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Delhi hospitals rush for fire safety awareness sessions
Despite the recent spike in fire-related calls, the Delhi Fire...
Odisha govt reassures public amid confusion over Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana continuity
The confusion stems from the BJP's announcement to implement the...
India says video streaming platforms should be held responsible for content
India tightened its grip on social media firms such as Facebook and Twitter. The rules, called the “Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code”, also require firms such as Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video to classify content into categories based on viewers’ age.
Disinvestment target of FY22 achievable; LIC IPO to bring Rs 1 trn: CEA
“Of this, BPCL privatisation and LIC listing itself were important contributors. There are estimates suggesting Rs 75,000-80,000 crore or even higher can just come from the privatisation of BPCL itself. LIC IPO could bring in Rs 1 trillion approximately,” he said.
Fire at Mumbai hospital: FIR names HDIL’s Wadhawans
”Rakesh Wadhawan, Nikita Amit Singh Trehan, Sarang Wadhawan and Deepak Shirke, who are directors of the mall, and Amit Singh Trehan and Sweety Jain, who are directors of the hospital are named in the FIR. Nikita Trehan is also a director of the hospital,” said a police official.
There was mismanagement in terms of security and the fire safety equipment was not checked regularly,” the official said.
The four-storey (ground plus three) mall houses as many as 1,108 shops, but 40 per cent of them are closed, he said.
Courtrooms to shrink in future thanks to technology: CJI
I see a trend of having smaller courtrooms in the future because of Ravi Shankar Prasad”s ministry. The e-filing and data which can be contained is going to take away the need for many storage rooms and many rooms which are necessary for storing papers. The SC has done its bit on issues of court infrastructure. It has devised benchmarks and frameworks for minimum standards,” said Chief Justice of India S A Bobde
62,258 new Covid-19 cases,Six states account for 79.57 per cent of fresh infections
Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab cumulatively account for 73 per cent of the total active cases in the country.
The total vaccination coverage in the country has crossed 5.8 crore, the ministry said.
Increase testing, Centre to 12 states, UTs reporting surge in cases as India records sharpest weekly rise since May last
Besides the ”strong advice” given by the Centre for a significant increase of testing in all districts in line with their positivity rate, the strategy to be adopted included effective isolation and contact tracing of that infected, Re-invigoration of Public and Private Healthcare resources, ensuring of COVID Appropriate Behaviour and targeted approach to vaccination in districts reporting large numbers.
Serum Institute delays expected launch of Novavax vaccine in India
On Saturday Poonawalla said the trials of Corovax had kicked off in India, but did not say why the vaccine launch was delayed.
“It has been tested against African and UK variants of #COVID19 and has an overall efficacy of 89%,” tweeted Poonawalla, whose Serum Institute is the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines.
US adds India to list of countries affected by African swine fever
African swine feveer is a highly contagious animal disease of wild and domestic swine. It can spread rapidly in swine populations with extremely high rates of morbidity and mortality.
India’s export of pork and related items to the US in 2020 was USD 5,00,000.
There’s need to integrate various regulatory agencies with single-window system: Pharma secy
The medical devices industry, which is growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 15 per cent, holds the highest growth potential among all the constituents of the healthcare sector such as pharma and hospital services, an official statement said quoting S Aparna, secretary of Department of Pharmaceuticals, under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers.
India will have heterogeneous banking sector in a decade with four types of banks: Shaktikanta Das
There will be large banks having presence across the country and the world, mid-size banks present across the economy, small finance banks/regional rural banks/cooperatives to take care of the small borrowers and digital players, said RBI governor Shaktikanta Das .