by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: Once India starts reopening schools, it will be wise to being with the primary section as children have a lower number of ace receptors to which virus attaches, making them much better at handling viral infections than adults, said ICMR Director...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security, Policy
Mumbai: Pension fund managers (PFMs) will soon be allowed to invest in initial public offerings, and also in a broader list of stocks, a top official from sector regulator PFRDA said on Tuesday. The Pension Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is aiming...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 20, 2021 | Indian News, Life
Mumbai: ICICI Prudential Life on Tuesday opened the earnings seasons for the life insurance sector with a massive Rs 500 crore claims arising due to the coronavirus pandemic, leading to a Rs 186-crore net loss for the June quarter. The second-largest private...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: The steep corporate tax cut in 2019 and pandemic-driven cost-cutting boosted the bottomline of India Inc by 105 per cent in FY21 over FY20, even though the topline declined 5 per cent, according to a report. This also had 4,000 listed companies paying...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Aizawl: Mizoram on Tuesday reported the highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases as 807 people tested positive, taking the tally to 28,295, a Health Department official said. More than 150 children were among the newly-infected people, he said. The state also...