by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: Maharashtra government on Monday made it mandatory for those seeking to enter the state from Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Goa to carry RT-PCR negative reports. For those flying in, the RT-PCR sample collection should have been done within 72 hours of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The pandemic situation in Delhi has worsened and it has gone out of control in Gujarat, the Supreme Court said on Monday while expressing concern over the surge in number of COVID-19 cases across the country The apex court, which asked the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 23, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
GENEVA: Greenhouse gas concentrations climbed to a new record in 2019 and rose again this year despite an expected drop in emissions due to COVID-19 lockdowns, the World Meteorological Organization said on Monday, warning against complacency. Many scientists...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Policy
New Delhi: The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) is scouting for a consultant to assist it in the minority and strategic stake sales in banks and insurance companies. The consultant will be appointed for one year, which could be extended by...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
Thiruvananthapuram: The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Government in Kerala on Monday put on hold implementation of the controversial amendment to the state Police Act citing criticism from various quarters. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said his government...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 23, 2020 | Articles, Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Risk Management
By Andy Mukherjee A working group set up by the Reserve Bank, the regulator, has suggestions for what to do with ownership of private-sector banks. Large industrial houses may be permitted to own controlling stakes, it says, but only after...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 23, 2020 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management
Singapore: International rating agency S&P Global Ratings said on Monday a recommendation from an Indian central bank committee to allow industrial conglomerates to set up banks as part of proposed changes to the banking sector, is fraught with risk. A...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Jobs are returning in India as the economy recovers from lockdown-related losses, according to the head of a top staffing firm. Quess Corp., which claims to be India’s largest private-sector employer providing staffing services to companies, saw its workforce...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
LONDON: Britain’s AstraZeneca said on Monday its vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be around 90% effective without any serious side effects. The vaccine developed by Oxford University was 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 when it was administered as a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 23, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
NEW YORK: In remote northern Michigan a propane shortage in early 2014 caused prices to nearly double, squeezing about half of the families there who rely on the fossil fuel to heat their homes. Glenda Bowler remembers her son fitting a wood stove at his restaurant as...
