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NDMA issues guidelines for restarting industrial activities to avoid Vizag-type tragedy
In a communication to all states and union territories, the NDMA said due to several weeks of lockdown and the closure of industrial units, it is possible that some of the operators might not have followed the established standard operating procedures.To minimise the risk, it is important that employees who work on specific equipment are sensitised and made aware of the need to identify abnormalities like strange sounds or smell, exposed wires, vibrations, leaks, smoke, abnormal wobbling, irregular grinding or other potentially hazardous signs which indicate the need for immediate maintenance or if required shutdown, it said.
Death toll due to COVID-19 rises to 2,109; cases climb to 62,939
The recovery rate stands at about 30.75 per cent while the fatality rate is 3.3 per cent.A total 128 deaths were reported in the country since Saturday morning — 48 in Maharashtra, 23 in Gujarat, 15 in Madhya Pradesh, 11 in West Bengal, eight in Uttar Pradesh, five each in Rajasthan and Delhi, four in Tamil Nadu, three in Andhra Pradesh, two in Punjab and one each in Telangana, Haryana, Chandigarh and Assam.The testing capacity for COVID-19 has been scaled up to around 95,000 tests per day and a total of 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far across 332 government and 121 private laboratories, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday.
PM Modi to interact with CMs tom at 3 pm to review phased exit from lockdown
This meeting is expected to discuss post-May 17 scenarios, especially when the number of Covid-19 positive cases has touched 63000. Active cases are now growing at 5.2 per cent and doubling every 13 days. However, one crucial positive development is that the average rate of recovery has reached 30 per cent.
SBI Gen net profit rises by 23 % to Rs 412 cr in FY2019-20,combined ratio at 98 %
Pushan Mahapatra, MD and CEO said, “SBI General has maintained a steady growth in FY19- 20, we’ve managed a growth of 45 per cent as compared to an industry growth of around 12% for FY19-20. Despite being one of the younger players in the sector, we have seen impressive progress since commencing operations. Growth has been evident across all lines of businesses. New tie-ups and improved business from existing tie-ups in motor, higher branch activations/better penetrations across banca network, robust growth in Corporate, SME and Crop business has also contributed to the growth.”
New chemical accident rules soon to prevent Vizag like accidents
A draft Cabinet note has been circulated and regulation would be in place after inter-ministerial discussion,
Indian court seeks government reply over challenge to mandatory Aarogya Setu app
But mandatory use of the app forces a user to “give away data to a system which he may or may not approve of, thereby attacking his right of informational autonomy,” a member of the opposition Congress party said in a petition to the high court in Kerala.
“Such coercive and forcible extraction of personal information from an individual is unheard of in a democratic and republic setup and it is attribute of a dictatorial system,” said the petition, a copy of which was reviewed by Reuters.
COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,886; cases climb to 56,342
The total of 103 deaths reported since Thursday morning include 43 in Maharashtra; 29 in Gujarat; eight in Madhya Pradesh; seven in West Bengal; five in Rajasthan; two each in Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh; and one each in Bihar, Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.
People must learn to live with the virus, follow prevention guidelines:Govt
“And when we are talking about learning to live with the virus then it is very important that the guidelines that are there on saving oneself from the virus are adopted in the community as a behavioural change,” Agarwal said.
New India Assurance & 3 other insurers gear up to pay claims to LG Polymers gas hit victims
All the the four general insurers have provided an annual cover- a Rs five crore in case of a single incident and Rs 15 crore in case of multiple incidents in a year- to the plant under the Public Liability Insurance Act 1991(PLI Act1991),that provides for damages to victims of an accident which occurs as a result of handling any hazardous substance. It covers costs for personal injuries, loss or damage to property, and death
‘No security breach in Aarogya Setu App’: Govt assures after ethical hacker raises privacy concerns
The app fetches users’ location and stores on the server in a secure, encrypted, anonymised manner – at the time of registration, at the time of self assessment, when users submit their contact tracing data voluntary through the app or when it fetches the contact tracing data of users after they have turned COVID-19 positive, it said.