by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 27, 2023 | Health, Intermediaries, Policy
At the UN General Assembly’s first-of-its-kind science session, held in early February, epidemiologists and researchers had called for a global pandemic warning system. Suggestions included forging a new global digital collaboration comprising a network of researchers...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 27, 2023 | Indian News, Pension & Social Security
In November 2022, the Supreme Court had upheld Employees’ Pension (Amendment) Scheme 2014. The EPS amendment of August 22, 2014 had raised the pensionable salary cap to Rs 15,000 a month from Rs 6,500 a month, and allowed members along with their employers to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 27, 2023 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Pension & Social Security, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy, Workplace/Employee Benefits
An impending challenge employees or workers may face in India, is the risk of inadequate pension arrangements after retirement from work. As a fallout, individuals may either be required to put severe curbs on their post-retiral expenses or continue working beyond the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 27, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Warren Buffett, chairman,Berkshire Hathaway Berkshire did spend $11.5 billion in the fourth quarter to buy the insurance company Alleghany. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday reported its highest-ever annual operating profit, even as foreign currency...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 27, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
DY Chandrachud,Chief Justice of India The Chief Justice said, “We as a society need to counteract structural and policy constraint which prevent access to good healthcare in order to achieve healthcare justice”, while lamenting that growing socio-economic inequalities...