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Coronavirus Pandemic:Indian airlines staring at Rs 1.1-1.3 lakh crore revenue loss over 3 years: CRISIL
Curtailed mobility of people due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions will shrink domestic air passenger traffic by 40-45 percent and international traffic by 60-65 percent, respectively, this fiscal, the report said.
With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging in much of the world, a revival to pre-pandemic levels appears unlikely even next fiscal, it said.
This is a serious jolt to the Indian domestic air travel industry that had logged double-digit growth in seven of the past ten fiscals before its fortunes took a turn for the worse with the bankruptcy and grounding of a couple of major carriers, the report added.
Google backs Reliance’s Jio Platforms with $4.5 billion India investmen
The deal with Google will bolster Reliance’s tech ambitions, such as building smart homes, using solutions similar to Amazon.com Inc’s Alexa voice assistant, connected cars and security systems.
Jio and Google will also partner to built a low-cost “4G or even 5G smartphone” for India, Ambani said, in a move that is likely to get tens of millions of Indians to use mobile internet for the first time.
Human clinical trials for Covid-19 vaccine initiated in India:ICMR
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has permitted two vaccines — one developed by Bharat Biotech International Limited in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and another one by ZydasCadila Healthcare Ltd to go in for the first and second phase of human clinical trials.
There are two Indian vaccine candidates that have undergone successful toxicity studies in rats, mice and rabbits and these data was submitted to the DCGI, following which both got clearance to start an early phase human trials earlier this month, Bhargava said at a press briefing.
Govt approves Rs 107 cr for fire-fighting facilities at Haldia Dock
The modern fire-fighting facility will enable Haldia Dock Complex in safe handling of the movement of petro-chemical products, it said.
The existing fire-fighting facility does not support the handling the LPG and other petroleum products as per the guideline of Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD) of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, it added.
The shipping ministry said it has prioritised safety and security of cargo operation on all major ports and the move is towards compliance of global standards for fire safety.
Network Hospitals have to provide cashless facility to policyholders:IRDAI
,it is clarified that the policyholders are entitled to cashless facility at all such network providers (hospital) with whom the Insurance company/TPA has entered into an agreement in accordance to the norms of SLA.
In the event of denial of cashless facility at any such enlisted network providers (hospitals) the aggrieved policyholders may send a complaint to the concerned insurance company.
India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 9 lakh with 28,498 fresh cases; death toll climbs to 23,727
The march of coronavirus infection in the country has picked up pace with the number of cases increasing by more than 26,000 for the fifth consecutive day. It took 110 days for the COVID-19 cases in the country to reach one lakh and just 56 days more to go past the nine-lakh mark.
Around 63.02 per cent of patients have recovered so far.
Passenger vehicle sales decline 49.59% in June over coronavirus, lockdown
According to the latest data by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), two-wheeler sales were also down 38.56 per cent at 10,13,431 units as compared to 16,49,475 units in the same month last year.
Record spike of 28,701 COVID-19 cases takes India’s tally to 8,78,254
Death toll climbed to 23,174 with 500 people succumbing to the infection, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
Around 63.01 per cent of patients have recovered so far”
Google commits $10 billion to India,to push AI for health & agri:Sundar Pichai
“We’ll do this through a mix of equity investments, partnerships, and operational, infrastructure and ecosystem investments. This is a reflection of our confidence in the future of India and its digital economy,” wrote Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet
Railways sets target of becoming net zero carbon emitter by 2030
The Railways has 51,000 hectare of land potential of installing 20 GW land-based solar plants. The solar power so generated will be fed to central or state grid or directly to 25 kV AC traction system.