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“Heavy to very heavy” rain was expected in the neighbouring Maharashtra state on Wednesday and Thursday, the India Meteorological Department said in its daily forecast.
The rains have damaged rice paddies and other crops such as corn, cotton, and pulses, traders said, but they said it was too early to assess the full extent of crop losses.
YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
Worried European nations revive curfews, lockdowns amid ‘exponential growth’ in virus
‘Long COVID’ may affect multiple parts of body and mind, doctors say
Britain’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) said one common theme among ongoing COVID patients – some of whom are seven months or more into their illness – is that symptoms appear in one physiological area, such as the heart or lungs, only to abate and then arise again in a different area.According to UK-based patient group Long Covid SOS, data from a King’s College London-devised symptom tracker app shows that 10% of COVID-19 patients remain unwell after three weeks, and up to 5% may continue to be sick for months.
Nearly nine of 10 workers want to keep work-from-home option: survey
Climate Change means more Weather Disasters every year
The 2020 State of Climate Services report, compiled by 16 international agencies and financing institutions, calls on governments to put more money into early-warning systems that can improve countries’ ability to prepare for, respond to and mitigate the impact of such natural disasters.
“While COVID-19 generated a large international health and economic crisis from which it will take years to recover, it is crucial to remember that climate change will continue to pose an on-going and increasing threat to human lives, ecosystems, economies and societies for centuries to come,“ said WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas.
Asia-Pacific countries begin to ease pandemic-related travel bans, but hurdles remain
For now, few people are likely to travel because of testing and insurance requirements, and in some cases the need to quarantine upon return home, meaning the deals offer limited hope for airlines and the tourism industry.
A Singapore-Indonesia deal announced on Monday for essential business and official travel will require an application and COVID-19 swab tests both before and after travel.
Solar the new ‘king of electricity’ as renewables make up bigger slice of supply: IEA
Despite the increase in solar and wind power, carbon emissions are projected to pick up in 2021 after a 2.4 gigatonne (Gt) drop in 2020, and to exceed 2019 levels in 2027 before growing to 36 Gt in 2030, it added.
The IEA said gaps remain in many cases between long-term ambitions and specific near-term plans to curb emissions.
U.N. chief urges development banks to stop financing fossil fuel projects
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged a virtual meeting of a coalition of finance ministers and economic policymakers from dozens of countries to ensure development banks phase out fossil fuel investments, rapidly scale up support for renewable energy, and back projects to help those most exposed to the impacts of climate change.
Top Bollywood producers file defamation lawsuit against TV channels
The suit, filed in the Delhi High Court, has more than 30 Bollywood production houses and four industry bodies as plaintiffs and refers to the coverage of Rajput’s death.
“The privacy of the members of Bollywood is being invaded, and their reputations are being irreparably damaged by painting the entire Bollywood as criminals, seeped in drug culture, and making being part of Bollywood as synonymous with criminal acts in the public imagination,” the producers said in a statement.
$5 trillion investor group sets tougher portfolio carbon targets
The group said its members would implement cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from their portfolios of between 16% and 29%, with each confirming their own particular target in the first quarter of 2021.
The plan, called the 2025 Target Setting Protocol, should help increase investment in those companies contributing to the transition to a low-carbon economy and influence both markets and government policies, the group said in a statement.
Enforcement against foreign bribery down sharply since 2018 – group
Age may not contribute to COVID-19 infection risk: Study
According to the study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, causes of mortality in elderly individuals may be due to two factors.
The first is how likely they are to be infected due to their advanced age, which is reflected in the number of cases, and the second is how likely they will be affected by a severe form of the disease due to their advanced age, which is reflected in the mortality rate.
New COVID-19 cases to below 60k daily, caseload rises to 71,75,880
A collapse of global tax talks could cost $100 billion, says OECD
The aim is update international tax rules for the age of digital commerce, in particular to discourage big Internet companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon from booking profits in low-tax countries like Ireland regardless where their customers are.
In the absence of a new international rulebook, a growing number of governments are planning theirIn the absence of a new international rulebook, a growing number of governments are planning their own digital services taxes, which has prompted threats of trade retaliation from the Trump administration.
General Insurance Industry’s prm remains flat at Rs 97K cr ,New India’s growth stays uniquely positive in H1 FY2020-21
New India Assurance ,which has consistently maintained a positive growth since Covid-19 pandemic outbreak in March, has completed both H1 FY 20-21, and September month with a positive growth. The total premium of the largest general insurance company, at Rs14,100 crore, has gone up by 4 per cent y-o-y in H1 FY2020-21.
The industry’s health portfolio,which has emerged as the largest portfolio,by displacing motor business, has now a market share of 31 per cent and , has grown by 13 per cent y-o-y to Rs 22,903 crore in the first five months(Apr-Aug) of the current fiscal.
The market share of motor portfolio, generating a total premium of Rs 22, 253 crore, down 16 per cent, in H1 FY2020-21, has fallen from 37 per cent, as of Sept, 2019-20, to 30 per cent in Sept, 2020-21.
Exposure to COVID-19 does not guarantee immunity, reinfection causes more severe symptoms, finds Lancet study
“The possibility of reinfections could have significant implications for our understanding of COVID-19 immunity, especially in the absence of an effective vaccine,” said Mark Pandori, for the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory and lead study author.
“We need more research to understand how long immunity may last for people exposed to SARS-CoV-2 and why some of these second infections, while rare, are presenting as more severe.”
GoAir pilots shut down P&W engine mid-air, even after fixes: Report
India last month ordered GoAir to ground jets that hadn’t had their Pratt engines modified to the specifications mandated by the DGCA.
India, where the most popular narrow-body market is dominated by the A320neo, mandated in 2019 that all engines must modify that particular component with a different material “less susceptible to impact damage.” Without that tweak, such as was implemented on the GoAir jet, pilots are at risk of one or more engines failing, losing control or worse, crashing the aircraft, according to the DGCA.