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Ashwani Mahajan, National Co-Convener of SJM – a wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, says unicorns with over USD 1 billion valuation ‘flipping’ means avoiding Indian regulatory oversight and loss of revenue to the country.
”India has been proud of its startups creating immense value and adding to the GDP of the country. But our happiness remains short-lived when we find that they have not remained Indian any more. Most of these high ticket startups have flipped away and are no longer Indian companies in essence,” he told PTI.
Flipping means a transaction where an Indian company incorporates a firm in a foreign jurisdiction, which is then made the holding company of the subsidiary in India. The most favourable foreign jurisdictions for Indian companies are Singapore, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Honda to use Google’s Android Automotive OS in its cars from 2022
Cyclone Gulab to make landfall today, IMD issues alert for Andhra, Odisha
COVID-19 virus evolving to get better at becoming airborne, study shows
“The take-home messages from this paper are that the coronavirus can be in your exhaled breath, is getting better at being in your exhaled breath, and using a mask reduces the chance of you breathing it on others,” Jennifer German, a co-author of the study said.
“This means that a layered approach to control measures — including improved ventilation, increased filtration, UV air sanitation, and tight-fitting masks, in addition to vaccination — is critical to protect people in public-facing jobs and indoor spaces,” German added.
UP govt to raise retirement age of doctors to 70 years
Tesla starts judging owners it charged $10,000 for self-driving
Musk’s fostering of the perception Tesla is a self-driving leader has helped make it the world’s most valuable automaker by far. But others have taken issue with what they see as a reckless and misleading approach to deploying technology that isn’t ready.
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently opened its second defect investigation into Autopilot since 2016.
COVID smell loss can have profound effects on your life, from weight change to intimacy barriers
For others, things were more fluid. Anosmia could mutate into parosmia. Food that was fine one day could become disgusting the next. This “chaos narrative” – as sociologists call it – meant that smell loss was very difficult to live with, let alone manage. A condition over which there was no control. The effect on appetite was also unpredictable. As might be expected, people had trouble eating – particularly when normal smells were distorted. Some were struggling, reporting malnutrition and severe weight loss.
Centre could extend Fame II incentive scheme for purchase of personal electric cars, e-cycles: Report
At present the Fame II scheme benefits covers only electric two-wheelers, three wheelers, four-wheeled passenger vehicles and goods carrying vehicles. Under it, vehicles are provided with demand incentives that help to bring down its purchase price. FAME 2 had increased the benefit offered from Rs 10,000 per kWh to Rs 15,000 per kWh. That`s a hike of 50 per cent.
Country needs at least 600 medical colleges, 50 AIIMS-like institutions, says Gadkari
”The public-private investment model in the road and infrastructure development sector can be replicated in health care and education sectors. The country needs a minimum of 600 medical colleges, 50 AIIMS-like institutions, and 200 super-specialty hospitals. The government is also thinking of providing help to those social organizations that work in the medical and education sectors,” Gadkari said.
He also stressed the need to have at least one veterinary hospital in every tehsil.
Poorly circulated room air raises potential exposure to COVID contaminants
Using CO2 as a tracer to track small respiratory aerosols that travel by air currents in a room, the Berkeley Lab team found that when overhead vents (or diffusers) are supplying heated air, it created thermally stratified conditions that block the flow of clean air down to the “breathing zone” in the middle height of the room.
As a result, even when people are sitting more than 6 feet from each other, some occupants may be exposed to respiratory aerosols from others at a rate 5 to 6 times higher than if the same room were well mixed.
COVID-19 vaccinated pregnant women pass protection to newborns: Study
“Studies continue to reinforce the importance of vaccines during pregnancy and their power to protect two lives at once by preventing severe illness in both mothers and babies,” said Ashley S. Roman, MD, director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the Silverman Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYU Langone Health, and one of the study’s principal investigators.
Over 90 pc Indian business leaders feel pandemic pressed need to improve crisis mgmt capability: Study
Puneet Garkhel, Partner and Leader, Forensics Services, PwC India, said that operations and supply chain, finance and liquidity, and workforce are the three areas in which Indian businesses experienced ”significant” or ”critical” impact owing to the pandemic. ”Indian businesses that have survived and even thrived, through this period have several significant foundational strengths in common with the most critical being a dedicated crisis response team with a fit-for-purpose response strategy, aligned to their organisation’s goals and purpose,” said Garkhel.
Govt launches Rs 7,270 cr scheme for road safety in 14 states
India needs 4-5 more SBI sized big banks, says FM Sitharaman
Of 610,000 cancers reported in 2012-19, 7.9% were childhood cases: Report
The highest proportion of cancer from all sites were reported in the age group 45 to 64 years, except for prostate cancer, which was higher in those over 65. Over 90 per cent of the cancers in different organ sites got diagnosed by microscopic examination, the report said.
Among all the cancers, the highest proportion of distant metastasis at presentation was seen in patients with lung cancer (49.2 per cent males and 55.5 per cent females), followed by gall bladder cancer (40.9 per cent males and 45.7 per cent females) and prostate cancer (42.9 per cent).
The highest proportion of cancer from all sites were reported in the age group 45 to 64 years, except for prostate cancer, which was higher in those over 65. Over 90 per cent of the cancers in different organ sites got diagnosed by microscopic examination, the report said.
470 infra projects show cost overrun of Rs 4.37 lakh crore
Out of the 560 delayed projects, 96 have overall delay in the range of 1-12 months, 128 have been delayed for 13-24 months, 210 for 25-60 months and 126 projects have delays of 61 months and above.
The average time overrun in these 560 delayed projects is 46.94 months.
Reasons for time overruns as reported by various project implementing agencies include delay in land acquisition, delay in obtaining forest and environment clearances, and lack of infrastructure support and linkages.
1.71 cr workers from unorganised sector registered on e-Shram portal in a month: Labour Ministry
Data analysis based on the last week showed that a substantial proportion of women workers in domestic work are getting themselves registered on the portal. This is one category of occupation where women outnumber men.
Besides, women form substantial proportion of workforce in sectors like agriculture as labourers, food industries as helpers and machine operators, apparel industry as helpers and tailors and also in small scale units of tobacco/ beedi rolling and as ASHAs/ ANMs in the healthcare industry.
Therefore, it would not be wrong to assume that most vulnerable groups of women are insured under various protection schemes accruing from registration at the portal, the ministry said. Since week one, Odisha and Bihar have competed with each other to maintain the first position, it stated.
Munich Re appoints Michaela Hannemann as new Regional Head of Casualty Treaty Underwriting for Japan, India, Korea & SE Asia
“In addition to her strong casualty treaty background and her multi-market experience across emerging and mature regions, I am confident that Michaela’s passion for client focus will be a driving force in our ongoing commitment to maintaining strong and sustainable long term relationships with clients and industry partners in the region ,” said Roland Eckl, Munich Re’s Chief Executive Asia Pacific (Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia).