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Why India’s coronavirus cases have fallen so sharply
Experts say the number of people in India who have contracted the disease is probably much higher than the official figure. They are backed by various state and national surveys measuring antibodies for the virus.
An official national survey in December-January of urban and rural neighbourhoods as well as healthcare workers suggested that some 21.5 percent — almost 280 million people — carried antibodies.
Nearly 50 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated against Covid-19
A total of 95,801 sessions have been conducted so far. The ministry said that 61 per cent of beneficiaries vaccinated are from 8 states and UTs. Uttar Pradesh accounts for 11.9 per cent (5,89,101) of the total beneficiaries vaccinated in India.
Covid-19 patients have higher risk of dying after cardiac arrest: Study
The research from Sweden found that women infected with the Covid-19 virus are nine times more likely to die as compared to men after suffering a cardiac arrest in hospital.
11,713 new cases take India’s coronavirus tally to 1,08,14,304
There are 1,48,590 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which accounts for 1.37 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate stood at 1.43 per cent.
Unequal allocation of vaccines could cost the world economy $9.2 trn
“With the virus mutating, no country is safe until the whole world is inoculated and achieves herd immunity,” said Chua Hak Bin, senior economist at Maybank Kim Eng Research Pte in Singapore.
Over 290,000 cyber security incidents related to banking reported in 2020
“The percentage rise in digital transactions is 46 per cent in 2020 in comparison to 2018-19,” he said.
The numbers of digital transactions have increased from 3,134 crore in the financial year (FY) 2018-19 to 4,572 crore in FY 2019-20, Dhotre added.
US insurance industry M&A deals total $4.57bn in Q4 2020:GlobalData
The US held a 56.6% share of the global insurance industry M&A deal value that totalled $8.08bn in Q4 2020.
In terms of deal activity, the US recorded 73 deals during Q4 2020, marking a rise of 46% over the previous quarter and a rise of 69.8% over the last four-quarter average.
Insurers play waiting game amid push for post-Brexit Solvency II equivalence
Under Solvency II equivalence, the EU would recognize a non-EU country’s solvency regime as producing comparable outcomes to its own, meaning less regulatory scrutiny. The Solvency II directive extends equivalence in three areas: reinsurance, solvency calculation and group supervision.
COVID-19: India records 12,408 new cases, 120 fresh fatalities
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,04,96,308 pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 97.16 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.43 per cent.
The COVID-19 active caseload remained below 2 lakh.
There are 1,51,460 active cases of coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 1.40 per cent of the total cases, the data stated.
Seeing positive signs, but Indian aviation sector still in eye of storm: Airbus India
“I think it is time for Indian carriers to scale up their operations and gain control of the international traffic as well. Also, we observe that air travellers have adapted to COVID-19 with a preference to point-to-point non-stop travel to avoid connections. Again, that is the opportunity to develop long haul travel from India,” he stated.