by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Regulation, Technology
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is in the process of constructing a digital payment index to assess the extent of digitisation in the country and innovation in existing modes and channels to bridge digital divide, a senior official of the apex bank...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Intermediaries
Mumbai: Mahindra Insurance Brokers Ltd.(MIBL),an outfit of diversified Mahindra & Mahindra group, has launched paybima.com, a digital platform for online insurance buying experience. Powered by advanced analytics, PayBima offers the Indian customer an...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Dharamshala: Snow trout, the iconic cold water fish species found in Himalayan rivers, would lose their habitat by 16 per cent in the next 30 years and by over 26 per cent by 2070, a new climate change study by the government’s Wildlife Institute of India...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security
Retirement fund group EPFO on Wednesday decided to credit a part of 8.5 per interest on employees provident fund (EPF) for 2019-20 into the account of its around 60 million subscribers. The decision to provide 8.15 per cent interest on EPF has been taken at the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Inspections triggered by production flaws in Boeing’s 787 jetliner are further slowing deliveries of the two-aisle planes, compounding Boeing’s struggle to recover from the grounding of its 737 Max and the coronavirus pandemic. Boeing has recorded its...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Automobile dealers' body FADA on Wednesday said passenger vehicle (PV) retail sales in August declined 7.12 per cent to 1,78,513 units as compared to same month last year. According to Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), which...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
United Nations: India's child mortality rate has declined substantially between 1990 and 2019 but the country, along with Nigeria, still accounted for almost a third of all under-five deaths last year, according to a new UN report which warned that COVID-19...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday exuded confidence that India will increase its existing clean energy capacity of 134 GW to 220 GW by 2022 and stressed on reducing tariffs further through technological advancements. The Prime Minister was earlier...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
The first batch of Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus, developed by Russia's Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has been released into civil circulation, regional deliveries are...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Reinsurance
Paris: SCOR has three key positive messages for its Investor Day. At its annual Investor Day, Denis Kessler,Chairman & Chief Executive Officer SCOR, presented an overview of the first year of the “Quantum Leap” strategic plan and said the...
