by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 2, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Overseas investors pumped in a net amount of Rs 9,031 crore into the Indian capital markets in May on expectations of more business-friendly measures following the BJP's landslide victory in the general elections. Interestingly, foreign...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 2, 2019 | International News, Risk Management
Seoul: The worsening US-China trade war and rising costs are putting pressure on airline earnings as the International Air Transport Association (IATA) cut its forecast for 2019 industry profits by more than a fifth. Net income for 2019 will probably...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 2, 2019 | Facts, Intermediaries, Technology, Trends, Facts
Luxury fashion is getting ready for its selfie. If it likes what it sees, the global apparel market could become a battle of the Everything Store against the Everyone Store. Selling on Instagram is no longer just the province of retailers. A small group...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 1, 2019 | Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: State owned Oriental Insurance Company (OIC) has paid Rs 1.5 crore of claim to the family of 15 police jawans of Maharshtra who were killed in a recent Maosits attack in Gadchiroli. Fifteen C-60 commandos, including a woman, and a driver...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 1, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: No relief is in sight for central and northwest central India, including parts of Rajasthan, which are reeling under a severe heat wave, with the weather department predicting a further likely rise in the mercury in the next 48 hours. ...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 1, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: The domestic auto sector has continued its downturn in May. Almost all the auto majors have recorded a slump in their sales in the month of May. "The market continues to be tough for the auto industry with two consecutive months of such a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 1, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
Mumbai: Even as India’s payments sector is laying greater emphasis on providing improved services to customers and upgrading legacy technology infrastructures to enhance the overall experience, The Economic Times Cards and Payment Summit set to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 1, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Even as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday surprised markets by naming Nirmala Sitharaman, formerly the defence minister, as the next finance minister on a day data showed that Asia’s third biggest economy grew at its slowest pace in...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 31, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The government formed a new 'Jal Shakti' Ministry by merging the ministries of Water Resources and Drinking Water and Sanitation with Gajendra Singh Shekhawat at its helm. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat took charge of the ministry on...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 31, 2019 | Indian News, Non-Life
Mumbai: Beleaguered Indian tycoon Anil Ambani is in talks to sell his group’s general insurance unit to a shadow lender, people familiar with the matter said, as he seeks to reduce debt. Reliance Capital Ltd., controlled by Ambani, is discussing...