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Govt to support 75 startup innovations for healthcare challenges

Sep 28, 2021

Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said India’s bio-economy is on its way to achieving the USD 150 billion target to contribute effectively to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a 5 trillion dollar economy by 2024-25.

LIC seeks to appoint CFO before its mega IPO planned in 2021/22

Sep 28, 2021

LIC is currently under going a valuation exercise for an IPO that could be India’s biggest ever as the government seeks to raise around 900 billion Indian rupees by selling 5%-10% stake in the company by the end of the fiscal year that runs through March.

DCGI allows Serum to enrol 7-11 year olds in Covid vaccine trial

Sep 28, 2021

“After detailed deliberation, the committee recommended for allowing enrolment of subjects of 7 to 11 years of age group as per the protocol,” a subject expert panel of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization said.

WHO’s emergency use authorisation for Covaxin further delayed: Report

Sep 28, 2021

The sources further said that the UN public health agency has asked for more data from Bharat Biotech for Covaxin.

This delay will affect Indians especially students and who have international travel plans. The EUA is important because without it Covaxin will not be accepted by most countries.

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International

Covid-19 Pandemic:Trump says he will suspend all immigration into U.S. over coronavirus

Apr 21, 2020

“In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States,” Trump said in a tweet.

Virus upends outsourcing as firms ‘Reshore’, Embrace AI

Apr 21, 2020

But the bigger lasting change from the pandemic will likely involve the wider use of artificial intelligence to handle tasks currently performed by human beings, experts said.

“AI doesn’t go on strike, it can work 24/7 and throws up fewer complications,” said Michael Czinkota, who teaches international business at Washington’s Georgetown University.

AXA XL announces new leadership team,creates a single global insurance underwriting function

Apr 21, 2020

The underwriting function will be led by a global chief underwriting officer (CUO), who will be working to design the structure of the proposed new model. The CUO would be responsible for underwriting governance, pricing, P&L and the management of the global heads of business lines in order to define and drive product strategy.

Global hunger could double due to COVID-19 blow: U.N.

Apr 21, 2020

“COVID-19 is potentially catastrophic for millions who are already hanging by a thread,” said Arif Husain, chief economist and director of research, assessment and monitoring at the World Food Programme (WFP).

“We all need to come together to deal with this because if we don’t the cost will be too high – the global cost will be too high: many lost lives and many, many more lost livelihoods,” he told reporters at a virtual briefing in Geneva.

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