Welcome to My Blog

Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebar

India’s EV financing industry projected to be worth Rs 3.7 trillion in 2030:NITI Aayog Report

by | Mar 9, 2021 | , , , ,

The 10 solutions recommended in the report include financial instruments such as priority-sector lending and interest-rate subvention. Others are related to creating better partnerships between OEMs and financial institutions by providing product guarantees and warranties. Furthermore, a developed and formal secondary market can improve the resale value of EVs and improve their bankability. “The identified barriers within EV finance need to be tackled in structured manner with innovative financing models,” said Randheer Singh, Senior Specialist at NITI Aayog.

 Over 100 liver transplantations done in 10 years: ILBS

by | Mar 9, 2021 | , ,

According to Pamecha, around two-thirds of the children were transplanted for chronic liver diseases, the common cause of which is biliary atresia — where the bile ducts are blocked with absent bile flow.

Rest one-third of the children were transplanted for acute liver failure, which is commonly due to hepatitis A virus, where the liver rapidly deteriorates in a previously healthy child within a few days to weeks, he noted. 

COVID-19 vaccine rollout by India has ‘rescued the world’ from pandemic: top US scientist

by | Mar 8, 2021 | , , ,

India has provided 56 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccines under grants assistance to a number of countries. The vaccines were sent to Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles.

There has also been a boost in the collaborative medical partnerships emerging between the US and India during this pandemic. In addition, India is one of the fourth largest destinations in Asia for medical devices manufacturing and many US companies have expressed interest in collaborating on this front,” Mahajan said.

COVID-19: India records 18,599 new cases, 97 fresh fatalities

by | Mar 8, 2021 | , , , ,

Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu are the six states that cumulatively account for 86.25 per cent of the new coronavirus cases reported in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Monday.

Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 11,141, followed by Kerala with 2,100 and Punjab with 1,043 new infections, the ministry said.

Women want health covers to be more `women-centric’: Survey

by | Mar 8, 2021 | , , , ,

The report showed that 98% of the women believe that there should be more women centric health add-ons in the health insurance such as Menstruation/hormonal issues, PCOD treatment, Mental Illness related to Postpartum Syndrome and Osteoporosis Treatment. Women’s health has been majorly affected given their ever-evolving roles both at work as well as at home which make the need for health insurance vital. Their bodies are biologically different from men; hence it has been noted that women are more susceptible to critical ailments such as arthritis, breast cancer, auto-immune diseases, menstruation/hormonal issue etc.

Delhi Govt to provide scrapping incentives under Delhi EV Policy: Gadkari

by | Mar 8, 2021 | , , ,

The Delhi Government order issued on February 25, 2021 in this regard mandates conversion of all vehicles owned/leased by the Government of NCT of Delhi to transition to electric by Aug 6, 2021, the minister said. ”Under the Delhi EV Policy, 2020 —scrapping incentive is provided for the vehicles in lieu of scrapping a more polluting conventional vehicle.

Covid-19 travel insurance becoming a vacation staple

by | Mar 8, 2021 | , , , , , ,

The market for all types of Covid-19 travel coverage is estimated to be between $30 billion to $40 billion a year, according to travel insurance consultant Robyn Ingle, with companies like AXA and AIG underwriting protection.

Airline bookings are on the rise in some regions, driving cautious hopes of a revival in summer traffic, but also raising fears among tourist destinations of getting hit with bills should vacationers become stranded by the virus.

More than a dozen countries from Aruba to Thailand require Covid-19 coverage for visitors, with Jordan the latest to consider such protections, organizers of an emergency services plan told Reuters.

10,113 cos voluntarily shuttered operations during Apr 2020-Feb 2021 period: Govt data

by | Mar 8, 2021 |

As many as 836 companies were shut down voluntarily in Karnataka, while it was 501 in Chandigarh, Rajasthan (479), Telangana (404), Kerala (307), Jharkhand (137), Madhya Pradesh (111) and Bihar (104).

The numbers in other states and Union territories are Meghalaya (88), Orissa (78), Chattisgarh (47), Goa (36), Pondicherry (31), Gujarat (17), West Bengal (4) and Andaman & Nicobar (2), the data showed.

Crisil not sure about strength of credit qualit

by | Mar 8, 2021 | , , ,

Maintaining a cautiously optimistic outlook on credit quality for the near to medium-term, a Crisil director Akshay Chitgopekar said they are watching the normalisation of economic activity, agriculture performance and rural demand, the flow of investments into infrastructure to gauge the level and sustainability of the recovery seen from last October.

A second wave of the pandemic, especially with mutations that undermine the effectiveness of current vaccines, leading to containment measures can derail the ongoing recovery, he warned.

Driverless taxi pods in consideration for Noida Airport connectivity

by | Mar 7, 2021 | , ,

The accident rate in pod taxis is zero. There is no carbon emission as they are battery-operated. With pre-fabricated construction, the facility could be set up on the route in a period of two months. One taxi can have five to six passengers, so that makes it more viable than even buses which run with empty seats, Jewar legislator Dhirendra Singh