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The ‘millennia’ is driving a bulk of new card acquisitions and accounts for a big part of the customer portfolio now, he said adding that the proportion of cards sourced digitally in the new line is three times that for others.
Mumbai International Airport airport rolls out contactless check-in system for passengers
“With the focus on passenger convenience, the new contactless technology has been developed in response to the rapidly changing passenger requirements due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are working on enhancing passenger experience through the adoption of newer technologies that can be easily adapted by all,” said MIAL Chief Executive Officer Rajeev Jain.
Country”s biggest COVID Care Centre to be shut from Sep 15
Following the government”s decision to allow home isolation of asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic COVID cases, there has been a drastic fall in people getting admitted to the centre, official sources said.
At 96.2%,Kerala tops literacy rate chart; Andhra Pradesh worst performer at 66.4%
The study has pegged the overall literacy rate in the country at about 77.7 per cent. In rural areas, the literacy rate is 73.5 per cent compared to 87.7 per cent in urban areas of the country.
At all-India level, the male literacy rate is higher at 84.7 per cent compared to 70.3 per cent among women.
The survey showed that the male literacy rate is higher than female literacy rate among all states. In Kerala, the male literacy rate is 97.4 per cent compared to 95.2 per cent among females.
The costs of India’s Covid crisis are too high
It’s now likely that the pandemic has, as feared, moved out of urban areas into India’s vast, and crowded, rural hinterland. Here, health services will be far less equipped for a surge in cases — and a distant state machinery itself may not know of localized outbreaks till it is too late.The government,faced with a crashing economy and with its cupboards completely bare, has no real way to directly improve the welfare of those most affected. Programs like Britain’s furlough scheme or the U.S.’s $600 per week unemployment aid are a distant dream in India.
Dubai dusts off a two-year-old plan to lure wealthy retirees as expats begin to move out
Dubai could be a pricey destination for pensioners and is likely to face stiff competition from countries like Spain, Costa Rica and Malaysia, which tend to have a lower cost of living and cheaper medical expenses.
Covid-19 Cover:Payouts for medical claims and cancellations in travel insurance to reach record-breaking levels
Jazmin Chong, Insurance Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “GlobalData’s 2019 UK Insurance Consumer Survey found that the most common reason for claiming on travel insurance last year was medical claims, with 31% of respondents citing this reason, while cancellations were the second highest at 29%. These make up a large part of the cost of claims for the travel insurance market, having generally increased over recent years and reached a record high in 2018, costing insurers £399m, although it decreased slightly to £377m in 2019. The ABI estimates that travel insurers have paid at least £275m in COVID-19-related claims for the first quarter of 2020.
Over 2,700 Mumbaikars fined for not wearing masks
Mumbai is one of the worst-affected cities in the country in the pandemic, with over 1.5 lakh cases and 7,761 casualties.
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The government has announced plans to begin administering the shot more widely to medical personnel and teachers in the coming weeks, ahead of a broader national campaign slated for late this year. The move has led to concerns that political pressure could prevail over safety considerations and risk public health as the world seeks an end to the pandemic.
Select intl passengers can avail COVID-19 tests on arrival at entry airports
If the RT-PCR test result is negative, the international passenger will be allowed to catch his or her connecting domestic flight and he or she will not need to undergo any institutional quarantine at the destination city, the ministry’s order said.
The test result will come in a maximum of seven hours. Till the results come, the passenger will have to remain in the waiting lounge of the entry airport, the order noted.