by AIP Online Bureau | May 17, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: In a bid to ensure timely support to depositors of stressed banks, the government may bring amendment to DICGC Act in the monsoon session with the objective to provide account holders easy and time-bound access to funds to the extent of the deposit...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Health, International News, Non-Life
SAN FRANCISCO: A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a $25 million award against agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. in a lawsuit that alleged a California man developed cancer from exposure to its best-selling weed killer, Roundup. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the U.S....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Saturday asserted that no one should be denied vaccine, medicine, hospitalisation or treatment just because they do not have an Aadhaar. The UIDAI made it clear that Aadhaar should not be misused as an excuse for...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Facts, Technology, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Microsoft Corp.’s directors started a probe into Bill Gates’s alleged involvement with a female employee that was deemed inappropriate and decided that the co-founder had to step down from the board last year, Dow Jones reported, citing people...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: The first batch of the 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) drug developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for treatment of Covid-19 will be released by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday. Rajnath Singh's office...