by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: In reversal of a two-month selling trend, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in June turned out to be net buyers by investing a net Rs 13,269 crore in Indian markets. This could be attributed to improvement in investor sentiments on the back of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Technology
Beijing: China's cyberspace administration said on Sunday that it had ordered smartphone app stores to stop offering the ride-hailing firm Didi Global Inc's app after finding that Didi had illegally collected users' personal data. The Cyberspace...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Regulation, Technology
New Delhi: Amazon.com Inc and India's Tata Group warned government officials on Saturday that plans for tougher rules for online retailers would have a major impact on their business models, four sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters. At a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: India’s $442 billion asset management industry is finally having to reckon with the passive investing juggernaut. After decades of sluggish growth, the number of accounts invested in index-tracking or exchange-traded funds more than doubled to 5.6...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 4, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has rejected as ''bogus'' almost 50 percent of the applications that were filed seeking compensation for the damage caused by cyclone Yaas, following spot verification by district authorities, a senior...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 4, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
Heatwaves have claimed more than 17,000 lives in 50 years in India, according to a paper recently published by the country's top meteorologists. The paper said there were 706 heatwave incidents in the country from 1971-2019. The research paper was authored by M...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
New Delhi: Businesses buying shares or commodities traded through recognised stock or commodity exchanges for any value even above Rs 50 lakh will not be required to deduct TDS on the transaction, the income tax department has said. With effect from July 1,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
A handful of emerging-market currencies have held onto gains versus the dollar this year. That list may shrink in the coming weeks as the highly contagious delta variant forms a new fault line for developing nations. Countries that are lagging in vaccination...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Jaipur: In the first case of Delta positive in Rajasthan, a 65-year-old woman, who recovered from Covid-19 in May and had undergone both doses of vaccination, has tested positive with the variant. However, the woman is healthy, confirmed government officials. With...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: After months of being cooped up inside as Covid raged outside, well-heeled Indians have decided that home is not where the heart is and are hitting the road and the skies to break the monotony of their indoor existence. There is even a term for it...
