INDIA
Trinamool poised to make comeback in Bengal for third time
As per the CVoter Exit Poll for Times Now/ABP data, the incumbent Trinamool Congress led by Mamata Banerjee is likely to retain power for the third consecutive term despite facing a huge challenge from the BJP. The BJP is projected to win 115 seats in the 294-member Bengal Assembly, 33 short of the halfway mark of 148 seats.
Bharat Biotech cuts price of Covaxin for states
The announcement came a day after the Serum Institute of India (SII) cut the price of Covishield to Rs 300 from Rs 400 earlier. The two vaccine makers slashed the prices after the Central government reportedly made a request to them amid the row over different pricing for the Central and state governments.
HAL chopper undergoes ship-borne trials off Chennai coast
"The operational capabilities included landing on dock, folding of blades and storing the helicopter in the onboard hangar," the city-based defence behemoth said in a statement here. The statement added that the Dhruv Mk III MR is equipped with modern surveillance radar that can detect and identify ships and boats up to a range of 120 nautical miles to enable the Indian Coast Guard in its duty to secure the nation from outside threats.
'Economic dimensions in judicial decisions may help strengthen system'
"The pandemic has shown that the rich get richer and the super-rich gets much richer, but those at the bottom of the economic ladder were the ones who were very badly hit. Judicial decision-making and legislative action must ... not only look at the importance of corporates and their contribution to society but also look at marginalised sections of the society, former Supreme Court judge, Justice Madan Lokur, said in a statement.
Health Ministry issues revised guidelines for home isolation, warns against Remdesivir use
The decision to administer Remdesivir or use any other investigational therapy must be taken by a medical professional and the drug must be administered only in a hospital setting, said the 'Revised guidelines for home isolation of mild/asymptomatic Covid-19 cases' issued by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.
Domestic travel bans can spike Covid-19 cases: Researchers
Depending on their duration, these restrictions can lead to more rather than fewer infections overall, especially when there is a large urban-rural migrant population, it indicated. As India battles a severe second wave of Covid-19, state governments are once again faced with the question: Should they use travel bans to control disease transmission?
Army opening hospitals for people wherever possible, force chief tells PM
After visiting the forward locations in Siachen and eastern Ladakh on Wednesday, Naravane met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday to brief him on the various initiatives taken by the Army to help in Covid management. The Army chief informed the Prime Minister that medical staff of the force are being made available to various state governments. He also told Modi that the Army is setting up temporary hospitals in various parts of the country.
Delhi hospitals still running out of oxygen
Hospitals in the national capital continue to face shortage of oxygen, with the Sehgal Neo Hospitals and Rosewood Hospitals now raising alarm over their depleting stocks. In a series of tweets, Sehgal Neo Hospital said: "We need Oxygen. One hour of oxygen left for 70 out of 150 patients on O2 support. Latest govt orders removed our old vendor Seth (LMO tank) and assigned Paramount (only cylinder) who can't supply capacity we need."
First consignment of O2 concentrators from Germany arrive in India: Minister
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said that first consignment of oxygen concentrators have arrived from Germany on an Air India flight. An oxygen concentrators, is a medical device that concentrates oxygen from ambient air.
New study shows spike in digital fraud attempts from India
The agency came to its conclusions about fraud against businesses based on intelligence from billions of transactions and more than 40,000 global websites and apps contained in its flagship identity proofing, risk-based authentication and fraud analytics solution suite - TransUnion TruValidate¿. These websites and apps have traffic coming from all the countries across the globe including India.
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