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360 ONE Asset picks up 15% stake in Bharti AXA Life Insurance
Parag Raja, managing director and CEO, Bharti AXA Life Insurance,...
LIC unveils digital `one man office’ for its sales force
Siddhartha Mohanty, CEO & MD, LIC One Man Office (OMO), offered...
MFSL’s PBT at Rs 236 crore in 9MFY22
The consolidated profit before tax (PBT) in 9MFY22 stood at Rs 236 crore, lower as against previous year primarily due to COVID-19-related provision in 9MFY22 and one-off items in the same period last year New Delhi: Max Financial Services Limited (MFSL), with Max...
Odisha made COVID-19 rapid antigen test kit gets ICMR approval
The kit can detect various variants of COVID-19 by using nasopharyngeal swab samples. IMGENEX, CEO, Dr Sujay Singh said with existing facilities, the firm can manufacture 2 lakh kits which can be ramped up to 20 lakh kits per month. The kit is likely to be available...
Risk persists even though Covid cases starting to plateau in parts of India: WHO
''Even though some cities or states may be beginning to see plateauing of cases, the risk persists. We need to continue to remain vigilant. Our focus must be on reducing transmission. Implementing situation-specific public health and social measures and increasing...
Assets under management for ESG funds up 2.5 times in FY21: Nasscom
"Companies are not just becoming alert to ESG performance of vendors or partners that they are willing to work with, but investors also are using ESG as metrics to drive investments.In India alone, the assets under management for ESG funds rose by 2.5 times in just a...
SC refuses to lay down yardstick for granting reservation in promotion to SCs/STs
The apex court said it cannot lay down any yardstick to determine the inadequacy of representation of SCs/STs and it for the states to do so New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday refused to lay down a yardstick for granting reservation in promotion to Scheduled Castes...
Sensex succumbs to late sell-off, ends 77 pts lower
Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services, said, ''After the decent opening post yesterday's weak closing, domestic bourses again staged a quick sell-off, tracking weak European trend. Policy tightening by the US Fed and rising geopolitical tensions in...
India’s top steelmakers seek govt funds to cut carbon emissions
Steel companies believe that government incentives for low carbon technologies, state funding of green pilot projects and a market for steel made by green technologies would enable a low carbon footprint, T. V. Narendran, chief executive and managing director of Tata...
India’s gold demand skyrockets to 797.3 tons in 2021: WGC
Going forward, WGC Regional CEO, India, Somasundaram PR said, this year COVID-19 and its future variants will remain a factor to watch as will price movements in gold, given global concerns on inflation, interest rate and geo-political developments New Delhi: India's...
India seeks regulatory fast track for LIC as it gears up for the country’s largest IPO
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has been urged to complete its vetting process in less than three weeks instead of the 75 days it usually requires,sources said NEW DELHI: The Indian government has asked regulators for a swift review of Life Insurance...
Covid positivity rate still above 10% in 407 districts, Centre extends curbs till Feb 28
The home secretary emphasised that there should be continued focus on the five-fold strategy of test, track, treat and vaccination, and adherence to Covid- appropriate behaviour New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Thursday extended the existing COVID-19 containment...