by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Policy, Regulation
New Delhi: The US-based pharmaceutical company Johnson and Johnson is still in talks with the Centre over its COVID-19 vaccine, said sources on Monday. The development came after reports surfaced that the company has pulled its proposal seeking accelerated approval...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: Unemployment rate rose to 13.3 per cent in July-September 2020 as compared to 8.4 per cent in the year-ago period, according to a periodic labour force survey by the National Statistical Office (NSO). Joblessness or unemployment rate (UR) is defined as the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: As many as 17.94 lakh COVID-related health insurance claims amounting to Rs 21,837 crore were settled in about last 15 months till July 15, 2021. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad said health insurance...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
New Delhi, Aug 02: A bill to amend the general insurance law to allow the government to pare its stake in state-owned insurers was passed on Monday by Lok Sabha without a debate, amid continuing protests by opposition parties on the Pegasus snooping and other...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic, Pension & Social Security
Savitri Devi has been searching for work since she lost her job at a garment factory in New Delhi, along with half her co-workers, when sales plummeted at the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year. The 44-year-old has tried her luck repeatedly – and...
