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UNEMPLOYMENT Centre releases Rs 890 cr as BIGGEST WORRY AFTER COVID FOR URBAN 2nd tranche of INDIANS: SURVEY Coronavirus spread contained package for COVID-19 NEW DELHI:As the ongo- ing pandemic hits the Indian health system preparedness economy hard and the employment scenario wors- NEW DELHI:The Centre has ens with large scale job loss- in country, says Harsh Vardhan released Rs 890.32 orcre as es, an Ipsos survey shows the second instalment of the that unemployment is the NEW DELHI:India's Health Minister anywhere can access a lab within COVID-19 Emergency second biggest worry for Harsh Vardhan on Thursday assert- three hours travel time. 33 of the 36Response and Health System urban Indians, after the con- ed that the spread of coronavirus has states and UTs (Union Territories) Preparedness package to 22 cern over novel coronavirus been contained in the country, citing exceed WHO's ecommendationr of states and Union erTritories, infection. According to the how half the total cases ear from testing 140 people per million perthe Health Ministry said on survey, the top issues per- three states only and another 30 per day." Harsh Vardhan also said that Thursday. turbing urban Indians cent from seven others. the country was "preparing for the The amount of financial include COVID-19 in the first His remarks come as the country pandemic as soon as China informed assistance to each state and place, followed yb unemploy- is leading the COVID-19 is inching towards the grim mark of the World Health Organisation on Union Territories is based on response and management, ment. The other worries two million cases. It has eadyalr January 7", over three weeks before their COVID-19 caseload. and supporting the states which follow are financial the first case emerged. Those who eceivedr and political corruption, logged over 40,000 deaths and is and UTs through technical India had eporr ted its first coron- financial assistance in the poverty and inequality, and recording more than 50,000 daily and financial esourr ces. cases since the past few days. avirus case on January 30 when a second instalment include The second instalment of healthcare. The sentiments student from Kerala, who was study- Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, are largely the same globally Speaking at a virtual meeting of the aid will be used to Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, with novel coronavirus and WHO's Regional Director, South East ing in China's Wuhan University, strengthen public health Rajasthan, elangana,T unemployment emerging as Asia, Poonam Khetrapal Singh with came back to India and tested posi- infrastructure for testing, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Health Ministers omfr the region on tive for the deadly virus. including procurement and the top two concerns. The Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, other issues which concern maintaining essential health vicesser Harsh Vardhan also stressed that installation of TR-PCR Punjab, Tamil Nadu, West people globally are poverty and public health programmes in the earlier viral outbreaks like the vianA machines, RNA extraction Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, and social inequality, finan- context of the Covid-19 pandemic, Influenza, H1N1, Zika and Nipah had kits, TrueNat and CB-NAAT Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, cial and political corruption, Harsh Vardhan alluded to the ficaef - provided institutional memory in machines, bolster infrastruc- Mizoram and Sikkim, the crime and violence and cy of the government's containment designing containment and manage- ture for treatment and devel- ministry said. healthcare, said an Ipsos strategy. ment strategies. "India's oactivepr opment of ICU beds, installa- Prime Minister Narendra statement. "Largely, the "The strategy has been successful and graded multi-level institutional tion of oxygen generators Modi had announced the Rs worries of global citizens are in that 50 per cent of the casese ar contained." the government time to augment the response to Covid-19 made it possi- and procurement of bedside 15,000 crore package as part a lot similar to what urban from three states and 32 per cent of The Minister said that the lock- health infrastructure and testing ble to have very low cases per million oxygen concentrators among of the 'Whole of Government' Indians are experiencing. the rest are from seven states. The down was effective in slowing down facilities. "From one lab in January, and deaths per million in spite of others. approach wherein the Centre spread of the virus thus has been the rate of growth of cases and gave India has 1,370 labs today. Indians having a high population density. Fire claims 8 Covid patients in Ahmedabad hospital

GANDHINAGAR:A major fire in the ICU ward and 3 women, all coro- of a private dedicated Covid hospital in na patients admitted in Ahmedabad claimed the lives of eight the ICU ward, situated patients, including 5 men and 3 women in the on the fourth floor of wee hours on Thursday. One seriously burnt the hospital building. patient is being eatedtr while 40 other Several fire fighters patients have been evacuated and shifted to were rushed to the spot the SVP hospital in Ahmedabad. According to and within hours information, the fire broke out in the ICU brought the fire under ward of 'Shrey hospital', a dedicated Covid-19 control. Shrey hospital, hospital in Navrangpura eaar in Ahmedabad is a 50-bed private hos- at around 3 a.m. on Thursday. "Eight patients pital declared as a ded- admitted in the ICU ward have died due to icated Covid-19 by the Gujarat government. burning and asphyxiation. Looking at the- pri"We have shifted over 40 patients admitted in mary information, it is assumed that thee fir the hospital to the SVP hospital in broke out due to a short circuit. Our officials Ahmedabad. One of the paramedical worker is also badly affected from burns. Stable are investigating the incident with the help of patients and other patients on Oxygen have FSL experts. The bodies of the victimse ar also been shifted to the SVP hospital. The being sent for the post-mortem," said a senior shifting process is still on," said a hospital police official of the Navrangpura police -staauthority. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviews revenue receipts in the state via video conferencing at his resi- tion. The fire has claimed the lives of 5 men dence, in Bhopal on Thursday. ANI Photo Will ensure education access for 33 crore Indian students: Pokhriyal way forward for a stronger Confluence of Ideas during future of universities, Group of Brazilian New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) and beyond the COVID-19 nations and the world," said Union Education MinisterDisruption" brought together C. Raj Kumar, Vice Universities, Laspau (a Harvard University-affiliat- Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishankover 80 thought leadersom fr Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global ed network), the STAR on Thursday said that the15 countries with 15 themat- University. government is committed to ic panel discussions, four Scholars Network and ensuring access to educationkeynote addresses, and two Qatar Foundation. "The educational landscape is in to 33 crore Indian students special dialogues, including a "Universities and higher during the Covid-19 pan- special panel led by women the process of a remark- education institutions have able transformation and we demic. leaders from universities. a unique role to play not can create technical solu- "Through the one-nation, The union education min- only in terms of helping us tions to improve access to one-digital platform, we will ister appreciated efforts by overcome this crisis education for all," said D.P. guarantee that every student the Indian universities to through the work of scien- Singh, Chairman, remains connected to learn- turn Covid-19 challenge into tists and researchers University Grants ing, assuring connectivityopportunities. around the world, but also and access to every scholar," Digital learning, online Commission (UGC). "The to build the economy, polity pandemic has made us look the minister said. education and the develop- and the society, while Pokhriyal made the com- ment of several digital plat- at innovative solutions for building resilience among learning. We have created ment after inaugurating aforms, he said, have enabled the young people studying global virtual conference resources to strengthen the higher education institu- in our own institutions." organised by the O.P. Jindal online teaching and will tions to address this crisis. The conference was Global University (JGU) and The minister also added establish an Academic the International Institute for hosted by JGU) and IIHEd Bank of Credits (ABC) that the National Education in partnership with six Higher Education Research where a student no longer Policy (NEP) 2020 will ovepr global education networks and Capacity Building needs to be associated with to be a landmark plan for the - Association of (IIHEd). educational aspirations of just one institution to get "This conference is the build a collective foref t to issues of universities across Commonwealth The conference on Indian students to compete their qualification," added with the best in the world. advancement of our vision toconfront the concerns and the world and explore the Universities (ACU), Pankaj Mittal, Secretary "Reimagining and Association of Indian Transforming the University: General, Association of Universities (AIU), Coimbra Glenmark announces 400 mg 'FabiFlu' for Covid-19 treatment therapy, the latter affecting viral thereafter 2 tablets twice a dayom fr NEW DELHI: Glenmark drug - Favipiravir with brand namecompliance and experience, by FabiFlu - for the eatmenttr Covid-19 effectively educingr the number of suppression and overall eatmenttr Day 2 till end of the course," Pharmaceuticals, a esearr ch-led Glenmark Pharmaceuticals added. patients. The companyeceived r tablets that patientsequir r e per day. outcomes. Reducing the pill burden global pharmaceutical company, on Explaining the significance of marketing and manufacturing Earlier, the 200 mg dosage of has also been a demandom fr doc- Thursday announced that it is set to tors and patients to enable adher- this development, Monikaandon, T introduce a 400 mg version of oralapproval from the Drug Controller FabiFlu required patients to take 18 ence, the company said. Vice President and Head, Clinical antiviral - FabiFlu -- for theeat tr- General of India and launched thetablets on Day 1, followed by 8 product in the Indian market ontablets each day thereafter for a "With the new 400 mg version,Development of Glenmark ment of mild to moderate Covid-19 Pharmaceuticals Limited said, "The in India. June 20. maximum of 14 days. patients will now have a more According to the company, the A higher pill burden has been relaxed dosage egimen,r with 9 200 mg dosage of FabiFlu was It was the first Indian company developed in line with global . to commercially launch an antiviral higher strength will improve patient associated with lower adherence to tablets required on Day 1, and : Court rejects Indrani's bail plea their own statements, or the state- important case witnesses like Rahul She submitted that there is no sci- :A special CBI court here entific evidence to ovepr that the ments of other witnesses, or theos pr- rejected the bail plea of IndraniMukerjea, son of accused , and idhi,V daughter of crime happened. ecutions story itself," she had submit- Mukerjea, the prime accused in the She pointed out inconsistencies inted. Sheena Bora murder case, noting and her merfor husband and co- accused Sanjeevthe evidence put forth by the prosecu- However, the judge in his deror that the possibility of the accused tion to prove her role as a conspirator observed that in the middle of trial, influencing prosecution witnesses Khanna, were yet to be examined. "There is no doubt that theand one of the killers of her daughterthe court cannot declare that the part cannot be uledr out. Sheena Bora. evidence is either whollyeliable, r or After failing to secure bail multiple accused is an influential and wealthy- person. Therefore, the possibility of She also raised doubt about thepartly reliable, or totally unreliable. times on medical grounds, Mukerjea "credibility and legality" of theobe. pr "At the present juncture, the in December last year filed anotherinfluencing prosecution witnesses cannot be uledr out," the judge said. Indrani Mukerjea claimed there courtcannot conclude that the -evi plea, seeking bail on "merits" of the are numerous contradictions in the dence led by Shyamvar Rai case. While arguing for bail, Indrani testimonies of prosecution witnesses, (approver) has falsified or suffered Special CBI court judge J C Mukerjea told court that the prosecu- including accused-turned-approver from fatal infirmities due to cross- Jagdale ejectedr the plea on tion's case was "false and baseless" Shayamwar Rai. examination of the said witness," the Wednesday. and she had nearly 120 documents to "They have either contradictedcourt noted. The court observed thatsome prove it.

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