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Antibiotics for Covid Cases Worsen India’s Superbug Crisis
Doctors battling to save lives amid a dearth of effective treatments are turning to the medicines they have on hand — often antibiotics that aren’t used in other countries for Covid-19. What’s more, the chaos of overrun hospitals means staff can’t always take precautions to ensure infections don’t spread from one patient to the next.
Covid long-haulers baffle doctors with symptoms going on and on
While estimates vary widely, the data suggests that Covid may leave a legacy of consequences after the pandemic is over. A British government survey found that almost 14% of people with Covid reported symptoms lasting at least 12 weeks. In another study from the University of Washington, one-third of those diagnosed with mild Covid cases still had symptoms about six months later.
Black Fungus: Owing to costs of treatment, poor families stand helpless while Centre declares it notifiable disease
For diagnosis, a battery of costly tests like blood investigations, endoscopy, fungal staining and multiple radiology (MRI/CT) may be required. Similarly, treatment involves costly anti-fungal medicines and injections (which are in short supply) and tedious surgeries by a battery of surgeons — ENT, ophthalmologist, Faciomaxillory, neurosurgeon and reconstructive surgeon. Most of these can only be performed at multi-specialty tertiary care centers in major cities.”
WhatsApp case fuels fears over India’s new social media rules
Barclays dragged into insurer ‘War’ over failed M&A deal
SCOR SE is suing Barclays in London for breach of confidence when the bank advised Covéa on its bid to acquire SCOR in 2018. Barclays was given an inside track into the strategic thinking of SCOR’s board and then used the information to help Covea “sabotage” SCOR’s plans to merge with another firm, SCOR’s lawyers said.Covéa’s bid for SCOR was one of France’s most acrimonious takeover attempts in years and the fallout has led to several lawsuits as well as criminal proceedings.
Bank of England aims for greener corporate bond portfolio
The BoE said it was the first central bank in the world to take steps that could ultimately see the most polluting companies banned from its bond portfolio.
It will give firms time to reduce carbon emissions rather than immediately selling off its holdings in energy companies, power utilities and miners.
Japan’s Biggest Dating App Hack Exposes Two Million Accounts
Net Marketing Co., which runs the Omiai dating app, said that it found evidence of unauthorized access to its servers in April. Among the data exposed were photos of ID used to confirm the age of users, including drivers’ licenses, insurance cards and passports. Credit card data was not leaked in the hack, the firm said on Friday, adding that it had yet to confirm misappropriation of the personal information.
Egypt Court rejects appeal to free ship that blocked Suez
The lawsuit of Suez Canal Authority asked for $916 million in compensation. The operator lowered the figure in out-of-court negotiations to $550 million, which the ship’s insurers say is still too high.The Ever Given’s owner has offered to pay $150 million, according to the SCA, which says that doesn’t cover losses of transit fees, damage to the waterway during the dredging and rescue efforts, and costs of equipment and labor.
Bank of England to step up drive to encourage new insurers
London is a global hub for insurers, with 190 insurers from the EU continuing to operate under the BoE’s temporary permissions regime ahead of full authorisation.
The Bank is now deciding whether the EU insurers can operate as a less heavily regulated branch or must become a subsidiary under full UK supervision.
New Zealand hospitals under prolonged IT outage from ransom hack
US not fully safe with vaccinations unless coronavirus variants curbed: USAID
“We recognize that no matter how many people we vaccinated at home, the United States will not be fully safe as long as the virus rages on around the rest of the world and continues to replicate and generate new and potentially more dangerous,” Konyndyk, who is assisting the Biden administration’s global response to the coronavirus pandemic, said.
High Court asks Delhi government to publicise Covid-19 helplines in newspapers on daily basis
“In newspapers, one does not find these inserts on a daily basis. These things should be there in the papers every day. Fix a corner or column, may be on page 1 or page 3. Some column on a page should be dedicated to it daily so that people know where to go when they need it. People would be habituated. This is where you are lagging behind,” the bench said.
One crore people affected, three lakh houses damaged due to cyclone: Bengal CM
‘Cascade of Calamities’ Plagues Tokyo’s Olympics Ambitions
Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder and top executive of SoftBank Group Corp., criticized the push to hold the Olympics while Hiroshi Mikitani, billionaire founder and CEO of online retailer Rakuten Group Inc., compared them to a “suicide mission.”
The Asahi newspaper, a sponsor of the games, called in an editorial Wednesday for Suga to make the decision to cancel the games.
Electric 2-wheelers to account for 8-10% of sales by 2025; 30% by 3-wheelers: ICRA
IMA slaps Rs 1000 crore defamation notice on Yoga guru Ramdev
The six-page notice served on behalf of IMA (Uttarakhand) secretary Ajay Khanna by his lawyer Neeraj Pandey describes the remarks by Ramdev as damaging to the reputation and the image of allopathy and around 2,000 practitioners of it who are part of the association.
Terming the remarks of the yoga guru a “criminal act” under section of 499 of the Indian Penal Code, the notice demanded a written apology from him within 15 days of its receipt, saying a compensation of Rs 1,000 crore will be demanded from him at the rate of Rs 50 lakh per member of the IMA if he failed to do so.