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When will we reach herd immunity? Here are 3 reasons that’s a hard question to answer
But it’s important to acknowledge it’s difficult to pin down a single magic number for herd immunity.
Lok Sabha passes Factoring Regulation Amendment Bill
The statement of objects and reasons of the bill state that an increase in the availability of working capital may lead to growth in the business of the micro, small and medium enterprises sector and also boost employment in the country.
The bill seeks to amend the definitions of “assignment”, “factoring business” and “receivables”, so as to bring them in consonance with international definitions and also to insert a new definition of “Trade Receivables Discounting System” .
Indian aviation market’s recovery significantly impacted by cap on fares, capacity: IATA DG
So, the measures that were put in place during the initial phase of the pandemic really do have to be challenged and questioned as to whether they are still relevant in an environment where the risk that ”we face is very different now from the risk that we faced 15-17 months ago”, the director general of global airlines body IATA, Willie Walsh said.
India records less than 30,000 fresh COVID-19 cases in over three months
California expands state healthcare to undocumented residents 50 and up
But California is not the first state to provide comprehensive public medical benefits to its undocumented elderly population. Illinois last December became the first to extend state-funded healthcare coverage to all non-citizens age 65 and older whose immigration status had left them ineligible for Medicaid.
Newsom’s action builds on two earlier expansions of Medi-Cal – California’s version of the state-federal Medicaid system for the poor and disabled. They provided full-scale coverage to undocumented children, then to young adults until their 26th birthday regardless of immigration status beginning last year.
Used-car market to more than double to 8.2 mn units by FY’26: Report
With supply disruption preventing aut companies form rolling out new models and meet the increased demand, the demand for used-cars surged over the past year and buying pre-owned cars is no more socially looked down as safety and value for money have taken precedence. The looming economic uncertainty since the pandemic also means there is an amplified preference for affordable used cars, the report said.
NPPA has fixed ceiling prices of 355 medicines, 882 formulations: Mandaviya
”Most of the drugs that are part of COVID-19 management protocol have ceiling prices, viz., paracetamol, dexamethasone, methylprednisolone, IVIGs, enoxaparin, budesonide, heparin and amphotericin, etc,” Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya said in a written reply to a query in the Lok Sabha.
In the case of few non-scheduled medicines like remdesivir, which are part of COVID-19 protocol and are non-scheduled, on government intervention, MRPs of various brands of remdesivir have been reduced voluntarily by the major manufacturers/marketers of the remdesivir injection (lyophilized), he added.
Inter-brand maximum retail prices (MRPs) that varied up to Rs 5,400 per vial were brought down to less than Rs 3,500, the minister said.
COVID-19: India adds 39,361 fresh cases,416 fatalities
The active cases have increased to 4,11,189 and comprise 1.31 percent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.35 percent, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Pandemic Travel Rules
The best strategy isn’t yet clear, but one thing is common: Few are taking into consideration families as a unit.
Acknowledging the difficult balance between the realities of employment and family demands could become one of the most important steps to opening up economies. But until parents have more clarity about how to cross borders with their young children, or the hoops they have to jump through to be with them, there’s little hope of a full recovery.
Amazon may soon allow payments via Bitcoin, other digital currencies
A company spokesperson told Insider that it was “inspired by the innovation happening in the cryptocurrency space and are exploring what this could look like on Amazon.”
Tesla and Twitter are also bullish on Bitcoin as the next payment mode.