Delhi reports 735 fresh COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths; positivity rate rises to 4.35%

Delhi reports 735 fresh COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths; positivity rate rises to 4.35%

Delhi on Sunday reported 735 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths due to the disease while the positivity rate rose to 4.35 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. This was the third consecutive day that the national capital recorded over 600 cases and a positivity rate of more than 3 … Read more

Deadly heat stifles Delhi, mercury above 44 degrees Celsius at most places

Deadly heat stifles Delhi, mercury above 44 degrees Celsius at most places

All but one of the weather stations in the national capital recorded maximum temperatures above 44 degrees Celsius on Sunday, as hot and dry westerlies swept across northwest India. The Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi’s base station, recorded a maximum temperature of 43.9 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal. The maximum temperature settled at 46.7 degrees Celsius … Read more

How Fashion Giants Recast Plastic as Good for the Planet

How Fashion Giants Recast Plastic as Good for the Planet

The index rates polyester as one of the world’s most sustainable fabrics, for example, using data on European polyester production provided by a plastics-industry group, although most of the world’s polyester is made in Asia, usually using a dirtier energy grid and under less stringent environmental rules. The Higg rating for elastane, also known as … Read more

All existing COVID-19 protocols will be followed in schools: Tamil Nadu health minister

All existing COVID-19 protocols will be followed in schools: Tamil Nadu health minister

Tamil Nadu has not relaxed the COVID-19 protocols when compared to other states and with the surge in new infections, all the existing standard operating procedures will be followed in schools with educational institutions set to reopen on Monday after being shut for summer vacation, Tamil Nadu Minister Ma Subramanian said. The minister for health … Read more

COVID-19 surge not harbinger of ‘new wave’ but ‘expected fluctuation’ during endemic prevalence: Experts

COVID-19 surge not harbinger of ‘new wave’ but ‘expected fluctuation’ during endemic prevalence: Experts

The current rise in COVID-19 cases is not a harbinger of a “new wave” but an “expected fluctuation” during endemic prevalence, experts have said, emphasising that lack of mask-wearing and low intake of booster shots may be reasons behind the surge. They also said the recent surge is due to increased travel, social gathering and … Read more

Concept of ESG adheres to principles of Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram

Concept of ESG adheres to principles of Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram

Over the past three decades, we have seen three mega trends and themes shaping up the capital markets and the world at large. It was the TMT theme in the 1990s, then we had BRICS in the 2000s and in the last decade, we had FAANG. What will be next? I believe ESG has the … Read more