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India offers huge potential for digital banks: Report
Indian state sharply raises COVID-19 death toll prompting call for wide review
India has the second-highest tally of COVID-19 infections in the world after the United States, with 29.2 million cases and 359,676 deaths, according to health ministry data.But the discovery of several thousand unreported deaths in the state of Bihar has raised suspicion that many more coronavirus victims have not been included in official figures. The health department in Bihar, one of India’s poorest states, revised its total COVID-19 related death toll to more than 9,429 from about 5,424 on Wednesday.
India’s Reliance says FCCU unit at Jamnagar refinery shut, exports may be delayed
Astra Covid vaccine linked with small risk of low blood platelets: Study
Harsh Vardhan addresses first meeting of WHO high-level coalition on health, energy
Meatpacker JBS paid equivalent of $11 mln in ransomware attack
With $42.61 billion net prm, Munich Re retains its ranking as top global reinsurer in 2020: S&P
Medical debts bankrupt Indians already ravaged by coronavirus
Two-thirds of Indians don’t have any health insurance, compounding the problems facing India’s economy as it tries to recover from the shock of a rare contraction last year. Overcrowded government hospitals with long lines and poor facilities prompt people to spend out of pocket for better treatment in the private sector.
Covid-19: Delta variant ‘poised to take hold’ in Europe, warns WHO
During a press briefing on Thursday, WHO’s Dr Hans Kluge said the variant also known as the delta variant, has shown signs of being able to evade some vaccines and warned that many vulnerable populations, particularly those over age 60, remain unprotected.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday warned that COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations are “very clearly” on the rise in the country and that he continues to assess the vaccination data to decide on whether to end all lockdown measures by June 21.
China-based hackers luring Indians into fake malicious Tata Motors scam
Assets worth over Rs 3.5 lakh cr to be monetised through InvITs, REITs in 1 yr: Icra
Young, Indian, Unvaccinated: the world’s largest inoculation drive falters
UN-backed report finds no G7-based stock exchange indices align with Paris climate goals
Retiring old coal plants can help Maharashtra save Rs 16,000 cr in five years: Report
Kumar gets 9-month extension as LIC chairman
Analysts point out that Kumar’s extension as the chairman will help the corporation to handle its mega IPO smoothly during the current year.
Earlier, the government through an approval of ACC had extended the retirement age of LIC chairman from 60 to 62.
Siddarth Mohanty, MD, who is retiring in June 2023, will be one of the top contenders for the chairmanship of the corporation after Kumar retires in March 2022..
EU cautions against rushing into bloc-wide pandemic insurance
Defying body clock associated with depression, lower wellbeing: Study
Lead author Jessica O’Loughlin, of the University of Exeter, said, “We found that people who were misaligned from their natural body clock were more likely to report depression, anxiety and have lower wellbeing. We also found the most robust evidence yet that being a morning person is protective of depression and improves wellbeing.”