 crore in year ago month.