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Other standouts among carriers include Hawaiian Airlines Inc., Red Wings ZAO and Avianca Holdings SA, Cirium said in its first monthly “On-Time Performance Report” since February 2020.The rankings use a series of measurements, including if departures and arrivals are early or exactly on time, arrivals are within 15 minutes of schedule, and flights operate in their scheduled block time from gate to gate.
.’That’s crazy fast’: Musk shows off Tesla’s quickest car Model S Plaid
May received the second highest rainfall in 121 years, says IMD
SoftBank’s PayPay surges ahead in Japan’s digital payments race
PayPay is emerging as a key driver of a government-supported consumer shift away from cash as Japan grapples with deepening labour shortages and the need for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Late to payments, SoftBank drove the uptake of PayPay through cash-back campaigns. In one prominent example, it gave away 10 billion yen ($90 million) in 10 days.
Canada privacy regulator says federal police broke laws using facial recognition software
Uganda scraps controversial social media tax
Uganda’s designate minister of state for finance in charge of planning,. Amos Lugoloobi said the government has instead introduced a direct tax of 12 per cent on airtime and mobile internet data in the East African country. “I rationalize the excise duty regime on telecommunication services by scrapping the excise duty on Over-The-Top (OTT) and introduce a harmonized excise duty rate of 12 per cent on airtime, value-added services and internet data excluding data for the provision of medical services and the provision of education services,” said Lugoloobi.
Road accidents in India are like silent pandemic: Rajnath Singh
Addressing the ‘Karmayogis’ of Border Road Organisation (BRO) via video conferencing, the Union Defence Minister said, “Accidents on the roads are a cause of great concern for us today. It is a matter of great surprise that our country has less than 3 per cent of the world’s total vehicles, but accidents are close to 11 per cent. Every year around 4.5-5 lakh accidents and 1.5 lakh unfortunate deaths occur in the country. It is not less than a silent pandemic.”
NGT forms 3-member committee to evaluate risk over Nayara Energy expansion
India records 91,702 new COVID-19 cases, 3,403 fresh fatalities
Cats beat dogs in terms of bites in Kerala; 28,186 people sought treatment this January
The number of people who had suffered kitten bites began to show an upward trend since 2016, the year in which 1,60,534 people had sought treatment for the cat bite against 1,35,217 people for the attack of dogs, as per the statistics.
If cats bite as many as 1,60,785 people in 2017, the number rose to 1,75,368 persons in 2018 and increased to 2,04,625 and 2,16,551 in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
Child labour records 1st rise in 20 years, millions more at risk due to Covid: Report
”The number of children in child labour has risen to 160 million (16 crore) worldwide — an increase of 8.4 million (84 lakh) children in the last four years — with millions more at risk due to the impacts of COVID-19,” the report said.
UNICEF India Representative Dr Yasmin Ali Haque said the coronavirus pandemic has clearly emerged as a child rights crisis, aggravating the risk of child labour as many more families are likely to have fallen into extreme poverty. ”Children in poor and disadvantaged households in India are now at a greater risk of negative coping mechanisms such as dropping out of school and being forced into labour, marriage, and even falling victim to trafficking,” she said.
ICMR to start national sero surveys to assess Covid spread: Health ministry
Delta variant 60% more transmissible, reduces vaccine effect: UK experts
However, while vaccination reduces the risk of severe disease, it does not eliminate it. With data showing that Delta is significantly more transmissible than Alpha, it is just as important as ever to follow public health advice, which has not changed. Get vaccinated, work from home where you can and remember hands, face, space, fresh air’ at all times. These measures work, and they save lives, Dr Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency. said.
China tells banks, insurers to prepare ‘living wills’ to deal with potential risks
Volkswagen to receive 270 million euro from its D&O Liability insurers in dieselgate settlement
The settlement marks a major milestone in Volkswagen’s efforts to turn a page on its biggest ever corporate scandal, which has cost it more than 32 billion euros in vehicle refits, fines and legal costs so far.
The scandal, which Volkswagen initially blamed on a small number of rogue engineers, also spurred it to launch a huge investment in electric cars.
Apollo Hospitals Foundation’s Total Health Initiative launches Covid Care Centers in rural and tribal areas
The Total Health Program has initiated the opening of isolation centres along with releasing a medical manual on creating Isolation centres to curb the second wave in rural & tribal areas. These COVID-19 Isolation Care Centers are located in the Aragonda village area in the Thavanampalle Mandal, Andra Pradesh and in Amrabad Mandal, Telangana within the Nallamala forest which houses primitive tribes called The Chenchus.
Gmail blocks more than 100 million phishing attempts daily, says Google
Post Covid-19 Auckland tops the Economist’s Global Liveability Ranking; 8 Asia-Pacific cities make The Top 10
“One area where there has been regrettably little change is at the bottom of our rankings. Damascus remains the world’s least liveable city, as the effects of the civil war in Syria continue to take their toll. Indeed, most of the previous ten least liveable cities remain in the bottom ten this year, including Dhaka and Karachi in the Asia-Pacific region.”