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EU working to allow acceptance of AstraZeneca’s India vaccine jab, Commission says
The EU vaccine passport programme allows people to travel freely within the bloc as long as they have had one of four Western-made vaccines. While this includes the AstraZeneca shot, it does not extend to Covishield, the Indian version of the vaccine produced by Serum Institute of India (SII).
After Didi, China launches cybersecurity probe into more U.S.-listed firms
The three app-based businesses should halt new user registrations during the review, the the Cyberspace Administration of China said in a statement, adding that the investigations are to “prevent national data security risks and safeguard national security”. The cyberspace agency did not offer further details about the investigation into the three apps, but cited China’s national security law and cybersecurity law.
Covid will be reduced to an endemic in future, zero figure in Delhi unlikely: Experts
Dr Suresh Kumar, medical director of Delhi government-run LNJP Hospital said there will always be a few cases of the virus.
”Zero is an unlikely figure. The virus is mutating and it is difficult to predict it’s future behaviour,” he said.
70 lakh consultations completed on telemedicine platform eSanjeevani: Govt
In June, it served around 12.5 lakh patients, the highest since the service was launched last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, the health ministry said in the statement.
Mortality ‘significantly’ increased in 2nd Covid wave in India: study
”The second wave of COVID-19 in India was slightly different in presentation than the first wave, with a younger demography, lesser comorbidities, and presentation with breathlessness in greater frequency,” the study stated.
Financial services present large opportunity, says Sachin Bansal
”We think that by bringing a consumer tech thought process into the financial services space, it’ll be something new we can try…it could be a large business opportunity”.
Govt to unveil national cyber security strategy soon: National Cyber Security Coordinator
”The vision of this strategy is to ensure safe, secure, resilient, vibrant, and trusted cyberspace,”National Cyber Security Coordinator Rajesh Pant said.
3rd wave will be ‘ripple’ in absence of faster spreading mutant: IIT study
“The optimistic one – where we assume that life goes back to normal by August, and there is no new mutant. Second the intermediate one – where we assume that vaccination is 20 per cent less effective in addition to optimistic scenario assumptions. Third pessimistic one – This has an assumption different from the intermediate one: a new 25 per cent more infectious mutant spreads in August,” he added.
Gallagher becomes the first global insurance broker to set up a 100 % subsidiary in India
Edelweiss Financial Services to sell its 70 pc stake in insurance broking JV- Edelweiss Gallagher Insurance Brokers- to its foreign partner Gallagher for Rs 307.60 cr
Special drive launched to bring more farmers under PM crop cover scheme
A week-long drive, starting July 1, will cover all notified areas under the kharif 2021 season with special focus on 75 aspirational districts where crop insurance penetration is low.
Launching the special drive, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said so far 29.16 crore farmers have insured their crops under the PMFBY.
More than Rs 95,000 crore worth of claims have been provided to farmers since the launch of the scheme, against the total premium of Rs 17,000 crore paid by them, he said.