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India’s vaccine inequity worsens as countryside languishes
In 114 of India’s least developed districts – collectively home to about 176 million people – authorities have administered just 23 million doses in total.
That’s the same number of doses as have been administered across nine major cities — New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Thane and Nagpur — which combined have half the population.
Centre caps prices of oxygen concentrators
“NPPA has capped the trade Margin up to 70 per cent on price to distributor (PTD) level on oxygen concentrators,” the ministry said.
The order will be applicable up to November 30 this year, subject to review.The ministry further said that the manufacturers/importers not complying with the revised MRP after trade margin capping, will be liable to deposit the overcharged amount along with 15 per cent interest and penalty up to 100 per cent under the provisions of the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 read with Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
Heart inflammation probed as possible rare Covid vaccine side effect in teens, young adults
No death reported in those infected with Covid-19 after vaccination, says AIIMS study
India’s biggest torn between BlackRock and funding coal
State Bank of India hasn’t decided whether to help finance the Carmichael mine for Adani Enterprises Ltd, whose main shareholder is Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, following mounting pressure from climate activists and investors, Bloomberg reported in April.
Funding for global energy is at a tipping point. Green bonds and loans from the global banking sector so far this year exceeded the value of fossil financing for the first time since the clinching of the Paris Agreement at the very end of 2015.
Epillo launches the first-of-its-kind integrated mobile App for patients
There are special features available that will aid in the global battle against COVID-19, where patient’s symptom data is captured, digitized, monitored, and analyzed and can be shared with their doctors. Through this feature, doctors can also prescribe medication to their patients using their clinical platform. So far, there are more than 200 doctors on board to support the telemedicine feature for this app and they will be gradually ramping up these numbers in the coming future.
Top Ayurveda institute incorporates allopathy, modern tech; successfully treats 600 Covid patients
Brit launches new consortium for placement of “Marine War breach call risks”
Summit secures additional $2.4 bln for COVID shots for poor countries
The funds will allow COVAX to secure 1.8 billion fully subsidised doses for delivery to lower-income countries in 2021 and early 2022, enough to protect 30% of adults in those nations, GAVI said in a statement.
“We have taken a big step towards ‘one world protected’,” said Jose Manuel Barroso, GAVI chairman. The fresh funds brought total COVAX financing to $9.6 billion, he added.
1 Indian firm paying average Rs 55 lakh after ransom attack
The average ransom payment in India was $76,619 (over Rs 55 lakh). However, paying up often doesn’t pay off as Indian organizations that paid the ransom got back, on average, 75 per cent of their data and only 4 per cent got all their data back, according to ‘The State of Ransomware 2021’ report by global cybersecurity leader Sophos.
Lockdown 2020: Over 8,700 people died on railway tracks during year, many of them migrants
Cyclone Tauktae: Guj announces Rs 105 cr relief for fishermen
As part of the package, the state government would pay a collective amount of Rs 25 crore to the affected fishermen to compensate the damage caused to over 1,000 small and large sized boats.
For a fully damaged small sized boat, the government would pay 50 per cent of the boat value or Rs 75,000, whichever is less, the release said.
Burnt-out container ship sinks in sea; Sri Lankan Navy bracing for possible oil spill
The resultant environment and marine ecological pollution is regarded as the worst the island had seen. The ship’s cargo, comprising chemicals and nitric acid, were termed hazardous to the marine ecology.
At least 8 containers had fallen in the sea when it was anchored and went up in flames some 9 nautical miles off the Colombo port.
8 new flying training academies to be set up in 5 airports: Govt
The five airports — Belagavi and Kalaburagi in Karnataka, Jalgaon in Maharashtra, Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh and Lilabari in Assam — have been carefully chosen since they have minimal disruption due to weather issues and civil or military air traffic, it stated.The establishment of these eight academies is aimed at making India a global flying training hub and to prevent the exodus of Indian cadets to foreign academies, it stated.
Ransomware & aggregation issues in US call for new approaches to US Cyber Risk : AM BEST
The loss ratio for cyber insurance rose dramatically in 2020, to 67.8%, from 44.8% in 2019. However, the increase was not limited to just a few insurers—the loss ratio rose for 15 of the 20 largest cyber insurers.
“The rate increases for cyber insurance outpaced that of the broader property/casualty industry, but the increase in cyber losses outstripped the rate hikes, which suggests more trouble for 2021 as ransom demands continue to grow,” said Sridhar Manyem, director, industry research and analytics.
Tapeworm drug, masks are part of Reliance’s plan to tackle coronavirus
Global ”hot spots” where new coronaviruses may emerge identified
“Land use changes can have an important impact on human health, both because we are modifying the environment, and also because they can increase our exposure to zoonotic disease,” said study co-author Paolo D”Odorico, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley in the US.
“Every formal land use change should be evaluated not only for the environmental and social impacts on resources such as carbon stocks, microclimate and water availability, but also for the potential chain reactions that could impact human health,” D’Odorico said.