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Crops have been damaged in about five lakhs of acres, canals and...
GST Council meet: Taxation on insurance premium, rate rationalisation key hopes
Nirmala Sithraman,Union Finance Minister The meeting is going to...
Delta variant forces Silicon Valley giants to rethink office-return plans
Recent court decisions have upheld employers’ rights to require vaccinations, including a ruling that said Houston Methodist Hospital could require health care workers to get shots. On Monday, a federal judge ruled that Indiana University could require students to be vaccinated as well.
“The legal authority continues to line up on the side of employers being allowed to mandate vaccines if they choose to,” said Douglas Brayley, an employment lawyer at the global law firm Ropes & Gray.
Doc-population ratio 1:854, assuming 80% availability of allopathic docs, 5.65 lakh AYUSH docs: Govt
New Delhi: There is one doctor for every 854 people in the country, assuming 80 per cent availability of registered allopathic doctors and 5.65 lakh AYUSH doctors, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. In a written reply, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin...
3rd Covid wave may occur either due to mutations in virus or pool of susceptible population: Govt
”The (third) wave may occur either due to mutations in the virus or due to the available pool of susceptible population, which in turn is also dependent on various pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions for management of the pandemic,” Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said.
India urges foreign governments to easing travel restrictions for Indians
To a question on when the World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected to recognise Covaxin vaccine, he said its producer Bharat Biotech Limited has submitted the request along with all necessary documentation to the global body earlier this month.
Bagchi also said that more than half of the member states of the European Union have recognised Covishield, the vaccine manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India.
Nearly 140 phishing incidents observed by CERT-In during H1 2021
Some of these include the launch of the National Cyber Crime reporting portal to enable the public to report incidents pertaining to all types of cybercrimes with a special focus on cybercrimes against women and children, and CERT-In working in coordination with service providers, regulators and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) to track and disable phishing websites and facilitating the investigation of fraudulent activities.
Besides, CERT-In issues alerts and advisories regarding the latest cyber threats and countermeasures on regular basis to ensure safe usage of digital technologies, the minister said.
Cyber attackers will have weaponised tech environments to harm or kill humans by 2025: Report
“In operational environments, security and risk management leaders should be more concerned about real world hazards to humans and the environment, rather than information theft,” said Wam Voster, senior research director at Gartner.
“Inquiries with Gartner clients reveal that organisations in asset-intensive industries like manufacturing, resources and utilities struggle to define appropriate control frameworks.”
Maha: 47 villages cut-off in rain-hit Kolhapur district; 965 families shifted
According to the district administration, contact of as many as 47 villages in Shahuwadi, Panhala, Gaganbawda, Radhanagari, Ajra, Gadhinglaj, and Chandgad tehsils was cut-off from other parts due to roads leading to them getting submerged in rainwater.
Climate action must happen ‘for our people, not to them’, cities say
Cities have been at the forefront of government climate action over the last decade, with many declaring net-zero emissions goals long before countries or businesses followed suit. Today more than 750 global cities have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by mid-century, said David Miller, director of international diplomacy for C40.
Olympics linked Covid cases go past 100, organisers announce 19 new cases
The total number of cases directly linked to the Games stood at 106 on Friday with 11 of them athletes.
The Tokyo Olympic organisers, in their daily COVID-19 update, announced that three athletes, 10 Games-concerned personnel, three mediapersons and as many contractors associated with the event have been found positive.
EVs double market share in Europe
All-electric vehicles accounted for 7.5 per cent of new car sales in Europe in the three months from April through June, against 3.5 per cent during that period last year.
In absolute terms, sales of battery electric vehicles more than tripled across Europe to reach 210,298 cars.