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Appeals court upholds $25M award in Monsanto cancer case
The jurors found that Edwin Hardeman proved Roundup’s design was defective, it lacked sufficient cancer warnings and its manufacturer was negligent. They initially awarded Hardeman more than $80 million in damages but a judge later reduced the punitive portion of the award, bringing the total to around $25 million.
India records 3.11 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases in single day
A total of 3,11,170 new cases were reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 2,70,284 with 4,077 daily fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The active cases have reduced to 36,18,458 comprising 14.66 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 84.25 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.
M&M announces Rs 1-lakh health insurance for new tractor customers
M&M President (Farm Equipment Sector) Hemant Sikka said the new ‘M–Protect Covid Plan’ is a new initiative targeted at farmers,” as we stand by them to drive positive change even in these tough times”.
When “self-lockdown” helps tribals of Idukki to beat COVID-19 Idukki
Edamalakkudy, the first tribal panchayat of the state located about 30 kms away from the tourist town Munnar here, is the only panchayat in the southern state now where there is zero positive case, thanks to the self isolation.
India’s once-in-a-century budget runs into trouble as virus strikes back
The budget aimed to revive Asia’s third-largest economy via investing in infrastructure and health care, while relying on an aggressive privatisation strategy and robust tax collections – on the back of projected growth of 10.5 per cent – to fund its spending in the fiscal year.
Small town reporters reveal Covid-19 carnage in India
Meanwhile, in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat, the Divya Bhaskar newspaper found that 123,000 death certificates were issued between March 1 and May 10 – about 65,000 more than the same period last year though the state reported 4,218 Covid-19 deaths.
The Gujarat Samachar reported that an average of 200 bodies are being cremated daily using 72 tonnes of wood in Vadodara, compared with an average 60 corpses using 21.6 tonnes of wood before the pandemic.
Covid-19 crisis pushes up the Indian cost of living – and dying
India’s second wave of the coronavirus has not only created shortages of oxygen, medicines and hospital beds, but also of wood for funeral pyres, hearses and crematorium slots, forcing people like Khondare to pay exorbitant amounts to perform the last rites of loved ones.
NY to set workplace safety standards for Airborne Diseases
Employers in New York will have to come up with safety plans that comply with the yet-to-be written state standards and provide them to workers. Employers who don’t comply could face fines.
Workers could also sue for up to $20,000 from employers who don’t follow safety standards or retaliate against workers for reporting non-compliance.
India records over 3.26 lakh new COVID-19 cases, 3,890 deaths in last 24 hrs
After 3,890 deaths in the last 24 hours, the toll due to the disease has gone up to 2,66,207. Karnataka has now emerged as the new COVID-19 hotspot with 5,98,625 active cases, the highest in the country, followed by Maharashtra with 5,21,683 active infections.
Crypto crime down in 2021 through April, but ‘DeFi’ fraud at record -CipherTrace
Globally, crypto criminals ran away with $432 million as of end-April, according to the CipherTrace report. About 56% of that, or $240 million were DeFi-related, a record peak.
For the whole of 2020, losses in the crypto sector through fraud and crime were $1.9 billion. In 2019, crypto crime losses hit a record $4.5 billion.