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DGCA found safety management system of 5 airlines deficient: Govt
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the audits also found that the flight crew rostering software was not upgraded and untrained staff were manning check-in counters.
Indo-UK partnership to focus on insurance,fintech, green finance and infrastructure investment
As the most recent budget announced by the new Indian Finance Minister shows, there’s a lot of opportunity for collaboration. Whether it is developments in the insurance sector, raising capital from external markets or infrastructure expertise – the City is well placed to help, he said.
Harsh Vardhan releases National Digital Health Blueprint, seeks inputs from stakeholders
Stressing on the integration of various digital health services, Vardhan said the need of the hour is to create an ecosystem which can integrate the existing health information systems and show a clear path for upcoming programmes for ensuring interoperability of Electronic Health Record (EHR).
Life insurers to refund premium in a yr old policy in case policyholder commits suicide:IRDAI
In case of non-linked policy, the nominee or beneficiary of the policyholder shall be entitled to at least 80 per cent of the total premiums paid till the date of death or the surrender value available as on the date of death whichever is higher, provided the policy is in force, said IRDAI in its revamped life insurance regulations that will be effective from Monday.
Relaxing foreign-ownership laws will benefit Indian insurers:Fitch
“We believe increased international involvement, particularly from developed markets, will contribute positively to the development of distribution networks, use of technology in distribution as well as bring in expertise in areas such as marketing and client-servicing,” said Fitch.
Govt plans to tweak PMFBY; to make crop insurance voluntary to all farmers
The agriculture ministry has also proposed setting up of State Level Corpus Fund, and migration of savings to a National-level Insurance Risk Pool to quell public perception that insurance companies are making profits from the scheme, the official said.
Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill introduced in Lok Sabha
The Union Minister said that every year around 1.5 lakh people die in road accidents and the Bill would a step ahead to save these lives.”Around 30 per cent driving licences in the country are bogus. Getting licences in India is most easy. People have no fear of law and they do not care of the fines of Rs 50 or 100,” he said.
Indian IT managers facing budget crunch for cybersecurity
“Staying on top of where threats are coming from takes dedicated expertise, but IT managers often have a hard time finding the right talent or don’t have a proper security system in place that allows them to respond quickly and efficiently to attacks,” Chester Wisniewski, principal research scientist, Sophos, said in a statement.
LIC new premium more than doubles in June; pushes industry collection to Rs 32,241 cr
Private sector players witnessed an increase of 14.10 per cent in their collective new year business premium at Rs 6,211.17 crore in June, as compared to Rs 5,443.75 crore collected in the year-ago month.
FPIs remain net buyers in July so far, infuse Rs 3,551 crore in markets
V K Vijayakumar, chief investment strategist at Geojit Financial Services, said, “The major drag on Indian market now is the faltering GDP growth and tepid earnings growth. If macro indicators reflect an improving economy, FPI flows can be expected to continue. Otherwise FPIs would be less enthusiastic to pour more money into Indian markets.