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India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 14-lakh mark with record single-day spike of 49,931 cases
The country’s death toll rose to 32,771 with 708 fatalities being recorded in a day, the data updated at 8 am showed
Toyko,Sydney aim to lure edgy Hong Kong financial firms, but Singapore a top draw
Institutions have not made any major moves from Hong Kong as yet, but they are being circumspect even about discussing contingency plans as the topic is sensitive and many hope to expand in mainland China.
Busan in South Korea is offering tax breaks and rent free offices to financial firms, while Taiwan’s top regulator told Reuters he hoped the island’s rule of law and democratic values would attract business.
The political upheaval in Hong Kong has created an opportunity for Australia and Sydney to become a stronger regional financial centre,” Senator Andrew Bragg wrote to Australia’s Treasurer this month, proposing policy changes.
“Tokyo will, frankly, struggle to steal significant market share from, let alone replace, Hong Kong,” said Steven Tran, a partner at law firm Mayer Brown in Hong Kong, who was previously based in Tokyo for four years.
India’s COVID-19 tally climbs to 13,85,522,death toll rises to 32,063
“The way we have fought coronavirus is really appreciable. Our fatality rate is much less than most other countries. We were able to save the lives of lakhs of people, but we have to remember that the coronavirus is still as dangerous as it was in the beginning, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. in his monthly radio programme called ‘Mann Ki Baat’.The COVID-19 death toll in the country rose to 32,063 with 705 fatalities being recorded in?a day, the data updated at 8 am showedThere are 4,67,882?active cases of coronavirus infection presently in the country.Thus, around 63.92 per cent people have recovered so far
Alibaba,Jack Ma summoned by Gurugram court on former employee’s complaint
In court filings dated July 20 and previously not reported,the former employee of Alibaba’s UC Web, Pushpandra Singh Parmar, alleges the company used to censor content seen as unfavourable to China and its apps UC Browser and UC News showcased false news “to cause social and political turmoil”.
Debt MFs inflow at Rs 1.1 trn in June qtr, liquid schemes account for 80%
As per the data, inflows into debt mutual funds were at Rs 1.1 trillion in the three months ended June, compared to outflows of Rs 1.13 trillion in the January-March quarter.
Investment into such funds was at Rs 19,690 crore during the quarter ended June 2019.
Nearly 80 per cent of the total inflows during the quarter under review in the fixed-income segment came through liquid funds, where most of the institutional money is parked.
Govt amends certain Indian Accounting Standards amid Covid-19 pandemic
Leading consultancy EY India’s Partner and National Leader (Financial Accounting Advisory Services) Sandip Khetan said the amendment was keenly awaited by Indian companies who were gearing up for their quarterly results.
Soon,these 10 intel agencies will have access to your PAN,bank details
The “furnishing and receiving of information to and from” these central agencies will be done through the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), a robust mechanism envisaged to track suspects and prevent terrorist attacks with real-time data and access to classified information like immigration, banking, individual taxpayers, air and train travels.
Swiss Re appoints Pasricha as Global Head P&C Solutions
For the last six years,Pranav Pasricha was the CEO of Intellect SEEC,offering data, machine learning and cloud-based solutions to commercial P&C and life insurance clients globally. Earlier, Pasricha was responsible for strategy, technology and operations for QBE Insurance across Australia Asia Pacific, leading the build-up of its eBusiness capabilities and digital transformation of underwriting and claims
Won’t lift lockdown just to address economic concerns:Maha CM Thackeray
“Many people are opposing lockdown. They say that lockdown is affecting the economy. To such people, I would say that I am ready to lift the lockdown, but if people die due to it, would you take the responsibility?…Even we are concerned about the economy,” Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said.
On the restarting of the suburban railway network in Mumbai, he said, “What if families fall ill and their houses are sealed? Therefore, everything would be done step-by-step.”
Nurses dealing with non-COVID patients cannot be covered under Centre”s insurance scheme:Delhi HC
“If more persons have to be included, budget of the scheme will be affected. Therefore, it is a policy decision to be taken by the respondent (Centre) whether to include other nurses or not,” the Delhi HC said, adding that “this court will be slow to interfere with a policy decision”.