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COVID-19 kills more than 4,000 Indians amid clamour for vaccines

May 13, 2021

Two states – Karnataka, which includes tech hub Bengaluru, and Maharashtra, which includes Mumbai – have announced they will temporarily suspend vaccination for people aged 18-44 years as they prioritize those over 45 who need their second dose.

Maharashtra also announced that curbs on movement would be extended until the end of the month in a bid to break the chain of infections. Mostly rural Bihar in the east extended curbs until May 25.

States gear up to tackle Covid-19 in villages with online consultations, surveillance committees

May 13, 2021

Door-to-door surveillance using pulse oximeter, temperature guns and antigen test kits and setting up of gram yoddha samiti in villages for supporting families of patients have also been set up in Gujarat.

MP: Free education, pension to kids orphaned due to COVID-19

May 13, 2021

He noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has severely hit many families. Children have lost their parents, while aged people are left alone as those taking care of them died due to the viral infection.

“Our government will stand by such children and families and provide Rs 5,000 pension per month to them,” Chouhan said.

Indian states turn to anti-parasitic drug to fight COVID-19 against WHO advice

May 13, 2021

“The current evidence on the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19 patients is inconclusive,” WHO said in a statement in late March. “Until more data is available, WHO recommends that the drug only be used within clinical trials.”

Merck, a manufacturer of the drug, has also said available data does not support using the drug as a COVID-19 treatment. “We do not have enough data to support its use,” said Anita Mathew, an infectious diseases expert in Mumbai.

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UK financial watchdogs need competitiveness remit after Brexit: lawmaker

Jun 9, 2018

“It’s important that we don’t dilute standards beyond the internationally accepted, but tests of appropriateness, proportionality and international equivalence are key,” Stephen Hammond, a member of parliament’s Treasury Select Committee (TSC) told a City & Financial conference

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Insurance Cutback Among Reasons Europeans Withdrawing from Iranian Oil Market

Jun 9, 2018

Although European governments have not followed Washington by creating new sanctions, banks, insurers and shippers are gradually severing ties with Iran under pressure from the U.S. restrictions, making trade with Tehran complicated and risky.

Europe’s insurers tumble on report Amazon eyeing home insurance move

Jun 7, 2018

The STOXX 600 insurance sector index .SXIP hit a session low after a report in The Information, citing an unnamed source, said Amazon.com had contemplated offering home insurance as an offshoot of its home connectivity business

Threats from Conflict and Terrorism account for more than half of Indian cities’ Risks:Lloyd’s Report

Jun 6, 2018

• Indian cities in top 10 globally for civil conflict and terrorism risks

• Delhi, at US$3.5bn, is the highest ranked city in South Asia for economic output at risk

• Flood and tropical windstorm threats account for 12% of India’s risk landscape

• Indian cities among the least resilient in the world

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