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On March 15, 8.34 million COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered worldwide, of which India alone administered 36 per cent of doses, he said.
Bhushan said COVID-19 vaccine wastage in five states — Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir is higher than 6.5 per cent, which is the national average.
Uber to give UK drivers minimum wage, pension, holiday pay
Uber said it’s extending the benefits immediately to its more than 70,000 drivers in the U.K. Drivers will earn at least the minimum wage, which currently stands at 8.72 pounds ($12.12), after accepting a trip request and expenses, and will still be able to earn more.
Drivers will also get holiday pay equal to about 12% of their earnings, paid every two weeks. And they’ll be enrolled in a pension plan that both they and the company will pay into.
7.8 mn domestic air passengers in Feb, 36.71% lower than last year: DGCA
The occupancy rate or load factor of the six major Indian airlines was between 67.9 per cent and 78.9 per cent in February, it stated.
“The passenger load factor in the month of Feb 2021 has shown increasing trend compared to previous month primarily due to beginning of tourist season,” the DGCA said.
‘Green’ funds shown to herd less, cutting climate shock risk: EU watchdog
ESMA published what it described as a first attempt to assess vulnerabilities to climate-related financial risks using data from 23,965 EU-based funds worth 10.7 trillion euros ($12.7 trillion).
“Within the European financial sector, investment funds are more exposed to climate-sensitive economic sectors than banks, insurers and pension funds. However, few investment fund climate-related financial risk assessments have been conducted,” ESMA said in its latest summary of market risks.
Auto cos to be fined up to Rs 1 cr on mandatory recall orders for defective vehicles: Govt
Microsoft Teams, 365 services suffer global outage
There are at least 115 million people using Microsoft Teams globally.
In the latest tweet on Tuesday, Microsoft 365 team said: “Our monitoring indicates that majority of the services have fully recovered. However, we’re addressing a subset of services that are still experiencing some residual impact and delays in recovery”.
India records 24,492 new COVID-19 cases, 131 deaths; infection tally crosses 1.14 crore
Nirmala Sitharaman introduces Bill in Rajya Sabha to allow 74% FDI in insurance sector
Sitharaman presenting the Union Budget for 2021-22 had said, “I propose to amend the Insurance Act, 1938 to increase the permissible FDI limit from 49 percent to 74 percent in insurance companies and allow foreign ownership and control with safeguards.”
Under the new structure, the majority of directors on the board and key management persons would be resident Indians, with at least 50 percent of directors being independent directors, and specified percentage of profits being retained as a general reserve.
Swiss Re announces ambitious climate targets; accelerates race to net zero
Swiss Re’s Group Chief Executive Officer Christian Mumenthaler said: “Climate change remains the biggest challenge we face as a society. The stakes are high and require immediate attention. Signing up to net-zero emissions by 2050 and setting concrete climate targets are important first steps. What needs to follow now is action. We are moving ahead in all areas of our business to accelerate the transition towards net zero.“
Hackers hit 32 Indian firms via Microsoft email servers (Ld)
Lethal pollution high in 2020 despite lockdowns: report
Concentrations of the life-shortening particles — cast off by traffic pollution and burning fossil fuels — dropped 11 percent in Beijing, 13 percent in Chicago, 15 percent in New Delhi, 16 percent in London, and 16 percent in Seoul.
At least 60 percent of India’s cities were more breathable last year than in 2019, and all of them had cleaner air than in 2018.
APAC not on track to achieve SDG goals by 2030; may realize 10 pc of target: UN report
There are 17 goals under the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP), targeted to be achieved by 2030.
These include no poverty, zero hunger, good health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, decent work and economic growth, bio-diversity, innovation and infrastructure, and reduced inequalities, among others.
Record beneficiaries verified in single day under Ayushman campaign
The Aapke Dwar Ayushman drive is successfully running in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir among other states, according to the statement.
A total of 1.2 crore Ayushman cards have been generated this year. It is expected that others states will soon join the drive.
Nationwide bank strike continues to impact PSB services on second day
WHO experts to meet over AstraZeneca vaccine blood clot fears as coronavirus cases surge
Cabinet clears setting up of development finance institution to fund infra projects
Maharashtra in beginning of second COVID wave, step up contact tracing: Centre
“Maharashtra is at the beginning of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Efforts to track, test, isolate cases and quarantine contacts are limited there with no adherence to COVID-19 appropriate behaviour among people both in rural and urban areas,” Bhushan wrote in the letter.
Pointing towards contact tracing, the Health Secretary’s letter mentioned that the case-contact ratio is more than 1:20 in the state.
22 of world’s 30 most polluted cities are in India: Report
Besides Delhi, the 21 other Indian cities among the 30 most polluted cities in the world are Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Bisrakh Jalalpur, Noida, Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Agra, and Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, Bhiwari in Rajasthan, Faridabad, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad, Bandhwari, Gurugram, Yamuna Nagar, Rohtak and Dharuhera in Haryana, and Muzaffarpur in Bihar.