Новости за 07.07.2020

If Chinese companies are gradually shut out of India, China will take a hit.

While a recent Unicef report said more than 270 million students in India have been impacted by the school closure due to Covid-19 and that only 24% Indian households have Internet access, there is no clear government assessment yet on the subject.

The pharma industry representatives ET spoke with said that while the customs department has been clearing containers of some drugs from China, consignments containing key starting material, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) of vitamins, blood thinners and some critical drugs, etc., are still not cleared. Besides, port authorities are demanding demurrage charges.

Directors of leading IIMs said the issue will be discussed within the institutes and with the government in the context of the autonomy promised under the IIM Act, 2017, and stressed the need to arrive at “best possible solution”.

Standing committee on petroleum and natural gas holds first meeting after lockdown on Tuesday

Any citizen is free, in theory, to fault the government. But for a party member, what line of criticism to adopt is determined by their party leader. If such leaders bungle, it renders the party toothless.

A court of an additional district and sessions judge in Delhi has now posted the matter for final arguments by ED and the accused to decide whether to declare Sterling Biotech MD Nitin Jayantilal Sandesara and others as fugitive economic offenders.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister had also publicly acknowledged presence of up to 40,000 terrorists in his country and that terrorists from Pakistan have attacked the neighboring countries. Recently, Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the UN Security Council, reported that around 6,500 Pakistani terrorists belonging to LeT and JeM are operating in Afghanistan.

The drug controller has said that the importer of the drug (Gilead pharma) took an import licence on 1st of June and is yet to supply the drug. The other companies who have licence to supply the drug include Hetero, Cipla and Mylan.

The release added that Groupe ADP has increased earn-outs for GMR.

Bonds will likely mature in five years, with the company using the proceeds for refinancing.

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The company said the amount was received after all requisite approvals.

During the conference, the Union Jal Shakti Department Minister urged for expediting the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in Assam so that the state could achieve its target. He called for streamlining the grassroot activities so that every rural household in the state could be provided safe drinking water within the stipulated time frame.

"...The possibility of airborne transmission in public settings cannot be ruled out," WHO technical head said.

The nature of the illness among Covid-19 patients has called for the immediate indigenous development of ventilators in India and an emergency breathing assist device like AirBridge can be used in the short term (hours to a few days) till mechanical ventilation can be provided in an ICU.

With drones already being used for control of locusts, the ministry said a Bell helicopter has been deployed in Rajasthan for use in the scheduled desert area as per the need. The Indian Air Force (IAF) also has conducted trials in anti-locust operation by using an Mi-17 helicopter.

The decision casts a shadow on other similar classes of drugs such as Tocilizumab by Swiss drug maker Roche pharma, that are under trial for treating Covid-19 in countries including India. However, the investigator leading the Tocilizumab trial in India told ET that the efficacy of these drugs on moderate Covid-19 patients still needs to be studied.

YES bank said the meeting of the CRC of the bank is scheduled to be held on or after July 10.

The comments from the minister come days after the country blocked 59 Chinese apps on concerns around "sovereignty and security". A day after that, Prasad had termed the move as a "digital strike" and added that the apps were banned to protect data of citizens.

The MoU will also provide avenues to improve inter-operability and carry out joint search and rescue when required. There is also immense scope of jointly working towards capability and capacity building through closer involvement of all stakeholders, ET has further learnt.

The West Bengal government has decided to expand the areas under lockdown and impose tougher restrictions from July 9 to stem the relentless spike in COVID-19 cases. The containment zones and buffer zones around them will be clubbed together and constitute a "broad-based" containment zone where total lockdown will be imposed from 5 pm on Thursday.

Expecting what “normally happens” to guide the here-and-now is a fraught exercise.

KV Kamath has pitched for a low interest regime, saying it is critical for survival of banks at this juncture.

A major issue before infrastructure projects is tree cutting, however, there are ambiguities over the inclusion of certain local breeds of shrubs and plants in forest cover, the statement said. Around 30 road projects pending with the railway ministry were also taken up, and the railway minister has assured to have these projects cleared in two days’ time.