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When will the Covid-19 pandemic end? In 7 years at today’s vaccine rates
Bloomberg has built the biggest database of Covid-19 shots given around the world, with more than 119 million doses administered worldwide. US science officials such as Anthony Fauci have suggested it will take 70 per cent to 85 per cent coverage of the population for things to return to normal.
High levels of toxic heavy metals found in some baby food – U.S. report
Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat who chairs the panel that released the report, said it found “these manufacturers knowingly sell baby food containing high levels of toxic heavy metals … It’s time that we develop much better standards for the sake of future generations.” A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) spokesman said the agency was reviewing the report.
Delhi govt floats tender to set up 100 EV charging stations
Each station will have five charging points, making it a total of 500 such points. The charging stations will be set up within a year, Jain said.
There will be a mandate for minimum 20 per cent slow chargers and 10 per cent fast chargers at these charging stations to cater to all kinds of EVs. Majority of these sites will be at Metro stations and DTC bus depots, he said.
Another ship in rough Pacific Ocean spills containers overboard
Forty-one empty containers fell from the ship around Jan. 29, according to a website notice from marine-claims consultancy W.K. Webster, which said it has nominated a surveyor to investigate the extent of damage.
The incident is at least the second time this year, and the third time in less than 10 weeks, that a notable number of containers have fallen into the Pacific while ships ply the busy trade lane.
Asian commercial insurance pricing up 11% in 4th Quarter:Marsh
Asian clients with large CAT exposures and those requiring international capacity continued to experience double-digit pricing increases.. Casualty pricing remained generally flat, as it has for three years.
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ICICI Lombard gets approval to open IFSC unit
The offshore unit will enable ICICI Lombard to harness new opportunities in direct insurance and reinsurance areas by offering offshore direct insurance solutions, especially to domestic corporates and individuals located overseas, thus expanding its international business, the company said.
India’s COVID positivity rate dips to 5.42 pc: Health ministry
New Delhi: India's cumulative COVID-19 positivity rate has declined to 5.42 per cent while the weekly positivity rate (last week) was recorded at 1.82 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. Eight states and union territories, which have a weekly...
IIT Mandi-led team develops AI app to track home quarantined COVID patients
The mobile application, dubbed LakshmanRekha, uses a combination of biometric verification, geofencing and AI so that no patient can breach the assigned quarantine space.
Geofencing technology uses GPS signals to determine when a person enters a certain boundary.
21.5% of population showed evidence of past exposure to COVID in latest national serosurvey: Govt
Urban slums (31.7 per cent) and urban non-slums (26.2 per cent) had a higher SARS-CoV-2 prevalence than that in rural areas (19.1 per cent), Bhargava said, adding that 23.4 per cent of individuals above 60 years of age had suffered from COVID-19.
Property Cat Bond Placement reaches a record $ 11 billion in 2020: Aon report
Quarterly issuance of $ 3.7 billion, was a record Q4 issuance quarter
The total amount of property cat bonds outstanding is marginally up (<2%) compared to 2019 at $29.5 billion.