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COVID-19 led to revival of technology, expertise: Infosys co- founder Nandan Nilekani
“Technology is now becoming central to our world. When you look at this crisis, two things stand out: one is digital technology, and the fact that we are able to at least continue many of the things that we do, thanks to the tools like video conferencing, digitisation, e-commerce, and other online tools.And a large number of us are able to do this and work from home,” he said.
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Digital payments market in India likely to grow 3-folds to Rs 7,092 trillion by 2025: Report
Aditya Birla Sun Life open to consolidation due to Covid-19 disruptions: MD
Under the current scenario, it was very difficult to have a short or long-term view about the business, he said adding ABSLI would continue to have a healthy mix of products with a focus on protection and guaranteed solutions.
In certain pockets, owing to liquidity issues, delay in payments have been observed but no negativity in collection, he added.
Rao also said that death claims in the first quarter of the financial year have been on the lower side compared to the same period last year.
Coronavirus spread largely among under 40-year-olds in France – minister
Customer and employee satisfaction can ensure sustainable value creation:IRDA chief
Tougher EU climate target technically, economically feasible, researchers say
EU countries, which must approve the new climate target, are divided. Western and Nordic countries back the more ambitious level and eastern nations refuse to consider bigger cuts before seeing an assessment of the costs.
The researchers said there is “no credible pathway” towards a 55% target for 2030 without a bigger contribution from states such as Poland and Czech Republic that say the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will make climate goals more challenging.
17th SIRC postponed to Nov, 2021
To fill the void this November, the Organising Committee is planning a virtual event – tentatively coined ‘SIRC 2020 Re-Mind’ – to mark the dates More details of this virtual event will be announced in mid-October.
All important international events like Monte Carlo Rendezvous,during second week of Sept,Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meet,during 4th week of Oct and East Asian Insurance Congress(EAIC), scheduled during last week of Aug, have been cancelled this year due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Govt to hire Deloitte, SBI Capital Markets to help LIC prepare for IPO
Coronavirus pandemic could be over within 2 years, says hopeful WHO Chief
Tedros also said that the pandemic has given new impetus to the need to accelerate efforts to respond to climate change, Xinhua news agency.
“Throughout history, outbreaks and pandemics have changed economies and societies, this one will be no different.”
Noting that the global health criris “has given us a glimpse of our world as it could be: cleaner skies and rivers… Building back better means building back greener”.
COVID-19: India records highest single-day spike of 69,874 cases; tally rises to 29,75,701
Boeing testing hand-held UV wand to sanitize cockpits, cabins
Concerns by airline workers and passengers about the spread of COVID-19 has fueled a rush by companies to roll out new technology for aircraft sanitization.
The wand would eliminate the need for using alcohol or other disinfectants that could damage sensitive electronic equipment, Rae Lutters, chief engineer for Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator program, told a media briefing.
Aarogya Setu”s new feature to help organisations get health status of staff, other users
The new feature called ”Open API Service” will help people, businesses and the economy to return to normalcy, and aims to address the fear/risk of COVID-19 infection. The service can be availed by organisations and business entities, who are registered in India with more than 50 employees, and they can use it to query the Aarogya Setu application in real-time and get the health status of their employees or any other Aarogya Setu user, who have provided their consent for sharing their health status with that entity, the release added.
India”s COVID-19 caseload races past 30 lakh
According to health ministry data, of the 945 fresh deaths, 339 are from Maharashtra, 101 from Tamil Nadu, 93 from Karnataka, 91 from Andhra Pradesh, 64 from Uttar Pradesh, 55 from West Bengal, 34 from Punjab, 15 from Jammu and Kashmir, 14 each from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, 13 from Delhi, 12 each from Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan and 11 from Jharkhand.
Covid-19 also an epidemic of depression and anxiety among young adults
It’s long been clear that Covid-19, like any major disaster, is causing an increase in mental-health disorders and their accompanying evils. Those range from alcoholism and drug addiction to wife beating and child abuse.
In the Americas, the world’s most afflicted region with hotspots from the the US to Brazil, this psycho-social crisis has become its own epidemic, the World Health Organisation’s regional branch said this week.