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India considers net zero goal around 2050, a decade before China
Once the US adopts a widely anticipated net-zero goal, nine of the 10 largest economies will have made pledges to neutralise emissions.
If India does so, too, it would mark a significant step toward the Paris Agreement aspiration of keeping average temperatures from rising more than 1.5 deg C above the pre-industrial period.
Have to take quick and decisive steps to stop the second peak of coronavirus cases in the country: PM Modi
In a virtual interaction with state chief ministers over the pandemic situation and the ongoing vaccination drive, Modi said in states like Maharashtra, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh the number of COVID cases has seen a rise while nearly 70 districts in the country have have seen an increase in the positivity rate by over 150 per cent of late.
India backs AstraZeneca shot as COVID-19 cases hit three-month high
The World Health Organization has said it is assessing whether medical events such as blood clots are related to the vaccination and urged anyone offered a vaccine to take one. AstraZeneca has said a review of safety data has shown no evidence of an increased risk of blood clots.
Centre says Covid vaccine wastage is 6.5%, calls for optimal use of shots
On March 15, 8.34 million COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered worldwide, of which India alone administered 36 per cent of doses, he said.
Bhushan said COVID-19 vaccine wastage in five states — Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir is higher than 6.5 per cent, which is the national average.
Nirmala Sitharaman introduces Bill in Rajya Sabha to allow 74% FDI in insurance sector
Sitharaman presenting the Union Budget for 2021-22 had said, “I propose to amend the Insurance Act, 1938 to increase the permissible FDI limit from 49 percent to 74 percent in insurance companies and allow foreign ownership and control with safeguards.”
Under the new structure, the majority of directors on the board and key management persons would be resident Indians, with at least 50 percent of directors being independent directors, and specified percentage of profits being retained as a general reserve.
Record beneficiaries verified in single day under Ayushman campaign
The Aapke Dwar Ayushman drive is successfully running in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir among other states, according to the statement.
A total of 1.2 crore Ayushman cards have been generated this year. It is expected that others states will soon join the drive.
Nationwide bank strike continues to impact PSB services on second day
As per the call, on Monday, employees and officers joined the strike and the strike was a total success. Normal banking services were affected because of the strike, C H Venkatachalam, General Secretary, AIBEA said.
Cabinet clears setting up of development finance institution to fund infra projects
“I expect the institution to raise up to 3 trillion rupees ($41.36 billion) in the next few years,” Nirmala Sitharaman, India’s finance minister told reporters, after a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Maharashtra in beginning of second COVID wave, step up contact tracing: Centre
“Maharashtra is at the beginning of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Efforts to track, test, isolate cases and quarantine contacts are limited there with no adherence to COVID-19 appropriate behaviour among people both in rural and urban areas,” Bhushan wrote in the letter.
Pointing towards contact tracing, the Health Secretary’s letter mentioned that the case-contact ratio is more than 1:20 in the state.
22 of world’s 30 most polluted cities are in India: Report
Besides Delhi, the 21 other Indian cities among the 30 most polluted cities in the world are Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Bisrakh Jalalpur, Noida, Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Agra, and Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, Bhiwari in Rajasthan, Faridabad, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad, Bandhwari, Gurugram, Yamuna Nagar, Rohtak and Dharuhera in Haryana, and Muzaffarpur in Bihar.