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India sixth-most severely-affected country by extreme weather from 1993 to 2022: Report
India experienced more than 400 extreme weather events in the three...
Equity investors’ wealth erode by Rs 18 lakh cr in 6 days of market fall
During the day, the benchmark tanked 905.21 points or 1.18 per cent...
PM Modi announces jabs for 15-18 age group, ‘precaution dose’ for Covid warriors
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Booster doses for frontline workers, as well as co-morbid patients aged 60 years and up after consultations from the doctor, will be given from January 10 Modi assured that soon the country will develop nasal vaccine and the world’s first...
India will see Omicron surge but cases will be mild, vaccines will help: Angelique Coetzee
Dr Angelique Coetzee In the case of a vaccinated person or one who has had a history of being infected by COVID-19, it will spread to fewer people, she said, adding that unvaccinated people will potentially spread the virus 100 per cent ''Existing vaccines would...
Every 3rd informal worker registered on e-Shram, total enrollment cross 14 cr mark
About 51 per cent registered workers are farm labourers followed by 11 per cent in construction sector, 10 per cent in domestic & household workers and 6.5 per cent in the apparel segment Every third informal sector worker in India is now registered on e-Shram...
Modi tells states to beef up health facilities as Omicron cases rise
Prime Minister Narendra Modi While more than half of India's adult population is fully vaccinated, hundreds of millions are still at risk. Doctors warn that if an Omicron-fuelled third wave of infections hits the country, medical facilities could be over-run very...
Global M&A activity smashes all-time records to top $5 trillion in 2021
"Corporate balance sheets are incredibly healthy, sitting on $2 trillion of cash in the U.S. alone -- and access to capital remains widely-available at historically low costs," said Chris Roop who co-heads North America M&A at JPMorgan Technology and healthcare,...
Covid-19: Pressure mounts on India to begin boosters as Omicron spreads
India's drug regulator has so far been reluctant to authorize third doses or childhood vaccinations until local trial data has been produced. Government officials have been reiterating targets to fully inoculating the country’s adult population first India’s...
India’s monetary policy financially inclusive by design: RBI DG Patra
Financial inclusion appears to have gone up, with the level of the RBI's financial inclusion index rising from 49.9 in March 2019 to 53.1 in March 2020 and further to 53.9 in March 2021, Patra said at an event organized at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM),...
RBI extends card tokenisation deadline by 6 months till Jun-end
Under tokenisation services, a unique alternate code is generated to facilitate transactions through cards The RBI in September prohibited merchants from storing customer card details on their servers with effect from January 1, 2022, and mandated the adoption of CoF...
Third Covid-19 wave triggered by Omicorn in India to peak in February: IIT-K researchers
The research report used the data of the first and second waves in India, and the current rise in cases triggered by Omicron in various countries, to predict a possible third wave in the country Chennai: Researchers at IIT Kanpur (IIT-K) have predicted that a third...
Sanlam looks for strategic partnership with Allianz in Africa
Allianz makes less than 500 million euros [US$564.1 million] in revenues from its African operations in 2020, but is looking to expand on the continent JOHANNESBURG – African insurer Sanlam Ltd. said on Wednesday it was exploring “strategic alternatives” with...