by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Pension & Social Security, Policy
New Delhi: The government may hike foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the pension sector to 74 per cent and a Bill in this regard is expected to come in the next Parliament session, according to sources. Last month, Parliament approved a Bill to increase FDI...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: As more and more states flag shortage of Covid-19 vaccine doses, the Central government has pressed the accelerator to scale up vaccine production manifold. Top government sources told ANI that by end of the third quarter of this year, India will be...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: In the highest single-day spike, India reported more than 1.52 lakh new Covid-19 cases on Sunday. This is the fifth consecutive day when more than one lakh cases have been reported in the country. According to the Union Health Ministry, the country...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 10, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Enough vaccines have now been administered to fully vaccinate about 5 per cent of the global population but the distribution has been lopsided. Most vaccines are going to the wealthiest countries. As of Thursday, 40 per cent of the Covid-19 vaccines...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 10, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
As many as 60 countries, including some of the world’s poorest, might be stalled at the first shots of their coronavirus vaccinations because nearly all deliveries through the global program intended to help them are blocked until as late as June. COVAX,...
