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"In the next one week, selected countries will be identified where the caseload is higher today," minister Mansukh Mandaviya said. "People from there who come to India will have to upload their (COVID-19) RT-PCR reports and only then come." New Delhi: India is...
Bharat Biotech’s intranasal Covid vaccine approved by govt, to be available on CO-WIN soon
It is likely to be rolled out in the national Covid vaccination programme soon. The approval for the vaccine comes amid a spurt in Covid cases in China and some other countries. New Delhi: Bharat Biotech's intranasal Covid vaccine has been approved by the Union Health...
“Country’s Covid positivity rate declining week-on-week…” Health Ministry
The average daily cases during the week ending December 21, India has contributed only 0.03 per cent of Covid cases in the cases reported globally. India's global contribution of only 153 cases is highly lesser, as compared to 1,54,521-- 26.8 per cent of Japan, Health...
Research shows significant cardiovascular benefits at 6,000 daily walking steps at any pace
The meta-analysis of 15 studies involving nearly 50,000 people from four continents found that walking between 6,000 and 8,000 steps per day was linked with a lower risk of death from all causes among older adults The evidence-based health benefits of walking continue...
DGCA carries out 4,378 surveillance activities among Indian airlines this year
"As a result, the Effective Implementation score of India has risen from previous 69.95 per cent to 85.49 per cent, thereby changing India's Safety Oversight ranking from 102 to 48 among the 193 contracting states," it said. New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on...
China in a bind: Whether to recover economy or control Covid spike
Analysts have forecast China's economic growth to slump to 2.8-3.2 per cent this year, which would be the lowest in five decades. China has, for the first time, officially acknowledged Covid deaths in recent weeks. This has given credibility to reports of heavy death...
Meta agrees to pay largest $725 million to settle privacy lawsuit
It’s “the largest recovery ever achieved in a data privacy class action and the most Facebook has ever paid to resolve a private class action,” the plaintiffs said in a court filing late Thursday. Lawyers for the consumers had steadily gained leverage to pry into the...
U.S. population growth inches higher in 2022, driven by immigration
The country's population expanded 0.4% this year to 333.3 million after nearly stagnating at 0.1% in 2021 when the coronavirus exacerbated a trend of more subdued growth in prior years The population of the United States accelerated in 2022 from its slowest rate on...
Grievance redressal mechanism of e-commerce players not up to mark: Consumer Affairs Secy
Rohit Kumar Singh,Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs Talking about other initiatives of the ministry, Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said the government will soon come out with guidelines for social media influencers, making it mandatory for them to...
Goyal introduces Jan Vishwas bill in Lok Sabha to decriminalise minor offences in 42 Acts
Besides the decriminalisation of minor offences, the bill envisages the rationalisation of monetary penalties, depending on the gravity of the offence, bolstering trust-based governance New Delhi: Commerce and industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday in Lok Sabha...
Rates to stay flat for Ukraine grain cargo insurance-Ascot
Aviation and marine war insurers are concerned that reinsurers – who insure the insurers – will exclude the whole Ukraine, Russia and Belarus region when reinsurance contracts come up for renewal on Jan. 1. A cargo insurance facility providing cover for shipments via...
Live-In relationships covered under domestic violence law: Government
Citing provisions of the law, he said 'domestic relationship' means a relationship between two persons who live or have, at any point in time, lived together in a shared household, when they are related by consanguinity, marriage or through a relationship in the...
Insurance density in India rises from $78 in 2020-21 to $91in 2021-22, Insurance penetration at 4.2 % in 2021-22
While the penetration of life insurance sector has gone up from 2.15 per cent in 2001-02 to 3.2 per cent in 2021-22, non-life insurance penetration has gone up from 0.56 per cent to 1.0 per cent during the same period “2022 has been a year marked with milestone...
Insurers settled over 2.25 lakh death claims on account of Covid: Irdai report
The net incurred claims of the general insurers stood at Rs 1.41 lakh crore in 2021-22 as against Rs 1.12 lakh crore in 2020-21, an increase of about 26 per cent New Delhi: Over 2.25 lakh death claims due to the Covid-19 pandemic were settled by insurance companies up...
China likely seeing 1 mn Covid infections, 5,000 virus deaths every day
The situation could get even worse for the country of 1.4 billion people. This current wave may see the daily case rate rise to 3.7 million in January, according to Airfinity Ltd., a London-based analytics firm. There’ll likely then be another surge of infections that...
Random Covid testing for arriving international passengers from December 24
Prime Minister Modi urged everyone to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour, including wearing masks in crowded public places, at all times, especially in view of the upcoming festive season, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).He also...
New India launches Drone insurance, to cover physical damage to the aircraft and its theft
Neerja Kapur, CMD,NIA said, “India’s drone manufacturing industry clocked annual sales of Rs 60 crores in FY 2021 and is expected to grow to Rs 900 crores by FY 2024. Thanks to the impetus given by the Government of India through the liberalised Drone Rules, 2021,...
Microsoft details newly identified capabilities of Zerobot malware
The malware affects a variety of devices including firewall devices, routers, and cameras and adds compromised devices to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnet Successful DDoS attacks may be used by threat actors to extort ransom payments, distract from other...