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General Insurance industry grows 28% to Rs 30,378 crore in Oct
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Right to live in a pollution-free atmosphere is a fundamental right of every citizen: SC
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Indian economy showing signs of pick-up up as the nation exits lockdowns
With the second Covid-19 wave now receding, the economy is already beginning to stir back to life.
A basket of high-frequency, alternative and market indicators such as retail activity and road congestion pointed to a pick up in the week to June 13, Abhishek Gupta, India economist at Bloomberg Economics, said in a report.
PM Modi urges India to get COVID-19 shots amid Delta variant concerns
India must administer 10 million doses a day to achieve its aim of inoculating all adults by December, experts say. But the country has fully vaccinated fewer than 6% with two doses.
Availability of Covid vaccine for kids will pave way for school reopening: AIIMS chief
The government has recently cautioned that even though COVID-19 has not impacted children greatly till now, that can increase if there is a change in the behaviour of the virus or in epidemiology dynamics. It said that preparations are being made to deal with any such situation.
Study finds sleep apnea can worsen heart disease
According to the study, OSA occurs in 40 per cent to 80 per cent of people with cardiovascular disease, yet it is under-recognised and undertreated.Symptoms include snoring, lapses in breathing, fragmented sleep and daytime sleepiness. In general, about 34 per cent of middle-aged men and 17 per cent of middle-aged women meet the criteria for OSA.
CAIT urges govt not to dilute draft e-commerce rules
Nangia Andersen LLP Partner Sandeep Jhunjhunwala said the proposed rules like appointment of a chief compliance officer, a nodal contact person and a resident grievance officer may go a long way in protecting consumer interests, but could create a ‘massive’ compliance burden on corporations, especially those operating from outside India.
‘Currently, the rules neither provide any threshold for applicability nor any timelines or validity for DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) registration, becoming onerous for emerging companies,’ he said.
COVID-19 shakes up rankings of world’s most liveable cities
Auckland tops The Economist’s annual survey of the world’s most liveable cities in 2021 followed by Osaka and Tokyo in Japan, Adelaide in Australia and Wellington in New Zealand, all of which had a swift response to the Covid pandemic.
Rs 4,698.10 cr paid for death claims under PMJJBY last fiscal
Pyment of Rs 4,698.10 crore was against 2,34,905 death claims under the PMJJBY in the last fiscal, Gaur said.
As many as 2,50,351 death claims were filed under the PMJJBY, and of them, 13,100 were dismissed in 2020-21. The remaining 2,346 claims were being examined.
IBBI puts out Aadhaar, PAN info of creditors on website; removes them later
A senior official said the details came into the public domain “inadvertently” as the regulator is working on a beta project to host the information of creditors of companies undergoing Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) and liquidation.
Covishield dose interval relaxed for Olympic-bound athletes: Centre to SC
The Centre said the matter was taken up at a meeting of the Empowered Group-5 (EG-5) on Covid vaccination, “which has recommended administration of second dose of Covishield prior to the prescribed time interval (after 28 days but before 84 days) to provide full coverage of vaccination and facilitating international travel”.
India can store Covid vaccines requiring low temperatures: Centre to SC
In the affidavit, the Centre has also that the digital divide is no more a constraint as walk-in Covid vaccination has been allowed and a poor person and a multi-millionaire in the 18 years and above age group are equally entitled to get the vaccine for free.