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Amanda Blanc, Chief Executive Officer of Aviva, said:“I want Aviva to be the leader in our industry again and the first choice for our customers and partners. My focus will be on achieving that for the benefit of all of our stakeholders.We will look at all our strategic opportunities, and at pace. I have been on the Aviva Board since the start of this year and have a good understanding of where the business has its strengths and what actions we should take across our portfolio”
Govt appoints Injeti Srinivas as IFSC Authority’s first chairman
Record increase in global and Indian coronavirus cases
India’s clinical research body defends timeline for coronavirus vaccine trials
Vaccine trials usually take years to complete, though regulators have allowed testing on some potential vaccines to be fast-tracked in light of the public health emergency.The ICMR’s timeline drew criticism here from health experts in India, who expressed concern the trials would compromise patient safety and ethics.
WHO halts hydroxychloroquine,HIV drugs in COVID trials after failure to reduce death
“These interim trial results show that hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir produce little or no reduction in the mortality of hospitalised COVID-19 patients when compared to standard of care. Solidarity trial investigators will interrupt the trials with immediate effect,” the WHO said in a statement, referring to large multicountry trials that the agency is leading.
Over 95% respondents have started wearing mask, covering face: NCAER survey
According to the third round of the Delhi-NCR Coronavirus Telephone Survey (DCVTS-3), only 32 per cent of the respondents followed all precautions to fight COVID-19 pandemic.
Besides wearing masks, these include using hand sanitiser, washing hands with soap, maintaining a distance of three feet, taking bath after returning home, putting away clothes for washing separately and wearing gloves.
239 scientists from 34 countries claim coronavirus now airborne
The World Health Organisation has long held that the coronavirus is spread primarily by large respiratory droplets that, once expelled by infected people in coughs and sneezes, fall quickly to the floor.
But in an open letter to the WHO, 239 scientists in 32 countries have outlined the evidence showing that smaller particles can infect people and are calling for the agency to revise its recommendations.
Kerala extends Covid regulations till July 2021
Thiruvananthapuram: With coronavirus cases gradually increasing in Kerala,the state government, on Sunday, has decided to extend the lockdown,till July 2021, in the state for the next one year as a preventive measure. The government has...
Threat call to Mumbai’s Hotel Taj: FIR registered
Britain nears $625 million Sanofi/GSK COVID-19 vaccine deal: report
The size of 20 football fields,world’s largest Covid centre opens in Delhi
106-Year-Old Delhi man,who survived Spanish Flu in 1918,beats COVID-19: Report
Fujitsu to halve office space in three years citing ‘new normal’
The IT solutions company said its roughly 80,000 group employees in Japan would work flexible hours, and work-from-home would be standard wherever possible.“We will overhaul our current work, allowance and welfare framework that is based on the assumption that employees commute to designated offices every day,” Hiroki Hiramatsu, head of the human resources unit, told a news briefing.
Saudi Arabia announces haj health measures for domestic pilgrims
Touching the Kaaba, the holiest site in Islam, will be banned during the haj this year, and a social distancing space of a meter and a half between each pilgrim during the rituals including mass prayers and while in the Kaaba circling area will be imposed, a statement by the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) elaborated.
In highest single-day spike,nearly 23k test positive for COVID; death toll rises to 18,655 in India
Govt launches ‘Swachh Survekshan 2021’ states also to be ranked
The survey will categorise cities on the basis of six indicator-wise performance criteria — segregation of waste into wet, dry and hazard categories; processing capacity against wet waste generated; processing and recycling of wet and dry waste; construction & demolition (C&D) waste processing; percentage of waste going to landfills; and sanitation status of cities.
Health ministry revises remdesivir dosage for Covid-19 patients
According to the Health Ministry, remdesivir drug is only for restricted emergency use on patients with moderate disease (those on oxygen support). The drug can not be administered to a pregnant or lactating mother and children below the age of 12 years. Also, the drug is not recommended to a patient with severe renal impairment and a high level of liver enzymes.