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Average 13 lakh new demat accounts added every month since Apr 2020
But, a vast majority of these accounts are inactive. An industry study in March 2020 said only a fourth of then 4 crore accounts were active.
According to Sebi guidelines, a demat account that has not been operated for a year is considered inactive.
IndusInd Bank to raise climate financing to 3.5% in 2 years
The bank will be increasing the allocation of capital towards climate finance to 3.5 per cent of its loan book over the next two years, which is currently at 2.7 per cent, IndusInd Bank said on the occasion of the World Environment Day.
India reports 1,00,636 new COVID cases, lowest in last 61 days
The new fatalities pushed the COVID death toll in the country to 3,49,186. As many as 36,63,34,111 samples have been tested in the country up to June 6 including 15,87,589 samples tested on Sunday, informed the Indian Council of Medical Research.
Unlock: Mumbai at level 3; local trains yet off-limits for common people
As per the state government’s notification, municipal corporations and districts in Maharashtra with a positivity rate between 5 per cent and 10 per cent and occupancy of oxygen beds over 40 per cent are categorised under level 3.
As per the fresh guidelines issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday, local trains will remain available only for specific categories.In a notification issued on Friday night, the Maharashtra government had stated local trains will remain available for ”medical, few essentials and women”, but authorised the civic administrations to put additional restrictions they deem fit.
The reference of ”women” was deleted by the BMC in its latest order which stated that entry in suburban trains will be restricted only for ”medical and few essentials.
India yet to decide on indemnity for local makers of COVID-19 shots -official
The Cenre is mulling to provide protection from indemnity protection to Pfizer and Moderna in case of adverse effects on people administered with their Covid-19 vaccine.
Indian vaccine maker Serum Institute that makes the Covishield vaccine also said such protection should be applicable for all companies.
Covid-19: India records 1,20,529 cases , death toll climbs to 3,44,082
The active cases in the country have been less than 2 lakhs for the nine successive days. The daily positivity rate stands further dips to 5.78 per cent, remaining below the 10 per cent-mark for 12 consecutive days, while the weekly positivity rate stands at 6.89 per cent.
Kerala retains top rank in Niti Aayog’s SDG India Index 2020-21; Bihar worst performer
The Index for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) evaluates progress of states and union territories on social, economic and environmental parameters.
The country’s overall SDG score improved by 6 points — from 60 in 2019 to 66 in 2020-21. This positive stride towards achieving the targets is largely driven by exemplary country-wide performance in clean water and sanitation, and affordable and clean energy, the Niti Aayog said in a statement.
Environment Day: Climate change, toxic air remain issues of deep concern for India, say experts
As per the ‘State of India’s Environment 2021’ report, poor air quality was the fourth leading risk factor for early death worldwide in 2019, surpassed only by high blood pressure, tobacco use, and poor diet. Over the past two decades, deaths attributable to ambient PM2.5 in India has increased by 2.5 times, the report said, adding that between 1990 and 2019, deaths due to household pollution has increased by over 40 per cent, the report said.
COVID in kids still moderate; only 1-2 pc required hospitalisation: Expert
Though children are vulnerable to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, still the majority of them are asymptomatic and only 1-2 percent had to go for hospitalization,” says Prof R Somasekar, Professor of Pediatrics from SBMCH, Chennai and Executive Board Member, Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP).
Govt warns Twitter exemption from liability will be withdrawn on non-compliance
The new IT rules require significant social media intermediaries – those with other 50 lakh users – to appoint a grievance officer, nodal officer, and chief compliance officer. This personnel is required to be residents in India.
Under the new rules, social media companies will have to take down flagged content within 36 hours, and remove within 24 hours content that is flagged for nudity, pornography, etc. The Centre had said the new rules are designed to prevent abuse and misuse of platforms, and offer users a robust forum for grievance redressal.