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Dr. Michael Ryan said “we may never end the virus” because such pandemic viruses “end up becoming part of the ecosystem.” But “we have a chance to end the public health emergency this year if we do the things that we’ve been talking about,” he said. The worst of the...
After supply, logistics emerges as biggest threat to global vaccination programs
Developed countries are getting to the point where they are choosing to live with Covid and treat it as endemic, their hospital systems insulated by higher vaccination rates. But logistical issues continue to bedevil the rollouts of poorer countries, becoming one of...
Airlines scramble to rejig schedules amid US 5G rollout concerns
The world's largest operator of the Boeing 777, Dubai's Emirates, said it would suspend flights to nine U.S. destinations from Jan. 19, the planned date for the deployment of 5G wireless services. Major international airlines rushed on Tuesday to rejig or cancel...
Deploying new 5G service will cause “catastrophic” aviation crisis :Major US airlines
The airlines warned the new C-Band 5G service set to begin on Wednesday could render a significant number of widebody aircraft unusable, “could potentially strand tens of thousands of Americans overseas” and cause “chaos” for U.S. flights The chief executives of major...
71 pc of employees rethinking their careers: Report
According to the data, Covid-19 has brought a paradigm shift in the priorities of the employees. For 68 per cent of surveyed employees, job satisfaction was solely ranked as 'very' or 'most' important aspect followed by salary and job satisfaction for 62 per cent, the...
ICICI Pru Life posts Rs 311 cr net income for Dec quarter; policy sales jump 20 pc
''We have maintained positive momentum in business and profitability, and have registered a strong year-on-year growth of 20 per cent in the value of new business (VNB). Almost half of our new business premium has been contributed by the protection and annuity...
Over 19.22 lakh new vehicles registered in Maha in 2021; registrations up by 8.26 pc
As per the transport department data, of the total 19,22,418 newly registered vehicles, 13,16,216 were motorcycles, 3,46,197 private cars and 1,26,551 transport category vehicles, which need permits to operate, such as buses, trucks and taxis Mumbai: Over 19.22 lakh...
Cyber perils outrank Covid-19 and broken supply chains as top business risk globally and in Asia Pacific: Allianz Risk Barometer 2022
Cyber incidents tops the Allianz Risk Barometer for only the second time in the survey’s history (44% of responses), Business interruption drops to a close second (42%) and Natural catastrophes ranks third (25%), up from sixth in 2021 London/Munich/New...
LIC listing: Inside the all-out campaign to prepare India’s biggest IPO
A knock-out listing could see LIC raise as much as $10 billion from the IPO with a minimum dilution of 5%. That would make it the third biggest globally involving an insurer Mumbai:In Mumbai’s sleek skyscrapers, harried bankers race the clock to appraise a company...
Decision on COVID vaccination for children between 12-14 yrs yet to be taken by Health Ministry
Dr NK Arora, Chairman of COVID-19 working group of NTAGI, said that looking at the current pace of the vaccination, India may begin inoculating children in the age group of 12-14 years in March. About 46 percent of adolescents aged 15-18 years have received their...
India should adopt risk-based approach not blanket bans to contain Covid: WHO India head
''WHO does not recommend a blanket travel ban, nor complete restriction of people's movement. In many ways, such blanket approaches can be counterproductive. India with its diversity in population distribution and geographic spread, the risk-based approach remains the...
Sanctioned Rs 50,000 compensation to each of 68,370 claims for COVID-19 deaths: Guj govt tells SC
The state government had said that it received 89,633 claim forms (applications) seeking compensation for COVID-19 deaths, out of which 58,840 claims have been settled and the amount has been disbursed to applicants New Delhi: The Gujarat government has told the...
IRDAI reduces general insurers’ obligatory cession for GIC Re to 4 % from 5 % in FY 2023
The approximate size of the Indian reinsurnace market is around Rs 55,000 cror in FY.2020-21. To begin with, obligatory cession for GIC Re was 10 per cent which was reduced to five per cent afterwards and the foreign reinsurers which are having braches in India are...
Govt seeks applications for a new IRDAI member(Non-Life)
TL Alamelu, member(Non-Life), IRDAI will be retiring on May 6,2022 after completing her three-year tenure New Delhi: The government on Monday has asked for applications to appoint a new member (Non-life), in Hyderabad based IRDAI. The current member(Non-Life),TL...
India’s Gennova developing Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine
The source said Gennova on Friday separately submitted to India's drug regulator phase 2 trial data for its original mRNA vaccine candidate. The government said last year that product was found to be "safe, tolerable, and immunogenic" in the participants of an initial...
India needs Green Revolution 2.0 to make agri more climate-resistant, sustainable: RBI
The article said the current overproduction of crops like rice, wheat and sugarcane, has led to rapid depletion of the ground-water table, soil degradation and massive air pollution raising questions about the environmental sustainability of current agricultural...
Increase fund allocation for adolescents’, elderly’s health in upcoming budget: NGOs
Population Foundation of India, asked for a substantial increase in budget allocations for health, nutrition and education and skill building of adolescents in the forthcoming Union budget 2022-23. New Delhi: NGOs have urged the government to increase the allocation...
India’s economy set to improve over next 12 months: PwC Annual Global CEO Survey
''99 per cent of CEOs in India believe India's economic growth will improve over the next 12 months, with 94 per cent of India CEOs being optimistic about global economic growth improving over the next 12 months as against 77 per cent of global CEOs,'' it said. New...