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Govt working with spice makers to ensure norm compliance; asks Everest to take corrective action
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Uttarakhand launches “E-Swasthya Dham” App for monitoring pilgrim health in Char Dham Yatra
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Sensex plummets 1,145 points, Investors lose Rs 3.7-lakh crore as markets tank
”The market failed to show resilience to stay above the Nifty 50 Index level of 14,750. While it is subject to further price action evolution, the technical factors shifted today to support a further correction in the future,” said Ashis Biswas, Head of Technical Research at CapitalVia Global Research Limited.
Experts call rise in Covid-19 cases in few states ‘stochastic spread’
“India is a vast country and given its geographical entity, we cannot expect uniformity in virus spread across the length and breadth of the nation. Pandemic occurs and impacts differently as far as geography is concerned. The role of the people and their conduct play a large role in mapping the spread,” he said.
India not close to herd immunity yet, threat of 2nd wave lingers: Experts
Raman Gangakhedkar, former deputy director of ICMR and an epidemiologist, said: “So far, we are not close to herd immunity (which means 75 per cent of the population has been infected by the virus). Sero survey showed that merely 22 per cent people were infected. Therefore, a large part of the population is still vulnerable.”
Social media can topple govts, working on a law to regulate it: Ram Madhav
“We require new rules and laws to tackle and manage. The government is already working in this direction,” Senior BJP leader Ram Madhav said
CPSE strategic sale: Govt makes security clearance mandatory for bidders
According to the performa, any interest of more than 10 per cent in the bidding entity would require disclosures of parentage and beneficial ownership to get a security clearance.
In case the acquirer is a sole bidder, then it has to share with the government details, like nationality, address, parentage, unique ID number of the country of residence and passport number, of its directors and partners.
Also a self-declaration regarding the nature and extent of presence/operation of the bidder in China and Pakistan, if any would have to be provided by them.
Govt may consider privatising Oriental Insurance or United India: Report
Both Oriental Insurance and the Chennai-based United India Insurance may be able to generate interest from the private sector because of their improved financials, sources said.
The process of choosing a suitable candidate for privatisation has just started and will take some time to decide, sources said while not ruling out the possibility for listed New India Assurance, where government stake stands at 85.44 per cent.
Max Life outpaces pvt life insurance industry in Apr-Dec, expects over 11 pc biz growth in FY21: CEO
”I think digital is the way forward. For a large organisation, it is extremely important to remain close to customers during COVID-19 times. You make extra efforts to remain in touch with the customers, serve the customer, digitise the customer, continue to communicate again and again. So, that has helped us,” said Max Life Managing Director and CEO Prashant Tripathy t
Maharashtra imposes new COVID-19 lockdowns in some areas
Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said daily cases in the state had risen to almost 7,000 from about 2,000 earlier this month, demanding stricter measures from Monday to control the spread of the virus in four districts of the state.
“The second wave has been knocking on our door. Whether it has come or not will be confirmed in next eight to 15 days,” he said in a televised address, adding that restrictions could be widened beyond those four districts if necessary.
Delhi reported steep spike in cybercrimes during lockdown period: Police
According to data shared by the city police, 62 per cent of the cybercrimes reported in Delhi were related to online financial fraud, 24 per cent were related to social media and 14 per cent to other cybercrimes.
The data showed that from March to May 2020, when restrictions were in place due to the outbreak of COVID-19, there was a rise in cases related to cybercrimes. It went up from around 2,000 such cases in March to more than 4,000 in May.
Will make electric vehicles mandatory for officials of my department, says Gadkari
“If 10,000 electric vehicles are brought into use in Delhi, then about Rs 30 crores per month spent on fuel can be saved and it will reduce pollution. I will make electric vehicles mandatory for officials of my department,” he said. Gadkari also said that electric fuel is a major alternative for fossil fuels which have an import bill of Rs 8 lakh crores.