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No plan for IPO as of now, says Bajaj Allianz Life CEO
As of June, its overall AUM stood at Rs 77,270 crore, up from Rs 73,773 crore in FY21, which was only Rs 56,085 crore in FY20, said Tarun Chugh, managing director and chief executive at Bajaj Allianz Life.
He added that with clipping at 28 per cent in FY21, the company was the fastest growing large life insurer in the year.
First nasal vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech gets nod for phase 2 trial
Karnataka faces Zika virus scare too from Kerala, Maharashtra
“Considerable number of cases being reported from Kerala and one case reported from Maharashtra indicates that the vector control measures should be intensified in Karnataka, with special focus in the districts bordering Kerala, and Maharashtra, and in Bengaluru city,” the state Commissionerate of Health and Family Welfare Services said in a circular.
India’s chronic disease burden helped fuel Covid-19’s brutal waves
For years India has faced an escalating non-communicable disease crisis as its middle-class expands and leads a more sedentary and affluent lifestyle. That makes them susceptible to ailments such as diabetes and heart disease that account for almost two-thirds of all deaths in the country. Those existing conditions may have allowed the coronavirus to do more damage, boosting cases and fatalities and potentially fueling the near collapse of India’s health system.
Global sizzling: July was hottest month in 142 years, NOAA says
In this case first place is the worst place to be, NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad said in a press release. This new record adds to the disturbing and disruptive path that climate change has set for the globe.”
This is climate change,” said Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann. It is an exclamation mark on a summer of unprecedented heat, drought, wildfires and flooding.
WHO to decide on authorising Indian-made vaccine
A new phishing attack lurking to scam banking customers: Advisory
“It has been observed that Indian banking customers are being targeted by a new type of phishing attack using ngrok platform.”
“The malicious actors have abused the ngrok platform to host phishing websites impersonating internet banking portals of Indian banks,” according to the advisory issued by CERT-In on Tuesday.
IAF sacks staffer for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19
“Across India, only nine personnel have refused to take the vaccine. All of them were given show-cause notice…one did not respond, so in view of the lack of response, his service is already terminated,” Vyas told the court.
He said as far as the vaccine, in general, is concerned, it is optional, but so far as the Air Force is concerned, it is now made a service condition, which is in continuation of the oath taken at the time of enrollment in the service. Also, it is imperative to see to it that the Force is not put in a vulnerable state, and it is required for personnel to mandatorily get vaccinated, he told the court.
Sputnik V only 83% effective against Delta
LS passes amendment bills on homoeopathy, National Commission for Indian System of Medicine
The National Commission for Homoeopathy (Amendment) Bill, 2021, proposes to amend the National Commission for Homoeopathy Act, 2020 to provide a medical education system that improves access to quality and affordable medical education.
The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (Amendment) Bill, 2021, seeks to repeal the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 and help make available the Indian system of medicine professionals across the country.
Coimbatore’s First Successful Bone Tumour Surgery Without Amputation: A Nine-Year-Old Girl Beats Cancer
Ewings’ sarcoma is a rare form of bone tumour that usually grows in the cartilage or near the nerves in the pelvic region followed by the femur bone. Though the cause of this type of sarcoma is not evident, it mainly affects people below 20 years of age. Diagnosis can be in the form of CT scans and X-rays that help determine its growth. Fewer than 5000 cases are recorded every year in India.
Intranasal vaccine blocks Covid, stops transmission in animal trials
The researchers found the animals showed complete protection from lung infection, inflammation and lesions following exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
The two doses of the vaccine were found to significantly reduce the virus “shedding” from the nose and lungs of the hamsters — suggesting the preventive has the potential to control infection at the site of inoculation, they said.
Kids sick with Covid are filling up hospitals in US
At least 81 children in the US died of Covid between March and July, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and many doctors warn that the situation is likely to get worse.Further, Covid infections in kids is coupled with a rise in cases of a respiratory virus known as respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, a highly contagious, flu-like illness, that is typically more likely to affect children and older adults. That has shrunk the bed space further in children’s hospitals and expanded on the unrelenting demand on doctors and nurses, the report said.
COVID-19 numbers in SE Asia plateaued over past month mainly due to cases in India remaining stable: WHO
The highest number of new cases were reported from India (278,631 new cases; 20.2 new cases per 100,000; 2 per cent decrease), Indonesia (225,635 new cases; 82.5 new cases per 100,000; 18 per cent decrease), and Thailand (141,191 new cases; 202.3 new cases per 100 000; 20 per cent increase).
In the region, the highest numbers of new deaths were reported from Indonesia (11,373 new deaths; 4.2 new deaths per 100,000; 9 percent decrease), India (3511 new deaths; 0.3 new deaths per 100,000; 8 percent decrease), and Myanmar (2045 new deaths; 3.8 new deaths per 100,000; 22 percent decrease).
Amazon partners Marsh to offer product liability insurance to sellers
Amazon announced it is creating the insurance network-Amazon Insurance Accelerator- along with implementing a new policy of paying shoppers’ injury and damage claims up to $1,000.
The online marketplace now requires third-party sellers to obtain product liability coverage after reaching $10,000 in sales within one month on Amazon.
Sex scandal in Alibaba sparks #MeToo moment in China
“An Alibaba executive raped his female employee, but the company has taken no action!” she screamed, handing out the leaflets to stunned colleagues until security guards forcibly removed her. “No one is taking responsibility!”
The allegations she printed on those pages, and in a lengthy post over the weekend that went viral on China’s tightly controlled internet, are now reverberating across the upper echelons of Alibaba and in C-suites across much of the country.
Accenture says ransomware attack had no impact, withholds comment on data
Accenture said in a statement Wednesday that it had “identified irregular activity in one of our environments” and ” immediately contained the matter and isolated the affected servers.” It did not specify when the incident occurred — or acknowledge that it was ransomware. But the description of its response was consistent with ransomware.