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India records 16,504 new COVID-19 cases
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 99,46,867 pushing the national recovery rate to 96.19 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.
India records less than 20,000 fresh COVID-19 cases; no. of recoveries goes past 99 lakh
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 99,06,387, pushing the national recovery rate to 96.12 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stood at 1.45 per cent.
There are 2,50,183 active coronavirus cases in the country, which accounts for 2.43 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
Most prioritised beneficiaries will get vaccine free of cost In the first phase of vaccination: Harsh Vardhan
Earlier in the day, the Health Minister had said that the vaccine will be free across the country. “Not just in Delhi, it will be free across the country,” Vardhan said when asked for the government’s position on the issue.
Govt plans chat bot like Alexa, Google Voice to deliver public services
“The platform should be able to provide assistance with general tasks, including but not limited to availing services of government and available on the UMANG platform such as registration, login, reset password, department service relation information, event, (and) new launch…etc,” the request for proposal document said.
The chatbot should be able to turn speech into a textual input and turn text into speech.
Accidental death insurance cover for Delhi Police personnel raised to ₹78 lakh
Delhi Police Commissioner S.N. Shrivastava said that the Delhi Police negotiated a better insurance claim structure with Axis Bank, therefore, insurance cover for natural deaths has been raised from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 28 lakh and from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 78 lakh for accidental death. Apart from this, the family of the cop will be compensated with Rs 10 lakh if he commits suicide.
Expert panel clears Bharat Biotech’s vaccine for restricted emergency use
Covaxin has been indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on COVID-19 of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Saturday again deliberated on the emergency use authorisation (EUA) application of the Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical firm after it submitted additional data, facts and analysis subsequent to Friday’s review meeting, a source said.
RBI comes up with Digital Payments Index
The RBI-DPI comprises of five broad parameters that enable measurement of deepening and penetration of digital payments in the country over different time periods.
The parameters are payment enablers (weight 25 per cent), payment infrastructure–demand-side factors (10 per cent), payment infrastructure – supply-side factors (15 per cent), payment performance (45 per cent) and consumer centricity (5 per cent).
Post Office Savings Bank likely to be interconnected with other banks by April
“Besides making services digitally accessible to people, we are focussing on doorstep delivery of services. This year we remitted Rs 900 crore money through around 85 lakh transactions and verified 3 lakh pensioners on their doorstep,” Department of Posts Secretary Pradipta Kumar Bisoi said.
DRDO chairman asks scientists to focus on cybersecurity, space and artificial intelligence
In his speech at an event to mark the 60th foundation day of the DRDO, Reddy said academic institutes, research and development (R&D) organisations and the industry need to work together on advanced and futuristic technologies to make India self-reliant in the defence sector.
All passengers from UK to be tested for COVID-19 on arrival between Jan 8-Jan 30: Health ministry
If a passenger tests COVID-positive on arrival, passengers seated in the same row, three rows in front and three rows behind would also be subjected to institutional quarantine in separate quarantine centers, the SOP said.
The passengers who are found COVID-negative after the tests conducted at the airport would be advised home quarantine for 14 days and the concerned state or district administration should regularly follow up with them, it said.