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The total population increased from 5.08 million in 2010 to 5.69 million in 2020. Within this, the citizen population grew from 3.23 million to 3.52 million, while the permanent resident population remained ”stable” at around 0.5 million, it added.
The number of non-residents rose from 1.31 million to 1.64 million.
US Justice Department sues to block Aon’s acquisition of Willis Towers Watson
India reports 60,471 new COVID-19 cases, 2,726 deaths
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 176 mn; deaths surge to more than 3.80 mn
In terms of infections, India follows in the second place with 29,510,410 cases.
The other worst countries with over 3 million cases are Brazil (17,452,612), France (5,803,012), Turkey (5,336,073), Russia (5,162,049), the UK (4,589,398), Italy (4,245,779), Argentina (4,145,482), Colombia (3,777,600), Spain (3,741,767), Germany (3,724,168) and Iran (3,039,432), the CSSE figures showed.
Bharti AXA General Insurance posts a net of Rs 120 crore in FY 21,Combined ratio at 110.5%
New Delhi Non-life insurer Bharti AXA General Insurance,which is in the process of being taken over by ICICI Lombard General Insurnace, posted a profit after tax of Rs 120 crore in FY21. Combined ratio of the general insurer stood at 110.5 per cent compared to...
Delhi defies social distancing norms, doctors say brace for COVID-19 ‘explosion’
Narayan Murthy’s Anviti Insurance Brokers rebranded as Aon India
COVID-19:Insurance protection gap reaches new high of $1.4 trillion in 2020, Swiss Re
Jérôme Haegeli, Swiss Re Group Chief Economist said “”The global pandemic has accentuated the gap between the rich and poor. It has laid bare the need for governments to focus on rebuilding and promoting social cohesion. Social equity – and at its heart, creating equal opportunities for all – will be a defining feature of a more resilient world.”
Indian tech firms struggling with Covid-19 trauma
Indian tech firms help young workers in Covid trauma
There is a cultural hurdle companies need to cross as they help staff. Consulting a psychologist or a psychiatrist is often taboo in India so companies sometimes camouflage their support. Workers are given access to “life coaches,” not psychologists, and they’re measured on a “happiness index,” rather than an anxiety or depression scale.
RBI to focus on growth even as inflation breaches tolerance band
The annual retail inflation rate rose 6.30 per cent year-on-year in May, up from 4.29 per cent in April and sharply above analysts’ estimate of 5.30 per cent. The wholesale price inflation rate rose 12.94 per cent, its highest in at least two decades.
“There is a broad-based increase in CPI inflation but it still is not driven by demand and that gives the RBI some leeway. They will continue to wait and watch as a rate hike is out of question for now,” the first source said.
India confirms first death following Covid-19 vaccination
It is the first death linked to Covid-19 vaccination due to anaphylaxis. It re-emphasises the need to wait for 30 minutes at the inoculation centre after receiving the jab.
The panel said benefits of vaccination are overwhelmingly greater than the small risk of harm and as a measure of utmost precaution, emerging signals of harm are being constantly tracked and reviewed periodically.
28 seaplane routes, 14 water aerodromes under development: Govt
India’s farm sector performed well despite COVID-19, says Tomar
India has launched various projects under the National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture to develop, demonstrate and disseminate the techniques to make agriculture resilient to adverse impacts of climate change, union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said adding that India is promoting organic farming at a large scale.
”The agriculture sector in India performed well during the severe COVID-19 pandemic and registered an all-time high production of 305 million tonne of foodgrains as well as their exports (in 2020-21), contributing to the global food security,” he added.
With child-size needles, France starts giving COVID jab to 12-year-olds
Labour rights still fighting for recognition after ten years of ILO adoption
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated working conditions that were already very poor, the report says. Domestic workers were more vulnerable to the fallout from the pandemic because of long-standing gaps in labour and social protection. This particularly affected the more than 60 million domestic workers in the informal economy.
Plastic surgeon from Panipat re-implants a chopped hand, gives new life to the patient
Fortunately, he had carried the amputated hand well preserved in ice and reached the hospital within 1 hour. The surgery was started immediately by Dr Sanjay Soni and his team and continued for 10 long hours.
In the words of Dr Soni, “The nerves, tendons, bones, all needed a microsurgical repair, which was very challenging and complex, however, since the hand was not crushed we were very hopeful.”