by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 29, 2021 | Indian News, Pension & Social Security
New Delhi: Pensioners' body Bharatiya Pensioners Manch has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to exempt pension from income tax to provide relief to the senior citizens in the country. In a letter shot off to the prime minister on August 25 this year, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 29, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
New Delhi: India must act now to prevent the country losing USD 35 trillion in economic potential over the next 50 years due to unmitigated climate change, a new report from the Deloitte Economics Institute has said. The report, titled 'India's turning...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Director-General of Civil Aviation on Sunday extended the suspension on scheduled international commercial passenger flights till September 30, 2021, said a circular by the office of DGCA. However, international scheduled...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called a meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) on September 3 to discuss the state of the financial sector and a strategy to support the nascent recovery of the pandemic-hit economy....
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India reported 45,083 new COVID-19 cases and 460 deaths in the last 24 hours said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday. Notably, of the total new cases recorded in the country, Kerala reported 31,265 new COVID cases and 153 deaths on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 29, 2021 | Blog, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Life, Non-Life
Therese Raphael Vaccines never promised us perfect protection. Yet studies are showing that our defenses are declining faster than expected. One from Oxford University published last week showed that the efficacy of the BioNTech/Pfizer Inc. vaccine was halved...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Beijing: People infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, are most contagious two days before, and three days after they develop symptoms, according to a study conducted in China. The research, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 28, 2021 | International News, Life, Technology
SEATTLE: Through its relationship with Amazon Web Services(AWS), Sun Life became the first Canadian company to launch an immersive cloud skills training program, which is now available to its employees. Dubbed "Catalysts for Cloud" and using...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
New Delhi: In a move that will aid closure of retro tax demands against companies such as Cairn Energy and Vodafone PLC, the Income Tax Department on Saturday released draft of rules to drop such demands provided companies concerned give an...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Mumbai: The pandemic push will lead to an 11 per cent annual growth for the pharma sector over the next two years and help it surpass USD 60 billion from around USD 45 billion in FY21, according to a report. The domestic pharma industry globally ranks third in...
