Category: government
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Ford Is Using Seat Ventilation Fans to Build Respirators
Ford today announced that it has partnered with 3M to build Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These breaths are often referred to as positive-pressure masks because they expel contaminated air, pull it through a filter, and then push it into a closed mask with an air blower. Ford helps…
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Strengthening the Transition: India’s Electric Two-wheeler Market Aging
Like most Asian countries, India has a love of two-wheelers – motorcycles, mopeds, and scooters are an important feature of Indian roads and the humble bicycle in front of them. The idea of ??owning a two-wheeler has always been the initial aspiration of many Indians living in small towns and villages and a symbol of…
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Drivers face financial crisis amid lockdown, seek govt help
Telangana cab and autorickshaw drivers have asked the Center and state governments for financial assistance to force them to leave their income and stay home while locking the coronavirus. The movement of all vehicles is prohibited except to provide the necessary services and goods during the lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus. “I have…
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50,000 crore loss to the logistics sector due to lockdown; Relief Package Required: Industry Body ICC
The logistics sector is estimated to cost Rs 50,000 crore due to coronavirus lockdown. Industrial Credit ICC called for a mitigation package for the industry on Thursday. “The growing logistics sector is one of the biggest risks in India,” the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) said in a statement. “When the lockdown was extended on…
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COVID-19, trade war: Manufacturing shift to hit China, but will India gain?
The sudden rise in global coronavirus cases (COVID-19) over the past few weeks have not only shadowed global financial markets but has hampered the economic activity of major countries, particularly the virus in the midst of trade with China before the spread of coronavirus. In this case, most analysts have revised down their global growth…