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48% parents not willing to send their kids to schools till they get Covid vaccines: Survey

Jul 29, 2021

The survey conducted with over 32,000 parents across 361 districts in the country found that 30 per cent parents are willing to send their wards to schools if coronavirus cases in their districts come down to zero.

India adds 43,645 COVID-19 cases, 640 deaths

Jul 29, 2021

The number of active cases stood at 3,99,436, an increase of 1,336 in a span of 24 hours, and comprises 1.27 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.39 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The total number of Covid vaccine doses administered so far as part of the nationwide vaccination drive has reached 44.61 crore.

Maha govt clears immediate aid for flood victims, Rs 50 lakh cover for municipal Covid warriors

Jul 29, 2021

Maharashtra Cabinet also decided to provide insurance cover of Rs 50 lakhs to the officers and employees of Municipal Corporations, Nagar Panchayats and Nagar Parishads in the state who died while performing COVID-19 duties.

Cabinet approves privatisation of a PSU general insurer

Jul 29, 2021

The amendments, approved by the cabinet, will remove the clause for the Centre to hold at least 51 per cent in public sector insurance companies at any given time and transfer of management control to a private player who wants buy the compoany. ‘

India has four general insurance companies in the public sector – National Insurance Company Limited, New India Assurance Company Limited, Oriental Insurance Company Limited and the United India Insurance Company Limited. One of these will be privatised for which the government is yet to finalise the name.

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International

France to require insurers, banks to run Climate Change stress tests in 2020

Dec 2, 2019

French bank Societe Generale and French insurer AXA said this week they would exit the coal sector by 2030 in OECD countries and by 2040 for the rest the world.

European investors urge Big-Four auditors to take action on Climate Risks

Dec 2, 2019

“We would expect management to report on environmental and societal issues to the extent necessary for primary users of financial statements to form their own assessment of the company’s longer-term prospects and management’s stewardship of the business,” IASB board member Nick Anderson said.

Global eTrade Services unveils new finance services suite to reinforce end-to-end supply chain orchestration

Dec 2, 2019

In partnership with 12 leading payments, trade financiers, and insurance providers, CALISTATM Finance helps customers fulfill their trade financing needs seamlessly, securely, and smartly while making customer onboarding process faster with Know Your Customer (KYC) done within a day as opposed to two weeks traditionally.

Extreme weather in Greece brought $1.1 Billion in crop damages since 2011

Nov 29, 2019

Kyriakos Tsitouridis, the head of the Meteorological Research Center of the Greek Agricultural Insurance Organization (ELGA), said farmers will have to switch to “crops that can survive in extreme weather conditions.”

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