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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarNew-age tech firms lead Rs 1.2 lakh crore mop-up through IPOs in 2021
The simplification of rules by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has led to the record fundraising by the new-age technologies firms, which are mostly loss-making. Earlier regulation required a firm to have profit-making records in order to get listed...
Sunny days await job seekers as economic recovery hopes energise cos
''Omicron or not, we have reason to believe that the days of complete shutdown are behind us. Everyone, be it employees, employers or government bodies, have realised that a fine balance between lives and livelihoods will have to be struck,'' Balasubramanian A,...
Gap between 2nd Covid shot and booster likely to be 9-12 months: Report
The nitty-gritty of the gaps for the vaccines currently being used in India's inoculation programme Covishield and Covaxin is being worked out, and a final decision over this will be taken soon, they said. New Delhi:The gap between the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine...
439 infrastructure projects show cost overrun of Rs 4.38 trillion
"Total original cost of implementation of the 1,679 projects was Rs 22,29,544.27 crore and their anticipated completion cost is likely to be Rs 26,67,593.85 crore, which reflects overall cost overruns of 4,38,049.58 crore (19.65% of original cost)," the ministry's...
India Inc raises over Rs 9-trn through equity, debt issuances in 2021
Out of the cumulative Rs 9.01 lakh crore garnered till mid-December this year, funds totalling Rs 5.53 lakh crore were mopped up from the debt market, Rs 2.1 lakh crore came from the equity market, Rs 30,840 crore through REITs and InvITs and Rs 1.06 lakh crore via...
Sensex Weathers Highs And Hiccups To Deliver A Blockbuster 2021
Most brokerages expect Sensex to post tepid returns in 2022, weighed by the already stretched valuations, hawkish central banks and an uncertain global recovery The looming threat of Omicron setting off another wave of the pandemic is the biggest short-term risk. But...
World economy now set to surpass $100 Trillion in 2022, India to become 3rd largest by 2031
British consultancy Cebr predicts India looks set to overtake France next year and then Britain in 2023 to regain its place as the world's sixth biggest economy, Cebr said Climate change will lower consumer spending by $2 trillion a year on average through 2036 as...
Mutual funds add Rs 7-lakh crore to kitty in 2021; Omicron, rate hikes possible red flags for 2022
Mutual funds saw net inflows of Rs 1.93 lakh crore in 2021 (till November). This included Rs 71,600 crore into equity schemes and Rs 14,500 crore into debt schemes New Delhi: Mutual Funds as an investment avenue won the confidence of investors in 2021 with the...
Amit Shah launches Good Governance Index 2021; Gujarat tops, UP shows growth
Union Home Minister Amit Shah Gujarat has performed strongly in economic governance, human resource development, public infrastructure and utilities, social welfare and development, judiciary and public safety while Maharashtra scored in agriculture and allied sector,...
5,700 flights cancelled globally as Omicron hits Christmas weekend travel
"The nationwide spike in Omicron cases this week has had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation," United said in a statement Friday Chinese airlines accounted for the highest number of cancellations, with China Eastern scrapping 1,000...
PM Modi announces jabs for 15-18 age group, ‘precaution dose’ for Covid warriors
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Booster doses for frontline workers, as well as co-morbid patients aged 60 years and up after consultations from the doctor, will be given from January 10 Modi assured that soon the country will develop nasal vaccine and the world’s first...
Omicorn Check:Centre to deploy multi-disciplinary teams in 10 states with high covid cases and low vaccination
As per the document, these 10 states are Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Mizoram, Karnataka, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Punjab New Delhi: Multi-disciplinary central teams have been deployed in 10 states which are reporting either an increasing...
Booster dose ‘every 6 months for many years’ will be new norm: Expert
"I think booster shots, just like your annual influenza shot (are) something we just need to accept, it's (Covid-19) not going to be with us for many weeks and months, it's going to be with us for many years," Trent Twomey, National President of the Pharmacy Guild...
India will see Omicron surge but cases will be mild, vaccines will help: Angelique Coetzee
Dr Angelique Coetzee In the case of a vaccinated person or one who has had a history of being infected by COVID-19, it will spread to fewer people, she said, adding that unvaccinated people will potentially spread the virus 100 per cent ''Existing vaccines would...
Every 3rd informal worker registered on e-Shram, total enrollment cross 14 cr mark
About 51 per cent registered workers are farm labourers followed by 11 per cent in construction sector, 10 per cent in domestic & household workers and 6.5 per cent in the apparel segment Every third informal sector worker in India is now registered on e-Shram...
Omicron patients likely need up to 70% less hospital care, says report
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said its early findings are "encouraging" but the variant could still lead to large numbers of people in hospital, reports the BBC People getting infected with Omicron are 50 per cent to 70 per cent less likely to need hospital...
Modi tells states to beef up health facilities as Omicron cases rise
Prime Minister Narendra Modi While more than half of India's adult population is fully vaccinated, hundreds of millions are still at risk. Doctors warn that if an Omicron-fuelled third wave of infections hits the country, medical facilities could be over-run very...
Global M&A activity smashes all-time records to top $5 trillion in 2021
"Corporate balance sheets are incredibly healthy, sitting on $2 trillion of cash in the U.S. alone -- and access to capital remains widely-available at historically low costs," said Chris Roop who co-heads North America M&A at JPMorgan Technology and healthcare,...