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India records 257,299 Covid-19 cases; 4,194 deaths in last 24 hours
The active cases further reduced to 29,23,400 comprising 11.12 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate improved to 87.76 per cent.
Bombay High tragedy: Barge Master, others charged with culpable homicide
The development came two days after the police launched its probe based on an accident death report to ascertain why the barge allegedly failed to adhere to safety norms despite warnings of the impending Cyclone Tauktae which wreaked havoc on the country’s west coast last Sunday onwards.
Besides culpable homicide not amounting to murder, the barge Master and others are also charged with common intentions, negligent acts causing hurt to others, etc., said Mumbai Police Spokesperson and Deputy Commissioner of Police S. Chaitanya.
Upstream Security raises $36M from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance to disrupt the telematics insurance space
The strategic partnership with MSI will help revolutionize the car insurance industry, allowing insurance companies to use connected vehicle data to gain meaningful insights for various insurance-related areas including improved risk management and enhanced customer experience.
The rapid growth of the connected car ecosystem has brought along with it an increased interest in telematics-based services. Upstream’s cloud-based mobility data platform expands MSI’s data analytics capabilities and enables MSI to provide additional risk-related services based on driver usage and behavior.
Covid deaths may be double, triple the official tally: WHO
On that basis, the WHO said it estimated that 1.1 million to 1.3 million people in 53 European countries died from Covid-19 in 2020, roughly double the number recorded in official data. It also calculates that, over the same period, 1.3 million to 1.5 million people died in 35 countries in the Americas, compared with the 9,00,000 deaths officially recorded.
Prices of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine may drop after local manufacturing begins: Dr Reddy’s
The company spokesperson told ANI, “The current MRP of Rs. 948 + 5 percent GST is for the imported doses. We are not able to provide a specific number but as indicated, once local manufacturing of Sputnik V begins, we do expect the possibility of a lower price point.”
Covid-19 could become like common cold in future, study suggests
The research, published in the journal Viruses, makes this likely prediction based on mathematical models that incorporate lessons learned from the current pandemic on how our body’s immunity changes over time.
“Over the next decade, the severity of Covid-19 may decrease as populations collectively develop immunity,” said Fred Adler, a professor of mathematics and biological sciences at the University of Utah in the US said.
The study suggests that changes in the disease could be driven by adaptations of our immune response rather than by changes in the virus itself.
UK launches plans for Global Pandemic Radar to detect Covid-19 variants, emerging disease
The UK prime minister claimed that the “Global Pandemic Radar,” as the network was called, will ensure the early detection of new variants and emerging pathogens, so vaccines and treatments needed to stop them can be rapidly developed.
Govt asks social media firms to remove contents referring to ‘Indian variant’ of coronavirus
The sources said that a notice has been issued in this regard on Friday by the IT Ministry, which states that a false statement is being circulated online that implies that an ”Indian variant” of coronavirus is spreading across countries.
Will bankers embrace sensors under their desks when they return to work?
But not everyone can return at once: banks will have to extend practices like those used for small teams of traders during the pandemic. Shifting rotations of people will pass through giant buildings on different days, without clustering in the same areas on the same floors, to avoid spreading COVID-19. Some of the banks are implementing systems where employees will book “hot seats” on particular days and be monitored while they are sitting at them, sources said.
In some buildings, that could mean cameras that monitor a room’s occupancy level and even sensors that tell building management whether someone is sitting at a desk. “That feels a little personal,” one bank employee said about desk sensors.
NOAA predicts another active Atlantic hurricane season
For 2021, a likely range of 13 to 20 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which 6 to 10 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 3 to 5 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher) is expected.