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“Given the increase in cases reported over the past one month and enhanced case search activities, more cases are likely to be reported in the coming days,” WHO officials said in a statement. The U.S. children ranged in age from 1 to 6 years old, and two required...
Okinawa Autotech to recall 3,215 units of Praise Pro electric scooter
Three of Okinawa's scooters have caught fire since October 2021, resulting in two casualties This is the first such move by any electric vehicle manufacturing company in India Bengaluru: Electric two-wheeler manufacturing company Okinawa Autotech on Saturday said it...
Rising Covid cases causing anxiety among Delhi traders, businessmen
After bearing the brunt of intermittent Covid waves and subsequent lockdowns over two years, things finally started to look upside for the businesses in the capital. However, the recent rise in cases has caused anxiety New Delhi: Delhi on Saturday witnessed another...
Country has moved away from token solution to total solution in healthcare sector: Mandaviya
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya While 1,17,400 Ayushman Bharat -Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) have been made functional, the government said it is committed to establishing 1,50,000 such centres by December 2022. More than one lakh have registered...
ICICI Pru Life net profit triples to Rs 185 cr in March quarter
N S Kannan, MD & CEO, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance said, "Despite the disruptions caused by the third wave of Covid-19, which impacted productivity in January and February, we were able to demonstrate resilience in our operations. In March, we posted the best...
Covid mRNA tech may create first-ever cure for heart attacks: UK scientists
Human heart has no capacity to heal itself after a heart attack But with the new technique called genetic tracking - built on the same technology used to create Pfizer and Moderna's Covid vaccines - can help new heart cells replace the dead ones and instead of forming...
Cyclones in Africa exacerbated by climate change: Study
“While our analysis clearly shows that climate change made the storms more damaging, our ability to establish precisely by how much was hampered by inconsistent data and lack of weather observations. This would also help to improve forecasts of extreme weather events...
Swiss Re chairman re-elected despite proxy adviser raising concerns about diversity
Sergio Ermotti, chairman, Swiss Re ISS recommended shareholders oppose the reappointment of Ermotti as a “signal of concern” over the lack of gender diversity on the reinsurer’s board. Ermotti told shareholders in a webcast that “abilities and experience” are also...
Oil traders to cut Russian oil purchases from May 15
Energy trading firms face compliance and reputational risks from the current raft of Western sanctions. They have to examine closely which entities they can pay as well as their employees' nationalities. Also, the lack of an outright ban complicates ending existing...
Windows under attack from Chinese threat actors: Microsoft
"As Microsoft continues to track the high-priority state-sponsored threat actor HAFNIUM, new activity has been uncovered that leverages unpatched zero-day vulnerabilities as initial vectors," the company said in a blogpost. San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft has...
Normal monsoon season predicted, to mitigate some inflationary pressures
In terms of predictions, both Skymet and IMD have given a forecast for a 'normal' Southwest Monsoon for the current year at 99 per cent and 98 per cent of the long period average (LPA) respectively India has been relatively fortunate to receive a favourable pattern of...
Japan’s population down by record 644,000 people
Tokyo, saw its first population drop in 26 years, declining by 40,000 to a total of 14 million people The population of Japan has been shrinking for 11 consecutive years, but this year's fall is the greatest both in absolute numbers and in percentage terms The...
Enhanced insurance cover, RFID tags among new facilities as Amarnath Yatra set to resume after 2 years
Several new facilities have been incorporated including Radio Frequency Identification tags for not just pilgrims but ponies as well, insurance cover for people has been Increased from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh and ponies have also been covered in insurance cover of Rs...
EU sanctions tweak allows some plane owners to sell to Russia
Under the amended provision, no economic resources can be made available to the Russian counterpart, except to transfer ownership of the plane after the EU company has been fully reimbursed An amendment to European Union sanctions last week created a potential path...
Indian insurance industry has managed Covid 19 crisis well: III Survey
From(L to R) Dilip Ukey, vice-chancellor, Maharashtra National Law University,Sharad Mathur, MD and CEO, Universal Sompo General Insurance, Devesh Srivastava, CMD, GIC Re at an event in Mumbai to release survey reports prepared by Insurance Institute of India The...
India-Fundraising via debt placement hits 6-yr low at Rs 5.88 lakh cr in FY22
Unless the high government borrowings and adverse interest rate cycle play spoilsport, the ongoing financial year is expected to be robust in terms of fundraising activities through the debt route on account of higher demand for credit from corporates in light of the...
48% rise in home isolation cases of Covid in last one week in Delhi: Data
As the Covid positivity rate in the national capital has jumped from 0.57 per cent on April 1 to 2.39 per cent on April 14, the number of home isolation cases has shown an upward trend in the last one week. Amid an uptick in daily cases of COVID-19 in Delhi and the...
Mental health may impact chances of breakthrough COVID: Study
''Our research suggests that increased breakthrough infections in people with psychiatric disorders cannot be entirely explained by socio-demographic factors or pre-existing conditions,'' said senior study author Aoife O'Donovan from UCSF. People who are vaccinated...