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Bima Lokpal settles 40,527 complaints in FY22
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California issues ‘stay home’ order; U.S. death toll hits 200
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits surged by the most since 2012 to a 2-1/2-year high last week, as companies in the services sector laid off workers with businesses shutting down due to the pandemic.
Millions could die if virus allowed to spread unchecked: UN chief Antonio Guterres
“The health catastrophe makes clear that we are only as strong as the weakest health system,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Asia stocks dive, dollar soars as ECB bazooka fails to ease fears
Asian markets initially climbed on the news but soon went into a tailspin as investors contemplate months of economic hardship with countries around the world in lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which has now infected more than 200,000 people and killed almost 9,000.
About 25 mn jobs could be lost worldwide due to coronavirus: UN
The coronavirus outbreak has killed 8,809 people and infected 218,631 across 157 countries and territories, according to a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University.
EU insurers must preserve capital positions as Coronavirus crisis escalates: Watchdog
“Insurers are likely to face progressively difficult conditions in the immediate future, both in terms of navigating challenging market conditions and in maintaining operations,” the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) said in a statement.
Lloyd’s to close its underwriting room from today,asks market insurers to provide estimates for coronavirus losses
Lloyd’s of London chief executive John Neal said last week that the impact for the 330-year old commercial insurance market was likely to be felt through claims for supply chain disruption.
COVID-19: How many people will die?
The Imperial study looked at the effects of two containment methods: mitigation, which seeks to slow the spread of the virus; and suppression, which aims to reverse epidemic growth and maintaining that indefinitely.It found that even strict mitigation measures would still see British and American intensive care capacity overwhelmed and lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths.
SEBI relaxes result announcement norms for India Inc to manage coronavirus crisis
While granting relaxations to listed entities from other compliance stipulations specified under Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements((LODR) Regulations, the Sebi has allowed quarterly filing of corporate governance report and shareholding pattern of listed entities to be done upto May 15;
Fourth coronavirus death in India,Total numbers at 177,No international passenger flights during March 22-29
There were 18 fresh cases in last 24 hours with Chhattisgarh and Chandigarh reporting their first COVID-19 patients on early Thursday. One more person infected with coronavirus died in Punjab, which decided to impose fresh restrictions.
PM Modi announces COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force, urges people to stay indoors
Asking people to sacrifice “some weeks of yours, some time of yours”, Modi said given that coronavirus has no cure yet, the only way to stay safe is to stay indoors.