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Indian stock market remains on consolidation path, DIIs absorb heavy selling
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NPPA approves price rise of 50 per cent for carbamazepine, ranitidine, ibuprofen
To address the situation arising due to repeated price control, a one-time price increase of 50 per cent from the current ceiling price is being considered in public interest as an exceptional measure as advised by the Standing Committee on Affordable Medicines and Health Products (SCAMHP), NPPA said
Final analysis of Covaxin efficacy out; vaccine 65.2 percent effective against Delta variant
Director-General of ICMR, Balram Bhargava said, ”I am delighted to note that Covaxin developed by ICMR and BBIL under an effective public private partnership, has demonstrated an overall efficacy of 77.8 percent in Indias largest COVID phase 3 clinical trial thus far.
He further said Covaxin will not only benefit the Indian citizens but would also immensely contribute to protecting the global community against the deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus.
India’s life insurance industry to reach $98.5bn in 2024, forecasts GlobalData
An analysis of GlobalData’s Global Insurance Database reveals that Indian life insurance industry is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.0% over FY2019-2024, driven by favorable demographic factors, and economic recovery expected over the second half of 2021.
Some European countries to allow travellers from India inoculated with Covishield – Indian govt sources
An Indian foreign ministry source said on Thursday that Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Spain and Switzerland had informed the Indian government that Covishield would be accepted for the purposes of travel.
Study links Black Carbon with premature deaths, may help better estimate pollution mortality burden
Most pollution-based epidemiological studies essentially relate exposure to the concentration of particulate matters (PM-10 and/or PM -2.5) that invariably generalise all particulates with equal toxicity without distinguishing among them by source and composition, which genuinely have different health consequences.
Scientist R K Mall led the team of other scientists including Nidhi Singh, Alaa Mhawish, Tirthankar Banerjee, Santu Ghosh, R S Singh from the Department of Science & Technology-Mahamana Centre of Excellence in Climate Change Research (MCECCR) at Banaras Hindu University which conducted the story.
After COVID-19, ‘black fungus’ robs some in India of their eyesight
After a catastrophic second wave of COVID-19 in India since April which has seen its overall death toll climb to almost 400,000, thousands who contracted the virus also suffered from a rare fungal disease called mucormycosis, or “black fungus”.
Data, demographic dividend present huge opportunity; this decade to be ‘India’s techade’: PM
He cited an example of how Digilocker has helped millions of people especially during the pandemic by providing a digital storage facility for school certificates, medical documents and other important certificates.
Modi highlighted that 2.5 lakh CSCs had helped take the Internet to remote areas. Under Bharat Net scheme, work is underway on a mission mode to bring broadband internet to the villages.
Dr Reddy’s denied approval for Phase 3 trials of Sputnik Light vaccine
“The Subject Expert Committee has denied permission to Dr Reddy’s to conduct phase-3 trials on the Russian vaccine Sputnik Light in India,” sources told ANI here.
After launching Sputnik V, Russia had introduced a new single-dose vaccine called Sputnik Light in May.
Digit Insurance profit falls 30% to 123 crore in 2020-21, combined ratio at 109.4%
The insurer is raising $200 million from new investors Sequoia Capital India and IIFL Alternate Asset Managers as well as existing investor Faering Capital and others in a round expected to generate a valuation of $3.5 billion, said a statement by the company.
Second Covid wave has taken ‘grievous toll’ on India: RBI Governor
In a first, Das flagged the rising data breaches and cyber attacks as a risk facing the economy, along with others like firming global commodity prices.