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TPA Consolidation: Medi Assist to acquire Fairfax-backed Paramount Health Services & Insurance TPA for Rs 311 cr
Paramount TPA is owned by Nayan Shah family and Fairfax Asia, which...
Maharashtra govt approves UPS for its employees; gives nod to Rs 7k cr river link plan
As per the Maharashtra cabinet’s decision, UPS will be effective...
India’s air travel expected to double in next decade
Globally, Boeing projects the need for 43,110 new commercial airplanes and demand for aftermarket services to be equivalent to 9 trillion dollars over the next two decades.
India’s civil aviation industry will require nearly 90,000 new pilots, technicians and cabin crew personnel during the 20-year forecast period, with a growing number of women choosing to pursue aviation careers. “India’s burgeoning manufacturing and services business means the region is uniquely positioned to become a major aerospace hub,” said Salil Gupte, President of Boeing India.
Water taxis to be part of Mumbai transportation soon; RoPax ferries on 4 routes by Dec: Mandaviya
”After successful operation of Mandawa RoPax service that reduced the journey time between Mumbai and Mandawa from three hours to 45 minutes, we are going to operate RoPax service on four more routes by December 2021,” Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Mandaviya told PTI.
India Gets FREE National Autism Helpline – 9100 181 181
Parents, Family members of autistic children can now be rest assured and dial India’s National Autism Helpline 9100 181 181 to get FREE professional guidance, assistance on Autism. They can receive free professional advices from expert Doctors or Therapists regarding their children’s physical growth, behavioral and developmental changes, health-wellness issues and find useful solutions to manage them. This would help lives of autistic kids better with further inclusion in schools and society at large.
COVID-19 vaccination at public, private workplaces having 100 eligible beneficiaries from Apr 11
“In order to increase the access of vaccine to these populations, COVID-19 vaccination sessions may be organised at work places (both public & private) which are having about 100 eligible and willing beneficiaries by tagging these work places with an existing COVID vaccination centre,” Bhushan said in the letter.
“Such work place vaccination centres may be launched across states/Union territories from April 11, 2021,” he said.
Gadkari flags off 90 ambulances for road accident victims
The 90 basic care ambulances are for Andaman-Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement.
As per road accident statistics, of the 415 deaths per day in India, about 40 per cent lives can be saved if basic medical treatment is made available in time, the statement said.
India’s richest man Ambani fined for irregularities in Reliance share issue
“It is noted that in the instant matter the noticees have been alleged to have failed to make public announcement to acquire shares of RIL and deprived the shareholders of their statutory rights / opportunity to exit from the target company and therefore they breached the provisions of Takeover Regulations. Such charges against the noticees make the instant matter grave,”Sebi has said in an order.
IRDAI issues draft guidelines on trade credit insurance
The government is keen on trade credit insurance that will to enable general insurance companies to offer trade credit insurance with customised covers to improve businesses for the SMEs and MSMEs, considering the evolving insurance risk needs of these sectors.
Axis Bank becomes a co-promoter of Max Life
The Axis Entities have a right to acquire an additional stake of up to 7 per cent in Max Life, in one or more tranches, subject to regulatory approvals.With the conclusion of this transaction, Max Life’s Board will be strengthened further, with co-option of three nominee directors of Axis Entities on its Board.
57% of Indian organizations suffered unexpected downtime in 2020 due to data loss, reveals Acronis Survey
While 2020 saw companies purchase new systems to enable and secure remote workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, those investments are not paying off. The global survey discovered that 70% of companies in India now run as many as 10 solutions simultaneously for their data protection and cybersecurity needs, while the remaining 30% run more than 10 solutions – yet 57% of all those organizations suffered unexpected downtime last year because of data loss.
Domestic passenger traffic slips to 10-year low in pandemic-hit FY21
The domestic passenger traffic in March 2021 has been estimated at around 77-78 lakh, a marginal decline of about 1 percent over February during which airlines had flown around 78.30 lakh passengers, it said.