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Karnataka caps price of CT-Scan, digital X-Ray at private hospitals, labs amid Covid surge

May 7, 2021

As many as 49,058 new COVID-19 cases, 328 deaths and 18,943 discharges were reported from Karnataka in the last 24 hours. The total cases stand at 17,90,104, including 17,212 deaths and 5,17,075 active cases.

Over 11.8 lakh beneficiaries of age group 18-44 vaccinated so far in Phase-3: Health Ministry

May 7, 2021

The ministry said 16,49,73,058 vaccine doses have been administered through 24,11,300 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today and more than 23 lakh vaccination doses were administered in the last 24 hours. As on Day-111 of the vaccination drive (May 6, 2021), 23,70,298 vaccine doses were given. Across 18,938 sessions, 10,60,064 beneficiaries were vaccinated for 1st dose and 13,10,234 beneficiaries received their 2nd dose of vaccine.

LIC relaxes claim settlement requirements

May 7, 2021

To facilitate speedy settlement of death claims in the prevailing situation where death has occurred in a hospital, in lieu of Municipal Death Certificates, the corporation has allowed alternate proofs of death such as: Death certificate, Discharge summary/Death summary containing clear date and time of death issued by Govt/ESI/Armed Forces/Corporate Hospitals and counter-signed by LIC class I officers or Development Officers of 10 years standing alongwith Cremation/Burial certificate or authentic identifying receipt issued by the relevant authority.

Indian airlines risk consolidation, plane repossessions amid COVID-19 surge

May 7, 2021

CAPA expects 250-300 planes to be grounded in the first half of the current fiscal year, while lessors may not be as patient as last year in allowing delayed repayments now air travel is resuming in places such as the United States and China.

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Facebook junks project to collect patients’ health data: Report

Apr 7, 2018

“The project could have raised new concerns about the massive amount of data Facebook collects about its users, and how this data can be used in ways users never expected.”

Slightly above-average 2018 Atlantic hurricane season predicted by Colorado State University team

Apr 6, 2018

Dr. Philip Klotzbach of Colorado State University (CSU) has issued his April forecast for the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The forecast calls for 14 named storms, 7 hurricanes and 3 major (Category 3+) hurricanes between the months of June and November

Twitter: 1 million accounts suspended for ‘terrorism promotion’

Apr 6, 2018

“We continue to see the positive, significant impact of years of hard work making our site an undesirable place for those seeking to promote terrorism, resulting in this type of activity increasingly shifting away from Twitter,” said the statement from the messaging platform’s public policy team.

87 million users’ data improperly shared, over half a million from India: Facebook

Apr 5, 2018

As per a table of compromised users, most of the personal information that may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica are from the US – 70.8 million or 81 per cent. Indonesia and the United Kingdom stand a distant second with 1.1 million users’ data being compromised. India ranks seventh wherein information of 562,455 of its users may have been compromised.

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