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India plans scrutiny of new portfolio investors from China, Hong Kong:Report

The two sources added New Delhi is also considering the possibility of mandating a so-called “security clearance” from India’s home (interior) ministry for new FPI registrants from these nations.

“We are not saying that any investment would be stopped, we just want to add a layer of vetting to protect the value of our companies,” said one official who has direct knowledge of the discussions.

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72 dead in Bengal, have never seen such devastation: Mamata appeals to PM

The chief minister also announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh for the family members of each of the deceased.

“So far as per the reports we have received, 72 people have died in the state due to Cyclone Amphan. Two districts North and South 24 Parganas are completely devastated. We have to rebuild those districts from scratch. I would urge the Central government to extend all help to the state,” West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said after conducting a review meeting with officials.

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Corporate revenues drop over 25% during lockdown; normalcy may take over 1 year to return: Survey

Nearly 67 percent of top bosses, business owners and founders surveyed said that company revenues have already declined by more than 25 percent during the lockdown.

Further, all respondents believe that business will return to normal only by 2021, while 22 percent business leaders expect it to take more than a year, from when the lockdown ends.

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IRDA to revamp Trade Credit Insurance regulations,to make it more MSME friendly

In the Indian context, the present guidelines on TCI, issued in 2016, do not allow the insurance companies to offer full fledge benefits that provides much needed protection to suppliers and restricts TCI covers to banks and financial institutions.

With the Govt. of India’s initiative to improve businesses for the MSMEs, which are considered as the backbone of the national economic structure, it is also imperative to relax the trade credit insurance guidelines to support the business environment.

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Total global Covid-19 cases may reach 50 million,644,000 deaths expected in next 4 weeks:AIR Worldwide

“Underreporting is driven by the fact that as much as 60-80 per cent of people infected with COVID-19 may exhibit no symptoms or only mild symptoms and, most likely, do not get tested. The cases of COVID-19 that are reported, therefore, represent at best only 20-40 per cent of the total population. Therefore, in all likelihood, underreporting is substantively higher. Testing more widely in the general population would lead to more accurate numbers of cases and deaths being reported. The projections from the Verisk COVID-19 Projection Tool account for underreporting,”Doug Fullam, director of life and health modeling, Verisk.

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