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Record 8 million vaccinated in a single day as new guidelines kick in
“Today’s record-breaking vaccination numbers are gladdening. The vaccine remains our strongest weapon to fight COVID-19. Congratulations to those who got vaccinated and kudos to all the front-line warriors working hard to ensure so many citizens got the vaccine. Well done India!” tweeted Prime Minister on the occasion.
With positivity rate below 5% for 14 days, is second Covid wave over?
With the current positivity rate at less than 5 per cent, India’s COVID-19 second wave is on the wane as quickly as it rushed to its peak, but the end of it may yet be far away as more transmissible new variants such as Delta plus variant are emerging, said Naga Suresh Veerapu, associate professor at the School of Natural Sciences (SoNS), Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR.
Carmakers in India’s auto hub allowed to operate at full capacity
An Indian court tasked industrial safety officials this month with visiting carmakers in the southern state to draw up uniform safety guidelines.
The Madras High Court was responding to a case filed last month by workers at the Indian unit of the French-Japanese alliance of Renault SA Nissan Motor Co.
India spent Rs 2,386 cr in 2020 on oral cancer treatment: Study
‘India’s cancer scenario is burdened with oral cavity cancer being the most common among men. In fact, India accounted for almost a third of the global incidence in 2020.”
Dr R.A. Badwe, Director, Tata Memorial Center said, “As per the GLOBOCAN statistics, the rate of new cases being diagnosed has increased by a staggering 68 per cent in the past two decades alone, making it a real public health crisis.
“To add to this, accessibility to health services is low, which coupled with poor health literacy results in a majority of cases presenting with advanced stage disease that is often difficult to treat.”
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Most Americans continue to be very afraid of Self-Driving cars: Survey
The survey also gauged public reaction to more limited uses of autonomous vehicles. Just more than half of U.S. drivers—53 percent—said they would be comfortable using fully self-driving vehicles as low-speed people-mover systems at airports or theme parks, free from the chaotic traffic of the open road. Even fewer Americans—44 percent—said they would be comfortable with autonomous delivery vehicles that haul food or packages, not passengers.
SEC Sues VW, Ex-CEO over diesel emissions scandal, alleging massive investor fraud
NYC Mayor proposes $10B plan to flood-proof Manhattan as Climate Risk grows
President Donald Trump’s skepticism that climate change is the result of carbon-dioxide emissions from the use of fossil fuels means that the city can’t rely on federal funds unless someone else occupies the White House, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said. Climate scientists overwhelmingly consider such emissions as the driver of rising global temperatures.
U.S. P/C industry’s net income jumped 70% in 2018
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