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CM Thackeray asks officials to devise policy to help COVID-19 orphans

May 28, 2021

The Pediatric Task Force on COVID-19 set up by the government and the Women and Child Development Ministry should work in co-ordination to safeguard children in the state from coronavirus infection, the chief minister said.

Airlines can operate only 50% of Pre-COVID domestic flights from June 1: Centre

May 28, 2021

The government also has extended the ban on international commercial flights till 30 June, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in a circular on Friday. The ban on scheduled overseas flights was to end on 31 May after a 14-month gap.The decision has been taken “in view of the sudden surge in the number of active COVID-19 cases across the country, decrease in passenger traffic and passenger load factor (occupancy rate)”, the ministry said in an order.

Maharashtra COVID-19 restrictions extended by 15 days, new guidelines on June 1: Health minister Tope

May 28, 2021

No relaxation will be given in the areas where the number of patients and positivity rate are still high and hospital bed availability is an issue, he said.

“But in the areas where the situation has improved, certain guidelines (easing the curbs) can be issued,” he added.

Asked if shops selling non-essential commodities will be allowed to open, he said all such decisions will be taken o

About 1500 houses, crops on 75 hectare area damaged;18 injured &10L impacted by Cyclone Yaas in J’khand

May 28, 2021

”Initial assessment of the damage suggests collapse of 76 houses while partial damage was caused to 1,432 houses due to incessant rains in the state besides crop destruction on 75 hectares of land,” State Disaster Management Secretary Amitabh Kaushal told PTI.

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International

Alphabet shuts Google Plus service after 500,000 users’ data breach

Oct 9, 2018

A memo, prepared by Google’s legal and policy staff and shared with senior executives, warned that disclosing the incident would likely trigger “immediate regulatory interest” and invite comparisons to Facebook’s leak of user information to data firm Cambridge Analytica, the WSJ report said

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C requires “rapid & far-reaching” transitions in land, energy, industry, buildings, transport & cities:IPCC

Oct 8, 2018

“One of the key messages that comes out very strongly from this report is that we are already seeing the consequences of 1°C of global warming through more extreme weather, rising sea levels and diminishing Arctic sea ice, among other changes,” said Panmao Zhai, Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group I.

China and India lead in Asia’s health protection gap

Oct 8, 2018

A report by the reinsurer, titled, “Asia’s Health Protection Gap: Insights for building greater resilience”, shows that both China and India have a high share of out-of-pocket expenses—30% in China and 65% in India—which are much higher than that of mature markets globally at 10-14%. In addition, China and India represent more than 75% of total nontreatment cases in Asia, affecting around 32m households.

Indonesia eyes “catastrophe bonds” as it looks to fund disaster recovery

Oct 6, 2018

Suahasil Nazara, who heads the fiscal policy office at the finance ministry, said the strategy would be launched when Indonesia hosts the the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Bali later this month

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