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According to the investigation by New Delhi-based think tank CyberPeace Foundation along with Autobot Infosec Private Ltd, the website collects data directly without any verification and is registered by a third party instead of having the registrant organisation name of State Bank of India, making it all the more suspicious.
India’s present overall case positivity rate suggests COVID-19 close to being under control
Addressing a weekly press conference, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said though certain states, including Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, are seeing a surge in number of COVID-19 active cases, ”the fact remains that recovered cases are still more than 97 per cent and India’s total active cases are less than 2 per cent (1.51 per cent)”. Bhushan said that central teams have been deputed to Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.
India reports 15,510 new COVID-19 cases, 106 deaths
Claire Le Gall-Robinson appointed to the SCOR’s group executive committee
Denis Kessler, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of SCOR, comments: “ Claire has fulfilled her duties as General Secretary with great professionalism. She knows the company extremely well, and her professional and human qualities are appreciated by everyone she deals with. I am confident that Claire will be successful in this new key role. This appointment bears witness to the depth and breadth of the company’s talent and demonstrates our determination to develop and promote all talent within the Group.”
British insurer Aviva sets out net zero 2040 climate strategy
Aviva will by the end of this year stop underwriting insurance for companies making more than 5% of their revenue from coal or “unconventional” fossil fuels such as shale gas, unless they have signed up to the Science Based Targets initiative, an NGO-led group that signs off on corporate climate plans.
Sagarmala Dev Co inks pacts for maritime projs worth Rs 11,870 cr
SDCL has signed MoUs in relation to the development of product-specific warehouse, operationalisation of specialised vessels such as Ro-Ro, cruise and to explore various investment opportunities available for the development of ports and maritime-related activities, Dilip Kumar Gupta, Managing Director and Director (Projects), Sagarmala Development Company said.
Insurtech platform premiums to exceed $556 Billion globally in 2025, as AI drives market transformation
Insurtech to Represent 8% of Global Insurance Premiums by 2025
The top 5 leading vendors were found to be:Ping An,Axa,Munich Re,Humana and Allianz.
The report identified that weakened customer loyalty, and the driving down of premiums by increased competition and the shift to digital will cause seismic change in insurance over the next five years.
Chinese hackers target Indian vaccine makers SII, Bharat Biotech, says security firm
Goldman Sachs-backed Cyfirma, based in Singapore and Tokyo, said Chinese hacking group APT10, also known as Stone Panda, had identified gaps and vulnerabilities in the IT infrastructure and supply chain software of Bharat Biotech and the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine maker.
“The real motivation here is actually exfiltrating intellectual property and getting competitive advantage over Indian pharmaceutical companies,” said Cyfirma Chief Executive Kumar Ritesh, formerly a top cyber official with British foreign intelligence agency MI6.
Cinven and Singapore’s GIC complete acquisition of Miller
Greg Collins, CEO, Miller, commented,“Today marks the start of a new phase of growth. From this point onwards you will begin to see us make precise strategic investments as we look to establish Miller as the leading independent specialist (re)insurance broking firm for clients across the specialist sectors in which we choose to do business. This includes expanding our offering in Asia, Europe and North America, alongside recruiting and incentivising highly skilled specialist brokers to add to the depth of our existing talent base.
COVID times: Airlines industry awaits guidelines for vaccinated passengers
Mumbai power outage could have been Chinese cyber sabotage, says minister
Less than 10 pc of world’s population have coronavirus antibodies: WHO Chief scientist
The only way to achieve mass herd immunity is through vaccination, the WHO chief scientist stressed.
According to Swaminathan, the currently approved vaccines offer good protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death from COVID-19. The vaccines’ effectiveness with regard to mild disease and asymptomatic coronavirus infection is still being studied.
Machine learning could aid mental health diagnoses: Study
Patients with depression or psychosis rarely experience symptoms of purely one or the other illness. Historically, this has meant that mental health clinicians give a diagnosis of a ‘primary’ illness, but with secondary symptoms. Making an accurate diagnosis is a big challenge for clinicians and diagnoses often do not accurately reflect the complexity of individual experience or indeed neurobiology.
How Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine differs from Pfizer’s and Moderna’s
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is administered in a single shot, while the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are given in two shots several weeks apart.The Johnson & Johnson vaccine appears to be less prone than the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines to trigger the kinds of side effects that require monitoring after the injection, which may make it more suitable for use at drive-thru vaccination sites. There have been reports that side effects tend to be felt more strongly after second doses, which the Johnson & Johnson vaccine does not require.
Insurers have to provide some key info to their health customers twice a year:IRDAI
Among the key information, insurers have to provide to their health insurance customers by 1st June 2021 are-,
-Extent of coverage available by way of available Sum Insured and Cumulative Bonus,
-Number of insured people covered under policy,
– Policy period,
-Number and amount of claim settled (under relevant period), if any,
-Balance Sum Insured and Accrued cumulative bonus available, if any,
-Due date of renewal and premium payment frequency,
– Premium amount due on renewal (to be specified at the time of renewal)
U.S. authorizes Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
People up to Rs 1.8 Lakh annual income to be included in BPL category in Haryana: CM
New healthcare investment policy approved to attract investors: J-K LG
Terming the healthcare sector as imperative for the development of the Union Territory, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said J&K is spending 2.86 per cent of its GSDP on public health, which is the best in the country.
”Special attention is being paid to three areas – prevention, better treatment and care,” he added.
“Five new medical colleges, two AIIMS, nearly 1,000 healthcare and wellness centres, five new nursing colleges, BSc paramedical course as well as more than 100 per cent increase in medical seats are contributing towards the development and advancement of the healthcare sector in the UT,” he added.