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This is the third consecutive session of loss in the benchmark Sensex and investors have lost over Rs 7 lakh crore during this period Mumbai: The Indian equities markets benchmark Sensex slumped 1023 points on Monday due to heavy selling by foreign institutional...
India GDP estimated at Rs 147.5 lakh crore in FY22: Chaudhary
Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary In FY 2020-21, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said that as a major part of its policy response to the pandemic, the government while providing a safety net to the vulnerable sections of the society...
India ranks second in issuance of green bonds: Pankaj Chaudhary
''India has seen an increasing number of issuance in the overseas green bond market. India is currently ranked 2nd (after China) among the emerging market economies in green bonds issuance,'' Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said On Crypto he said, this...
MFIs’ assets under management likely to grow at 18-22% in FY2023: ICRA Report
"The growth rate in the AUM of NBFC-MFIs is estimated to improve to 18-22 per cent in FY2023. There would, however, be downside risk to our estimates in case of significant disruptions caused by the new wave of infections in Q4 FY2022 or future waves if any,"...
Sebi comes out with new disclosure format for abridged prospectus
Under the revised format, a company will have to disclose about name of the promoter, details of offer to public -- types of issue, fresh issue and offer for sale (OFS)component, total issue size -- and share reservations details on the front page of the abridged...
Can 7th rank Mumbai overtake top Asia Pacific data centre Singapore?
Within the Asia Pacific region, Mumbai was ranked at a respectable 7th place after Seoul, Tokyo and Osaka and ahead of Shanghai, Melbourne and Beijing Singapore emerged as the top Asia Pacific data centre in a ranking published in January this year. It tied Silicon...
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launches Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Mandaviya informed ``a total of 170 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered already throughout the country. Indradhanush is for a universal vaccination which is accessible and received justifiably by all" New Delhi:...
ICICI Lombard partners with Airtel Payments Bank to offer ‘Cyber Insurance’ to customers
Airtel Payments Bank customers can purchase this cyber insurance policy within minutes using the Airtel Thanks app. This insurance comes with ZERO waiting period and allows users to make multiple claims multiple times during the policy tenure, within the limits of the...
Passenger vehicle retail sales drop 10% in Jan due to chip shortage: FADA
"In spite of good demand, passenger vehicles continue to face the brunt of semiconductor shortage, resulting in the absence of a healthy inventory," FADA President Vinkesh Gulati said in a statement New Delhi: Passenger vehicle retail sales declined 10 per cent...
Alzheimer’s-like changes seen in COVID-19 patients’ brains
People who die of severe COVID-19 have brain abnormalities that resemble changes seen in Alzheimer's disease - accumulation of a protein called tau inside brain cells, and abnormal amounts of the protein beta-amyloid that accumulates into amyloid plaques - small...
CNN exec Zucker’s ouster shows peril of hiding work romance
“A big problem is, most employees have no idea what their company's policy is.It's not typically included in an offer letter,” Jeff Hyman, CEO of Recruit Rockstars, an online recruiting firm, said ``Another common problem is that employees fear they'll be punished if...
Green bonds to be rupee-denominated with long tenure: DEA secy
''At this point of time, we are looking at the domestic markets and rupee-denominated…the tenure would be normal like any G-sec tenure. It would be medium to long term but not short term. Fund mobilised will be used in the infrastructure sector, which has a...
IPO-bound LIC offers highest ROE of 82%: CRISIL
At 64.1 per cent or with a Gross Written Premium (GWP) of USD 56.405 billion, LIC’s market share is unparalleled globally, and no other life insurer is enjoying such a high market share, a Crisil report said Mumbai: The IPO-bound national insurer Life Insurance...
Not everyone is male or female – the growing controversy over sex designation
But sex designation is not as simple as a glance and then a check of one box or another. Instead, the overwhelming evidence shows that sex is not binary. To put it another way, the terms “male” and “female” don’t fully capture the complex biological, anatomical and...
Hawkish central banks say goodbye to easy money as they hike rates
What has forced the central-bank rethink is a wave of inflation. It’s driven by a disconnect between surging demand in post-lockdown economies and shortages in the supply of some key commodities, materials and goods -- as well as workers The end of easy money is upon...
Digital agriculture, organic farming to protect farmers from impact of climate change: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Prime Minister said, "To save our farmers from climate challenge, our focus is on the fusion of both 'Back to basics' and 'March to future'. Our focus is on more than 80 per cent of small farmers of the country who need us the most. One...
IPO-bound LIC ropes in 6 independent directors on its board
LIC appointed former financial services secretary Anjuly Chib Duggal, ex-Sebi member G Mahalingam, former SBI Life managing director Sanjeev Nautiyal, chartered accountants- MP Vijay Kumar, Raj Kamal, and V S Parthasarathy on its board With the appointment, the total...
Indians cough up Rs 74,000 cr for Covid tests in 2 years, says NGO
"Considering an average of Rs 1000/test, Indians have been compelled to spend over Rs 74,000-crore only for Covid-19 tests, with private labs netting the major portion of the loot," Grahak Bharati Founder-President Barrister Vinod Tiwari told IANS Mumbai: In the past...