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India records 362,727 new coronavirus cases and 4,120 deaths

by | May 12, 2021 | , , , ,

The active cases have increased to 37,10,525 comprising 15.65 per cent of the total infections.

The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 83.26 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are among 10 states that account for 72.42 per cent of the 3,62,727 new cases in the country in a span of 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.

Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Rajasthan are the other states in the list of 10.

Maharashtra reported the highest daily new cases at 46,781. It is followed by Kerala with 43,529 while Karnataka reported 39,998 new cases.

World accepts much-maligned China’s Covid-19 vaccine but doubts remain

by | May 12, 2021 | , ,

By January, Sinovac’s vaccine had seen four different efficacy rates — ranging from as high as 91% to as low as 50% — triggering concern among scientists and putting a question mark over its ability to protect against the virus still paralyzing the globe.

Sinovac has already shipped some 380 million doses, more than AstraZeneca Plc and second only to Pfizer Inc. worldwide. But unlike those companies — and even Russia’s Sputnik shot — it still hasn’t published any data in an academic journal, the gold standard experts use to assess a vaccine.

EU regulator to test insurers for prolonged COVID economic hit

by | May 11, 2021 | , , , , ,

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) said it will test 44 insurers and reinsurers for their resilience to the economic consequences of the pandemic and a “lower for longer” interest rate landscape.

Insurers are exposed to the economic environment through the returns they can earn from investing insurance premiums, as well as from the level of demand for their products.

“We are still in the middle of the crisis,” EIOPA Executive Director Fausto Parente told a media conference.

“The insurance sector is for sure not immune.”

Global renewable energy grew at fastest pace in two decades in 2020 – IEA

by | May 11, 2021 | , ,

New renewable energy capacity in 2020 rose by 45% to 280 gigawatts (GW) last year, the largest year-on-year increase since 1999, even though there were supply chain disruptions and construction delays due to the impact of COVID-19.

China accounted for 50% of renewable energy capacity growth last year and will account for 45% this year and 58% in 2022, the report said.

Medi Assist Healthcare Services files IPO papers with Sebi

by | May 11, 2021 | , , ,

Those selling shares in the offer for sale include Dr Vikram Jit Singh Chhatwal, Medimatter Health Management, Bessemer India Capital Holdings II Ltd, Bessemer Health Capital LLC and Investcorp Private Equity Fund I.

As per the draft papers, the company managed Rs 7,829.5 crore of health insurance premiums for the financial year 2020.

For the nine month ended December 2020, the company reported a total income of Rs 257.44 crore against Rs 245.16 crore a year ago. Its profit after tax was at Rs 33.09 crore for the nine months ended December 2020 as compared to Rs 31.04 crore in the same period last year.

Alarmed by deaths of teachers, AMU VC writes to ICMR for study of COVID variant

by | May 11, 2021 | , , ,

In a letter to the director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the VC said 16 serving and 18 retired teachers besides other employees of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) have succumbed to the infection in the past 18 days. There is a possibility that ”a particular variant may be circulating in areas around the AMU campus and surrounding localities, which has led to these deaths”, he said, stressing the need for the study to control the spread of the virus.

Users not accepting privacy terms to face limited functionality: WhatsApp

by | May 11, 2021 | , ,

Explaining the course of action after ‘persistent’ reminders are sent to users, WhatsApp said: At that time, you’ll encounter limited functionality on WhatsApp until you accept the updates.

This will not happen to all users at the same time. You won’t be able to access your chat list, but you can still answer incoming phone and video calls. If you have notifications enabled, you can tap on them to read or respond to a message or call back a missed phone or video call, it said.

Researchers map how city people get health boost from nature

by | May 11, 2021 | , , , ,

“Nature experience boosts memory, attention and creativity as well as happiness, social engagement and a sense of meaning in life,” said Gretchen Daily, senior author on the paper and faculty director of the Stanford Natural Capital Project. “It might not surprise us that nature stimulates physical activity, but the associated health benefits – from reducing cancer risks to promoting metabolic and other functioning – are really quite astonishing.”

BBB selects five to be directors at PSU general insurance companies 

by | May 11, 2021 | , ,

Satyajit Tripathi jas been recommended for the post of GM & Director of New India Assurance Company while Y.K. Shimray has been chosen as the GM & Director in United India Insurance Company,.

Sophia Singh has been named as the GM & Director of GIC Re. Similarly, both Arti Mathur and Nagalakshmi D have been recommended for two posts of GM & Director in Oriental Insurance Company