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India reports 18,795 new COVID-19 cases, lowest in 201 days
The cumulative number of COVID vaccine doses administered in the country so far has reached 87,07,08,636 of which doses 1,02,22,525 were administered in the last 24 hours.
PM Modi launches National Digital Mission to ensure health IDs for all
The key components of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission include a health ID for every citizen that will also work as their health account, to which personal health records can be linked and viewed with the help of a mobile application, a Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR) and Healthcare Facilities Registries (HFR) that will act as a repository of all healthcare providers across both modern and traditional systems of medicine.
This will ensure ease of doing business for doctors and hospitals and healthcare service providers.
Covid caused biggest decrease in life expectancy since World War II: Study
The research team assembled an unprecedented dataset on mortality from 29 countries, spanning most of Europe, the US and Chile — countries for which official death registrations for 2020 had been published.
It took on average 5.6 years for these countries to achieve a one-year increase in life expectancy recently, while the progress was wiped out over the course of 2020 by Covid-19, they said.
The largest declines in life expectancy were observed among males in the US, who saw a decline of 2.2 years relative to 2019 levels, followed by Lithuanian males (1.7 years), they said.
India reports 26,041 new COVID-19 cases
At least 73 percent of Odisha’s population and over 93 percent of health workers have developed antibodies against SARS-CoV2, according to a recent serosurvey conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
The survey was conducted in 12 of the state’s 30 districts between August 29 and September 15 by experts of ICMR’s Regional Medical Research (ICMR), Bhubaneswar with help of the Health and Family Welfare Department of the Odisha government.
ICICI Gen sees fall in claims for heart ailments
According to the claims data of ICICI Lombard General Insurance ,females are seeing a sharper decline in the trend with 63.79% as compared to men with only 62.4%, in the year 2021-22 so far, as compared to 2019-20
All cities showcase a downward trend of claims arising from heart ailments. Mumbai has the highest number of claims for cardiovascular ailments in India, followed closely by National Capital Region NCR,
Centre could extend Fame II incentive scheme for purchase of personal electric cars, e-cycles: Report
At present the Fame II scheme benefits covers only electric two-wheelers, three wheelers, four-wheeled passenger vehicles and goods carrying vehicles. Under it, vehicles are provided with demand incentives that help to bring down its purchase price. FAME 2 had increased the benefit offered from Rs 10,000 per kWh to Rs 15,000 per kWh. That`s a hike of 50 per cent.
Over 90 pc Indian business leaders feel pandemic pressed need to improve crisis mgmt capability: Study
Puneet Garkhel, Partner and Leader, Forensics Services, PwC India, said that operations and supply chain, finance and liquidity, and workforce are the three areas in which Indian businesses experienced ”significant” or ”critical” impact owing to the pandemic. ”Indian businesses that have survived and even thrived, through this period have several significant foundational strengths in common with the most critical being a dedicated crisis response team with a fit-for-purpose response strategy, aligned to their organisation’s goals and purpose,” said Garkhel.
Govt launches Rs 7,270 cr scheme for road safety in 14 states
An Integrated Road Accident Database (IRAD) will be rolled out in all states by 2022-23 and applied for identifying and rectifying all black spots on state highways and major district roads.
Road safety audit will be made mandatory on state highways and urban roads by the end of the scheme period.
Munich Re appoints Michaela Hannemann as new Regional Head of Casualty Treaty Underwriting for Japan, India, Korea & SE Asia
“In addition to her strong casualty treaty background and her multi-market experience across emerging and mature regions, I am confident that Michaela’s passion for client focus will be a driving force in our ongoing commitment to maintaining strong and sustainable long term relationships with clients and industry partners in the region ,” said Roland Eckl, Munich Re’s Chief Executive Asia Pacific (Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia).
Nairobi to Ningbo: See the supply shocks spanning globe
Container rates have shot up by as much as fivefold because of the disruptions that the pandemic is causing at ports around the world. Space on containers has been hard to secure and at one point, the company had a shipment of finished goods delayed for six weeks trying to leave India, said Adrienne Sodar, the company’s joint managing director.