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Flood-prone Mumbai digs in to tackle warming-worsened ‘monsoon mayhem’
Mumbai is part of the C40 Cities network, a group of nearly 100 major cities globally working to drive faster action on climate change. Each has committed to delivering a climate action plan designed to spur uptake of clean energy, boost adaptation to climate shifts and turn the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change into an on-the-ground reality.
Mumbai launched its first Climate Action Plan (known as MCAP) this month. Amid dire predictions that large parts of the city could face inundation by 2050, it brings together different arms of the administration to try to fast-track solutions.
SC notice to Centre on PIL against Aadhar as mandatory ID proof for vaccination
The plea urged that authorities should not insist on the production of the Aadhar card as the only proof of identification for the purpose of administering COVID-19 vaccination.
The plea said that contrary to the practical actions of MoHFW, recently another Standard operating procedure (SOP) guideline has been issued by it wherein it directs the provision of vaccination for even those persons who do not possess any of the seven prescribed photo ID cards as mentioned in the CoWIN portal.
PM launches second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, AMRUT
India is processing about one lakh tonne of waste every day, he said, adding that garbage mountains in cities will be processed and removed completely under the new phases of the two missions.
In line with the vision of the prime minister, SBM-U 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0 have been designed to realize the aspiration to make all cities garbage-free and water-secure, according to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
Tatas and Max Life Insurance foray into pension sector, apply for licenses to become pension fund mangers
Axis bank also wants to set up a company as Pension Fund Manager and is waiting for approvals from Reserve Bank of india (RBI) which may be completed in next 15 days.
So far, NPS has seen a 60% jump in NPS onboarding in the first six months of this financial year and our returns (in CAGR) is more than 10% over a period of 12 years. The total corpus has grown to Rs. 6.67 trillion and the total number of subscribers is 4.60 crores as on 25th September, 2021.
International
Lifting restrictions too quickly could lead to ‘deadly resurgence’ of COVID-19, warns WHO
Expressing concern over health workers getting infected by the virus, the WHO DG said: “Every month, we will need to ship at least 100 million medical masks and gloves; up to 25 million N95 respirators, gowns and face-shields; up to 2.5 million diagnostic tests; and large quantities of oxygen concentrators and other equipment for clinical care.”
“To move these supplies around the world, the World Food Programme will deploy eight 747 aircraft, eight medium-sized cargo aircraft, and several smaller passenger planes to move humanitarian workers, technical staff, trainers and other personnel.”
US marks record over 2,100 coronavirus deaths in one day: Johns Hopkins data
The COVID-19 positive cases in the United States are now more than the other top countries taken together: Spain (158,000), Italy (147,000), Germany (122,000) and France (112,000).
New York, which has emerged as the epicenter of COVID-19 deaths, has registered over 1.7 lakh positive cases, which is more than any other country.
Social isolation for elderly may last longer: EU chief
South Korea reports recovered coronavirus patients testing positive again
South Korean health officials said it remains unclear what is behind the trend, with epidemiological investigations still under way.The prospect of people being re-infected with the virus is of international concern, as many countries are hoping that infected populations will develop sufficient immunity to prevent a resurgence of the pandemic.
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