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India’s total deaths from COVID-19 surpass 300,000

May 24, 2021

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,37,28,011, while the case fatality rate has increased to 1.14 percent, the data stated.

Feature for on-site registration enabled for 18-44 age group on CoWIN: Govt

May 24, 2021

This feature will not be available for private CVCs and they will have to publish their vaccination schedules exclusively with slots for online appointments.

SC seeks Centre’s reply on pleas for Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia to kin of those who died of COVID-19

May 24, 2021

Advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal, who appeared in-person, said that under section 12(iii) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, every family whose member died due to disaster is entitled for ex-gratia compensation of Rs 4 lakh.
Bansal said that since COVID-19 has been declared as a disaster and as per the order dated April 8, 2015, every family whose member dies due to disaster is entitled for ex-gratia compensation of Rs 4 lakh

No indication children will be severely affected in third Covid wave: Gov

May 24, 2021

“Data from the first and the second wave shows that children are usually protected from Covid and even if they get it, they have mild infection,” he said.

He, however, said children have suffered collateral damage during the pandemic due to gender gap in education, stress and mental issues, smartphone dependence/addiction, and interrupted educational opportunities.

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International

First Jury in a Roundup Cancer Trial orders Monsanto to pay $289 million

Aug 14, 2018

The jury at San Francisco’s Superior Court of California deliberated for three days before finding that Monsanto had failed to warn Johnson and other consumers of the cancer risks posed by its weed killers.

Global commercial insurance prices rise for 3rd consecutive quarter: Marsh

Aug 12, 2018

Financial and professional line prices increased 3.3 percent on average, with much of the increase due to directors and officers (D&O) insurance prices in multiple regions

2nd Chinese Manufacturer Makes Tainted, Carcinogenic Heart Drug: EU

Aug 12, 2018

The alarm over the valsartan drug was first raised in July, prompting a global recall of affected pills. The EMA initially said the problem likely dated back to changes in manufacturing processes at Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical in 2012.

China’s new silk road may lead to USSR-like collapse

Aug 12, 2018

the web of touted rail projects through central Asia which form a centrepiece of most maps of Belt and Road projects. Such plans misunderstand both the long history and basic economics of east-west trade, which has almost always been far more dependent on maritime transport via Southeast Asia, India and the Arabian Peninsula than on overland Silk Roads through the Eurasian steppe.

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