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IFFCO-Tokio General Insurance launches surety bond insurance
To make these projects a reality, India needs to widen the...
Employee doesn’t have right to promotion but consideration if not disqualified: SC
"It is trite that the employee has no right to be promoted but has...
5 New Year resolutions almost everyone makes but doesn’t follow!
Every year people make new year's resolutions and while the intent is to follow and live by them throughout the year, very few of them actually materialise. While there are some new ones, some simply are carried forward every year. As we are about to step into 2023,...
Investors’ wealth erode by Rs 15.77 lakh cr in four days
''Besides spurt in Covid cases in China and Japan, the better-than-expected US Q3 GDP numbers further raised concerns that the Fed will go for more rate hikes to tame inflation, which further accentuated selling pressure in the markets,'' said Amol Athawale, Deputy...
“Country’s Covid positivity rate declining week-on-week…” Health Ministry
The average daily cases during the week ending December 21, India has contributed only 0.03 per cent of Covid cases in the cases reported globally. India's global contribution of only 153 cases is highly lesser, as compared to 1,54,521-- 26.8 per cent of Japan, Health...
Corporate China struggles with supply snags, demand slump as COVID cases spread
As China's massive wave of COVID-19 infections begins its march across a country roughly the size of Europe, the ripple effect on business is accelerating. From its original epicentre in the north, including the capital Beijing, COVID-19 infections are spreading...
China’s factories to the world brace for Tsunami of Covid cases
The resulting eruption in infections is set to be a key test for a vast network of factories that account for almost one-third of the world’s manufacturing output. Those plants are now taking extraordinary steps to ward off infections From locking in workers to...
Shift work affects risk of Covid-19, severity of infection, shows research
"However, they did not have a higher risk of getting a more severe outcome of the infection, compared to those not working face-to-face with others," said Bjorn Bjorvatn, Professor at the University of Bergen Shift work and working face-to-face with others affect the...
Universal Sompo General partners with Zopper
Universal Sompo General Insurance, has partnered with Zopper, India’s largest insurance infrastructure API platform, to roll out offerings with personalised insurance solutions, as well as a hassle-free customer experience, from policy generation to claims...
Common workplace fumes, dusts may heighten rheumatoid arthritis risk
It is well known that smoking increases a person's risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, but it is unknown what effect inhaling dust and fumes from the workplace may have According to research published online in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, breathing in...
More than 1 in 5 worldwide suffering from violence at work: ILO
The most common reasons given for non-disclosure were that it was seen as a "waste of time", leaving people who have been abused, fearing for their reputation. Women were more likely to share their experiences than men (60.7 per cent compared to 50.1 per cent) UN:...
SC seeks response of Centre on pleas seeking recognition of marriage involving gay couple
Pleas seek a direction that the right to marry a person of one’s choice be extended to persons belonging to LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender and Queer). New Delhi; A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli heard the brief...