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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarICICI 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...
Sebi should hear If cos have views on Chairperson, MD posts separation: FM
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has asked listed entities to split the roles of chairperson and managing director before the April 2022 deadline New Delhi: As Sebi plans to implement norms for separation of posts...
India’s digital currency to debut by early 2023
''In the case of a digital rupee instead of holding a note you will be holding a digital currency in your phone and it would be with the central bank and from there it would be transferred to any merchant. It is fully backed by the sovereign,'' the source said The...
Gold ETFs attract Rs 4,814-cr in 2021 on firming inflation, higher mkt valuations
Quantum Mutual Fund MD and CEO Jimmy Patel said the category may see continued interest in 2022 amid sticky inflation and the Federal Reserve attempting to catch up to it, possibly disrupting growth and markets Mumbai: Gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) remained in...
Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 hits J-K
The tremors caused panic among people who rushed out of their homes. It also damaged the spire of the revered shrine of Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani, popularly known as “Nund Rishi” at Chrar-e-Sharief in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, the officials said Srinagar: A...
Reliance Jio faces over 8-hr outage in Mumbai
Users complained of getting a message saying they are not registered on the network while attempting a call while those calling Jio subscribers could not get through Mumbai: Users of the Mukesh Ambani-led telco started facing issues at around noon and the company...
Discussion with Irdai underway for approval to Raheja QBE deal: Paytm
Paytm group Chief Financial Officer and President Madhur Deora in response to a question on the status of Raheja QBE transaction said there is no official or unofficial rejection of the company's application to acquire the insurance firm, according to a source who...
Delhi HC adjourns hearing on “BBB selecting UII CMD” to March 21
The case, which was initiated in the court of Justice Justice V Kameswar Rao is now being heard by Justice Yogesh Khanna, has been been adjourned to March 21 New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Feb 03 has adjourned the ongoing hearing of a plea by Inderjeet Singh,...