by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Industry experts are cautiously optimistic about the economy going forward as global supply chain disruptions and weakening demand amidst spread of the coronavirus epidemic pose a challenge. Meanwhile, the December quarter GDP expansion slowed to a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The commerce and industry ministry has convened a meeting of exporters and industry on March 3 to discuss export and import opportunities emerging on account of the coronavirus outbreak in China. The meeting will be chaired by Commerce and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 28, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Mumbai: On the impact of coronavirus on the economy, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said there is no need to immediately press the "panic button", but admitted that it may get challenging if the issues prolong for another two or...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 28, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: The months of March, April and May are "likely to be warmer than normal" over northwest, west, central and parts of south India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday in its summer forecast. Above normal heat...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 28, 2020 | Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Public non-life insurer Oriental Insurance Company requires Rs 3000 crore as capital for the next financial year for growth, its CMD A V Girijakumar said on Friday. He said that the board of the company will meet on March 18, 2020, to examine...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 28, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi/Mumbai: Indian shares sank on Friday for a sixth straight session, capping their worst week in more than a decade, over fears that the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak could trigger a global recession. The Sensex ended the week with a 7 per...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 28, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Mumbai: As the novel coronavirus spreads from China around the globe, India appears especially at risk because of its dense population, patchy health-care system and high rate of migration. The nation has confirmed just three cases, while the Indian...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 28, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
The best economic tonic for the coronavirus shock is to contain its spread and worry about stimulus later, said Raghuram Rajan, former head of the Reserve Bank of India. There’s little central banks can do, and while more government spending would...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 28, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Global share prices headed for the worst week since the darkest days of the world financial crisis in 2008 as investors braced for the coronavirus to become a pandemic and rapidly spread around the world. Hopes that the epidemic that started in China...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
Driven by continued 4G consumption, the overall data traffic in India rose by 47 per cent in 2019, while 3G data traffic recorded its highest-ever decline of 30 per cent, according to a study by Nokia. According to the study, Nokia’s annual Mobile...
