by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 17, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Administering at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to the eligible population in states like Uttar Pradesh and Punjab where assembly elections are scheduled to be held next year is on the priority list of the government, according to official sources....
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi: At least 87 per cent of Indian respondents said their organisations were victims of security breach in the last year, a report said on Thursday. According to Cloud-enabled security solutions provider Barracuda, companies with staff working predominantly...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 17, 2021 | Indian News, Pension & Social Security
New Delhi, Sept 17: The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on Friday said subscriber base under its flagship pension schemes rose by 24 per cent in August this year to over 4.53 crore. The PFRDA administers two pension schemes — National...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 17, 2021 | Articles, Banking & Bancassurance, Technology
By Anna Irrera and Iain Withers Anyone can be a banker these days, you just need the right code. Global brands from Mercedes and Amazon to IKEA and Walmart are cutting out the traditional financial middleman and plugging in software from tech...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 17, 2021 | Facts, Health, Pandemic
New Delhi, Sept 17: A study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed that increase in the work volume and intensity, manifestations of stigma and additional responsibilities of healthcare workers (HCWs), who had to adapt to new protocols and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance
Sept 17: The coronavirus has made it harder for authorities to respond to disasters caused by extreme weather fuelled by climate change, with more severe storms, floods, and heatwaves affecting nearly 140 million people around the world, an aid organization...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 17, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Technology
New Delhi,September 17: Paris based insurance major AXA launched a toll-free helpline with NGO partner Sewa International in Delhi NCR, Haryana, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan to provide telemedicine services for medical ailments and information on the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
Lucknow: Union minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday said the Centre has set the goal of digitisation of agricultural land records. For transparency, the government is digitising all the registry records and land deeds, the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
Sept 17: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. are among technology giants lining up to harness data from India’s farmers in an ambitious government-led productivity drive aimed at transforming an outmoded agricultural industry. Prime...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 17, 2021 | Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that his ministry is in talks with a foreign company to construct an electric highway from Delhi to Jaipur. While reviewing the progress of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (DME) at Dausa, in...
