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Indian-Origin Man In US Sentenced For USD 20 Million Covid Relief Fraud
A 54-year-old Indian-origin man has been sentenced to over three years in prison for his role in obtaining more than USD 20 million under the US government's economic aid plan following the coronavirus pandemic.
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6 Ways Governments Drive Innovation – and How They Can Help Post-Pandemic Resilience
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, governments are attempting to further innovation to drive economic recovery. However, attempts to accelerate existing or emerging industry clusters have been more successful, instead of building new industry clusters is also incredibly costly, which could take decades to pay dividends. Here’s how governments...
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Covid Makes Comeback In US As Omicron BA.2 Variant Becomes Dominant
Covid is making its latest comeback in parts of the northeastern United States as BA.2 coronavirus variant becomes dominant in the country, officials, while urging Congress to pass new funding or risk the supply of future treatments and vaccines.
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"Ridiculous": Florida Governor Asks Students To Take Off Face Masks
Florida governor Ron DeSantis was at a university to announce funding for cybersecurity education.
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Why India's Largest Insurer LIC Is Gearing Up For A Record IPO
India is embarking on the blockbuster listing of the country's largest insurer as part of a wider privatisation drive to bolster public coffers drained by the coronavirus pandemic and fund new infrastructure.
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Blow To India's Covid Genome Sequencing Efforts, 5 Labs Shut: Sources
Coronavirus: Delays in genome sequencing samples from Covid patients - to identify the strain of virus in each case - is due to a lack of funds for chemical reagents, top Health Ministry sources have told NDTV.
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In Rare Cross-Party Unity, US Congress Averts Government Shutdown
The US Congress approved a stopgap funding bill Thursday in a rare show of cross-party unity to keep federal agencies running into 2022 and avert a costly holiday season government shutdown.
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Mercedes-Benz India Helps Set Up Oxygen Plant At Pune's Seth Tarachand Hospital
Mercedes-Benz India, in collaboration with the Bharat Vikas Parishad (BVP) to set up an oxygen plant at the Seth Tarachand Hospital, in Pune, Maharashtra. The new oxygen plant will come with a capacity of 280 litres/minute and is expected to support at least 200 beds at the hospital.
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Pakistan Gets $2.75 Billion In COVID-19 Support Funds From IMF
Pakistan on Tuesday received $2.75 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under a Special Drawing Rights (SDR) programme to support low-income countries hit by the coronavirus, its central bank said.
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A $1 Billion Covid Crypto Donation For India Hits Red Tape
Two months after Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated about $1 billion in cryptocurrency to an India Covid relief fund, about $20 million has been paid out so far.
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Rs 23,123 Crore Covid Fund Announced After First Meet Of Revamped Cabinet
A new emergency response package worth Rs 23,123 crore to tackle the coronavirus pandemic was announced by the central government on Thursday, following the first meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's revamped cabinet on Thursday.
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Rs 23,220 Crore More Funding For Paediatric Facilities: Finance Minister
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced additional funding of Rs 23,220 crore for setting up paediatric beds and facilities in hospitals.
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Sputnik V To Offer Booster Shots Against Delta Variant To Other Vaccine Makers
The Russian Direct Investment Fund today said its Covid vaccine Sputnik V will soon offer a booster shot or the second dose of the vaccine, which has been adjusted to work against the Delta variant of coronavirus, to other vaccine manufacturers.
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204 Ventilators Unused During 2nd Wave, Madhya Pradesh High Court Told
The Madhya Pradesh government told the High Court on Friday that 204 ventilators - life-saving medical equipment in desperately short supply during the peak of the second Covid wave - were kept as "back-up" in a storeroom even as the virus spread
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G7 Eyes Allocating $100 Billion From IMF Funds To Covid-Ravaged Nations: US
The United States and other Group of Seven nations are considering reallocating $100 billion from the International Monetary Fund's warchest to help countries struggling most to cope with the COVID-19 crisis, the White House said.
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Indian-Origin Man In US Sentenced For USD 20 Million Covid Relief Fraud
A 54-year-old Indian-origin man has been sentenced to over three years in prison for his role in obtaining more than USD 20 million under the US government's economic aid plan following the coronavirus pandemic.
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6 Ways Governments Drive Innovation – and How They Can Help Post-Pandemic Resilience
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, governments are attempting to further innovation to drive economic recovery. However, attempts to accelerate existing or emerging industry clusters have been more successful, instead of building new industry clusters is also incredibly costly, which could take decades to pay dividends. Here’s how governments...
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Covid Makes Comeback In US As Omicron BA.2 Variant Becomes Dominant
Covid is making its latest comeback in parts of the northeastern United States as BA.2 coronavirus variant becomes dominant in the country, officials, while urging Congress to pass new funding or risk the supply of future treatments and vaccines.
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"Ridiculous": Florida Governor Asks Students To Take Off Face Masks
Florida governor Ron DeSantis was at a university to announce funding for cybersecurity education.
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Why India's Largest Insurer LIC Is Gearing Up For A Record IPO
India is embarking on the blockbuster listing of the country's largest insurer as part of a wider privatisation drive to bolster public coffers drained by the coronavirus pandemic and fund new infrastructure.
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Blow To India's Covid Genome Sequencing Efforts, 5 Labs Shut: Sources
Coronavirus: Delays in genome sequencing samples from Covid patients - to identify the strain of virus in each case - is due to a lack of funds for chemical reagents, top Health Ministry sources have told NDTV.
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In Rare Cross-Party Unity, US Congress Averts Government Shutdown
The US Congress approved a stopgap funding bill Thursday in a rare show of cross-party unity to keep federal agencies running into 2022 and avert a costly holiday season government shutdown.
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Mercedes-Benz India Helps Set Up Oxygen Plant At Pune's Seth Tarachand Hospital
Mercedes-Benz India, in collaboration with the Bharat Vikas Parishad (BVP) to set up an oxygen plant at the Seth Tarachand Hospital, in Pune, Maharashtra. The new oxygen plant will come with a capacity of 280 litres/minute and is expected to support at least 200 beds at the hospital.
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Pakistan Gets $2.75 Billion In COVID-19 Support Funds From IMF
Pakistan on Tuesday received $2.75 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under a Special Drawing Rights (SDR) programme to support low-income countries hit by the coronavirus, its central bank said.
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A $1 Billion Covid Crypto Donation For India Hits Red Tape
Two months after Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated about $1 billion in cryptocurrency to an India Covid relief fund, about $20 million has been paid out so far.
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Rs 23,123 Crore Covid Fund Announced After First Meet Of Revamped Cabinet
A new emergency response package worth Rs 23,123 crore to tackle the coronavirus pandemic was announced by the central government on Thursday, following the first meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's revamped cabinet on Thursday.
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Rs 23,220 Crore More Funding For Paediatric Facilities: Finance Minister
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced additional funding of Rs 23,220 crore for setting up paediatric beds and facilities in hospitals.
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Sputnik V To Offer Booster Shots Against Delta Variant To Other Vaccine Makers
The Russian Direct Investment Fund today said its Covid vaccine Sputnik V will soon offer a booster shot or the second dose of the vaccine, which has been adjusted to work against the Delta variant of coronavirus, to other vaccine manufacturers.
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204 Ventilators Unused During 2nd Wave, Madhya Pradesh High Court Told
The Madhya Pradesh government told the High Court on Friday that 204 ventilators - life-saving medical equipment in desperately short supply during the peak of the second Covid wave - were kept as "back-up" in a storeroom even as the virus spread
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G7 Eyes Allocating $100 Billion From IMF Funds To Covid-Ravaged Nations: US
The United States and other Group of Seven nations are considering reallocating $100 billion from the International Monetary Fund's warchest to help countries struggling most to cope with the COVID-19 crisis, the White House said.
