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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarOver the past three decades, India has gained 10 years in life expectancy: Lancet study
Floods kill 60 in India, damage crops
Britain moves closer to COVID-19 vaccine trials that infect volunteers
Coronavirus vaccine candidate from China’s CNBG shows promise in human test, study shows
Passenger vehicle sales rise 26% in Sept; up for 2nd straight month: SIAM
Most executives in India prefer continuing with remote working: Survey
“Seventy-four per cent of India”s executives said their business continues to use offline workflows, the lowest among all other countries surveyed (US 89 per cent, UK 98 per cent, Australia 98 per cent),” said ServiceNow Managing Director (India and SAARC) Arun Balasubramanian.
The survey was conducted during September 1-10 among 900 C-suite executives and 8,100 office professionals from companies of 500 or more employees in countries including the US, the UK, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, India, Japan, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand.
In India, The Work Survey was conducted amoung 100 C-suite leaders and 1,000 employees from various industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, telecommunications and public sector.
Delhi residents worry about toxic mix of pollution, COVID-19
The Air Quality Index (AQI) has remained in the “very poor” category all week due to slowing wind speeds that allow deadly pollutants such as PM2.5 particles to remain suspended in the air.“Air pollution will weaken the respiratory tract, lung functions will be compromised. The probability of catching COVID-19 would increase substantially,” said Vivek Nangia, principal director and head, Max Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi.
Second sovereign downgrade wave coming, major nations at risk: S&P Global
The rating agency has already downgraded or cut the outlooks on nearly 60 countries this year, but only relatively few have been higher-rated richer nations.
With some though piling on 15-20 points of debt as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) – amounts that would normally take four or five years to accumulate – and locked into higher spending for the next 3-5 years, that could be about to change.
COVID-19 has resulted in largest global economic contraction in 80 years, say World Bank and IMF
The associated lockdowns, restrictions and continued uncertainty have caused investments, trade, and remittance flows to plummet, eroded jobs and human capital, kept children out of school, and pressured food and medical supply chains, it said.
The monetary institutions warned that the humanitarian crisis can further exacerbate fragility, conflict, and violence as well as intensify risks, including in small island states. The economic crisis is threatening the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable populations, including women-led households, youth and the elderly, refugees and displaced people.
Boeing’s 737 Max declared safe to fly by Europe’s aviation regulator
Boeing’s 737 Max declared safe to fly by Europe’s aviation regulatorEurope’s top aviation regulator said he’s satisfied that changes to Boeing Co.’s 737 Max have made the plane safe enough to return to the region’s skies before 2020 is out, even as a further upgrade his agency demanded won’t be ready for up to two years.
COVID-19: 67,735 new cases take India’s virus tally to 73,07,097
Heavy overnight rain in Mumbai; waterlogging in some areas
Focusing on protecting people, health of population remain a priority for India: IMF
“What needs to be done? Well, clearly protecting the most vulnerable people, well-targeted support, protecting small and medium sized enterprises/firms so they do not collapse, and using what the government is now aiming to do, a further injection of support in a way that gives a better chance to turn a corner,” Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva said.
World experiencing worst recessions since Great Depression due to Covid: WB
Malpass said that the world was currently experiencing a K-shaped recovery.
For the developing countries, and especially the poorest developing countries, that downward leg in the K is an increasingly desperate recession or depression that is facing people in the poorest countries because of the loss of jobs, the loss of income, and also the loss of remittances coming from workers, working outside the country, Malpass said.
Showcase importance of Covid-appropriate behaviour: Vardhan to AIIMS
Digital health ID can get Indian economy moving again, NHA chief
Analysis of Big Data on health “will lead to better planning, budgeting and implementation for states and health programs, which should be a big cost optimizer,” said Indu Bhushan, chief executive officer of the National Health Authority, who compared the gains produced by the “new digital highway” to those from building physical infrastructure such as roads
India’s peak holiday season set to send COVID-19 cases surging
“We will probably have more deaths out of starvation if the rural migratory population who flock to cities during the pujas and earn some money during the festivity are deprived of the opportunity,” said Subrata Mukherjee, a cabinet minister in the fourth-most populous state of West Bengal, which has one of India’s highest coronavirus caseloads.
‘SIRC 2020 Re-Mind’ virtual event to be held on 2 to 5 Nov, Singapore’s Dy PM to deliver keynote address
Registration for the event is free
As Co-Host, Swiss Re will curate conference sessions during the virtual event featuring senior leaders and experts from around the world in discussions on a wide range of (re)insurance topics, such as ‘Insurance digitalisation in a post-COVID world’; ‘Derisking global supply chains’; and ‘Managing climate risks’. Other contributing partners are being lined up to curate other sessions to be presented at the event.