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No significant mutation of coronavirus in India: Harsh Vardhan
Vardhan said 155 families of COVID Warriors have claimed relief under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package: Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19. These include 64 doctors, 32 auxiliary nurse midwives and multipurpose healthcare workers, 14 ASHA workers and 45 other frontline workers who lost their lives.
EPFO records 8.45 lakh new enrolments in July
Latest data released on Sunday showed that net new enrolments in April were in the negative zone at (-) 61,807 against the figure of 20,164 released in August. This means that the number of members who exited the EPFO subscription was more than the number of people who joined or rejoined the scheme.
At least 10 dead in Mumbai building collapse, several feared trapped
Satya Pradhan, the chief of the National Disaster Response Force, said in a tweet that 20 to 25 people were reportedly trapped, and rescue teams had been dispatched.
Building collapses are commonplace in India, particularly during the seasonal monsoon rains, due to old and often illegal construction. There was no immediate reason provided for the latest incident in Bhiwandi.
COVID-19: India’s single-day recoveries exceed fresh cases as record 95,880 recuperate
The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further dropped at 1.61 per cent, the data showed.
There are 10,13,964 active cases of COVID-19 in the country, which constitute 19.10 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
Meanwhile,India’s parliament session that began this week is likely to be cut short after 30 lawmakers were found infected with the coronavirus, two senior parliament officials said, as the number of cases in the country rose to 5.3 million.
Phased unlocking since June 1 has revived economic activities: Govt
With the phased unlocking of the Indian economy since June 1, 2020, high frequency economic indicators like PMI Manufacturing, index of eight core industries, E-way bills, Kharif sowing, power consumption, railway freight, cargo traffic and passenger vehicle sales have recovered and indicate growing convergence with previous year’s activity levels,” Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in the Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha passes bill to punish those attacking Healthcare workers
The healthcare service personnel include public and clinical healthcare service providers such as doctors, nurses, paramedical workers and community health workers; any other persons empowered under the act to take measures to prevent the outbreak of the disease or spread thereof; and any persons declared as such by the state government, by notification in the official gazette.
Phase-III trial of Oxford vaccine to begin in Pune next week
“The phase-III trial of ”Covishield” vaccine will begin at Sassoon hospital from next week. It is likely to start on Monday. Some volunteers have already come forward for the trial. Around 150 to 200 volunteers will be administered the vaccine candidate dose,” he said.
Poultry farms cause pollution, can’t be exempted from regulation: NGT
“Responsibilities of the states to the environment are by Public Trust Doctrine. The Water Act, the Air Act, and the Environment (Protection) Act have been enacted in the wake of international conventions and override all other legislations.They create an obligation on the regulatory authorities to enforce the environmental measures. There is no discretion to exempt the mandate of the Water Act for activities having the potential to cause water pollution,” the bench said.
Financial frauds rising due to dependence on digital payment platforms: NSA Ajit Doval
Doval said there was an increase of 500 percent in cyber crimes due to limited awareness and cyber hygiene.
“Financial frauds have seen exponential increase due to greater dependence on digital payment platforms. The adversaries are tempted to exploit the crisis situation through various misinformation, fake news, etc. The huge cyber data floating in the cyber space is a gold mine for extracting information that can undermine the privacy of our citizens,”National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval said.
Bills on central councils for homoeopathy, Indian medicines get RS nod
Replying to a debate on the two bills, Union Health minister Harsh Vardhan said the government is committed to providing affordable and easy healthcare facilities to every citizen.