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Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, in a letter on Thursday to health secretaries of all states and Union Territories, said: "lt has now been reported by National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that multiple cases of a COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529 have been reported in...
Digital Child’s Play: protecting children from the impacts of AI
Conor Lennon from UN News asked Jasmina Byrne, Policy Chief at the UNICEF Global Insights team, and Steven Vosloo, a UNICEF data, research and policy specialist, about the importance of putting children at the centre of AI-related policies. Artificial intelligence has...
Global AI software market to hit $62 billion in 2022, says Gartner
The top five use cases for AI software spending in 2022 will be knowledge management, virtual assistants, autonomous vehicles, digital workplace and crowdsourced data. Global artificial intelligence (AI) software revenue is forecast to reach $62.5 billion in 2022, an...
New York declares State of Emergency amid spike in Covid-19 infection
The state of emergency amid concerns over the new Omicron coronavirus variant detected in southern Africa. The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and many European countries imposed new restrictions on foreign nationals travelling from countries in the region...
Rains batter TN showers in Chennai one of the most intense in 200 years says CM
Following inspections amid showers, Stalin tweeted saying that in the past 200 years, "this is the fourth time Chennai recorded 1,000 MM (100 CM) rainfall in a single month." Chief Minister M K Stalin quoted experts. Chennai: Chennai: Monsoon rains continued to batter...
Delhi govt transfers Rs 5,000 each to accounts of 2.95 lakh construction workers
Construction activities have been banned in Delhi but the city government will assist the labour brothers and sisters in every possible way, Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said New Delhi: The Delhi government on Saturday deposited Rs 5,000 each in the...
In a first, drone used to deliver medicines in remote Meghalaya health centre
Conrad K Sangma,Chief Minister Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said, “Drone technology can change the future of healthcare. This is a unique project that will transform the healthcare supply chain to a hard-to-reach population'' . Shillong: In a first in the...
micron variant in ‘fluid motion’:Dr Anthony Fauci
Dr Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious disease expert On whether the new variant evades antibodies, Fauci explained, "when you look at a mutation it is going to give you a hint or indication that it might evade the immune response. You need to get that particular...
Explainer: How worried should we be about the Omicron variant?
Omicron's mutations are likely to render certain COVID-19 treatments - including some manufactured antibodies - ineffective, said Dr. David Ho, professor of microbiology and immunology at Columbia University. Experimental antiviral pills - such as Pfizer Inc's...
RBI may increase minimum capital for a new universal bank to Rs 1,000 crore, no corporate ownership of banks
Bajaj Group, Piramal Group and Reliance Industries had shown interest in expanding into banking, Mumbai: India's central bank said on Friday it would reform rules on the structure of private sector banks but a source familiar with the matter said the changes would not...
PM Modi orders review of reopening on Omicron COVID concerns
Prime minister Narendra Modi After the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the new variant to be "of concern", Modi "highlighted the need for monitoring all international arrivals, their testing as per guidelines, with a specific focus on countries, identified...
Brazil police recommend homicide, environmental charges in Vale dam disaster
The federal police probe, one of several parallel investigations into the incident that ravaged communities in the state of Minas Gerais, indicated that "various pollution-related crimes" were committed, as well as crimes "against land and water-based fauna and...
India to allow regular international flights from Dec 15,restricted flights from ‘at-risk’ countries
As per the latest update, the Health Ministry has put countries in Europe, including the United Kingdom, and South Africa, Brazil, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel under the ‘at-risk’ category. New Delhi:...
World races to contain new COVID threat, the omicron variant
"This variant has a large number of mutations, some of which are concerning. Preliminary evidence suggests an increased risk of reinfection with this variant, as compared to other VOCs. The number of cases of this variant appears to be increasing in almost all...
Sebi asks RTAs to publish investor charter, disclose complaint data on websites
Also, Sebi asked stock exchanges, depositories and clearing corporations to disclose on their websites the data on complaints received against them and redressal thereof. This came after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) came out with investor charter...
Light earthquake-like tremors felt in Bengaluru, surrounding regions
Bengaluru: Light earthquake-like tremors were experienced in Bengaluru and surrounding areas on Friday for a few seconds creating fear among the people. However, the official statement from the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Management Center (KSNDMC) clarified that...
Investors lose Rs 7.35 trn as markets plummet over new variant concerns
"Equity markets have plunged almost 2 per cent amid the emergence of a new, highly mutated Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant. The EU announced a temporary ban of flights from South Africa and few EU countries are already under full lockdown scenario. Mumabi: With...
India needs national disaster pool to hedge natural disaster risks: Report
Since 2001, a total of 100 crore people have been impacted and nearly 83,000 lost lives due to these disasters. If the losses are adjusted with current prices, the losses come out to a staggering Rs 13 lakh crore or 6 per cent of the GDP, State Bank of India (SBI)...