by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
MUMBAI: India has ramped up the screening of travellers to keep the coronavirus at bay but a flurry of new cases has experts warning that it may be hard to contain a spread in densely populated South Asia with its generally poor medical...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 5, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security
New Delhi: Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Thursday lowered the interest rate on deposits to 8.50 per cent for the current financial year (FY20) from 8.65 per cent in 2018-19. The lowering of interest rate would mean that salaried...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 5, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Mumbai: India’s central bank kept amassing dollars all through 2019, ending the year with Asia’s biggest jump in foreign-exchange reserves. That may come in handy now. Authorities may deploy some of the stockpile to steady the rupee, which has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 5, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Mumbai: The General Insurance Council, the apex industry lobby of the 44-member strong non-life insurers, on Thursday said almost all health insurance policies cover epidemics, including coronavirus. The statement comes after the regulator Irdai on Wednesday...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 5, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
There is no scientific evidence to show that coronavirus — originated from China — spreads through eating chicken, mutton and seafood, FSSAI chief GSG Ayyangar said on Thursday and asserted that the virus would not survive in higher temperature. ...
