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Govt approves 15 % wage hike for 1 lakh LIC employees, effective from Aug 1,2017
The new wage hike that has 100 per cent neutralisation of dearness allowances will be notified by the government on Thursday.
After the hike, an entry level officer of LIC- Assistant Administartive officer- will draw a basic salary of Rs 53,600 while a development officer will get Rs 35,650.
The senior most officer in LIC- zonal manager- will receive a salary of Rs 1,63.755.
India’s new coronavirus cases hit record; Mumbai prepares for lockdown
In the western state of Gujurat, a Reuters witness saw a long queue of ambulances waiting outside Ahmedabad Civil Hospital on Wednesday, with some patients being treated there while they waited.A hospital source, who declined to be named as he is not authorised to speak publicly, said a lot of private hospitals were short of oxygen and were sending their patients to the public hospital.
Chhattisgarh state – one of several hinterland regions struggling with a surge in cases – set up a temporary 370-bed hospital in an indoor stadium.
Global warming making Indian monsoon seasons stronger, more chaotic: Study
”We have found robust evidence for an exponential dependence: For every degree Celsius of warming, monsoon rainfalls will likely increase by about 5 percent,” said study lead author Anja Katzenberger from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany.
”Hereby we were also able to confirm previous studies but find that global warming is increasing monsoon rainfall in India even more than previously thought. It is dominating monsoon dynamics in the 21st century,” Katzenberger said.
Malware attacks on mobile devices in India jumped in Oct 2020-Mar 2021 period: Report
”Cyber criminals are continuing to evolve and adapt their techniques to exploit our growing reliance on mobiles. Enterprises need to adopt mobile security solutions which seamlessly protect devices from today’s advanced cyber threats, and users should be careful to use only apps from official app stores to minimise their risk,” Neatsun Ziv, VP Threat Prevention at Check Point Software, said.
Vardhan launches initiative to spread awareness about nutrition
Studies estimate that India produces as much as two times the amount of calories it consumes. However, many in the country are still malnourished. The root cause of this strange phenomenon is the lack of nutritional awareness, it said.
India reports more than 200,000 new COVID-19 cases for first time
Maharashtra imposes 15-day lockdown to slow COVID-19 spread
“All essential industries to function at full capacity. All establishments, public places will remain closed, except essentials. Public transport will continue to function only for essential workers and in emergency and for essential activities for general public,” said Thackeray .
Lockdowns to shave USD 1.25 billion a week off eco; 140 bps from Q1 GDP: Report
If the current restrictions remain in place until May-end, the cumulative loss of economic and commercial activity could be around USD 10.5 billion or around 34 bps of nominal GDP, British brokerage Barclays said.
Govt not going for lockdowns in big way, says Sitharaman amid Covid-19 wave
“Even with the second wave, we are very clear that we are not going in for lockdowns in a big way. We don’t want to totally arrest the economy. The local level isolation of patients, or households which have people in quarantines are the methods through which the crisis will be handled, the second wave will be handled. There shall not be lockdown,” she said.
India’s new coronavirus infections hit record of 184,372
The nationwide tally of infections is 13.9 million, with the data showing deaths rose by 1,027, for a toll of 172,085.