by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
In neighbouring Thailand, authorities said that country’s death toll from the quake had risen to 24. Of those, 17 died at the site of a skyscraper in the capital, Bangkok, that collapsed while under construction. A further 77 were still missing there. BANGKOK:...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2025 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Intermediaries, Policy, Regulation
As of 31 March 2024, 43 RRBs are operating through a network of 22,069 branches in 26 States and 3 Union Territories (Puducherry, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh) covering 700 districts of the country. The pace of technology adoption has increased as more RRBs have...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
As at year-end 2024, the Syndicate consisted of 20 members from across the Africa, Middle East and Asia regions. While unique in its legal structure, the Syndicate operates like a traditional reinsurer, providing capacity and expertise to its members as well as...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2025 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Policy, Regulation
As of April 6, 2025, e-Sanjeevani has served over 36 crore patients through teleconsultations since its launch in 2020, making healthcare accessible remotely with 232,291 providers onboarded to date,” according to the ministry. eSanjeevani, India’s National...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Risk Management, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Rising percentage of female-headed proprietary establishments across manufacturing, trade, and other services sectors over the years 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 has been observed NEW DELHI: Women own 39.2 per cent of bank accounts in the country and the proportion is...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Risk Management
“The potential for a full-blown trade war could have far-reaching consequences, affecting global trade and economic growth. However, the steep decline in the dollar index to 102 is seen as favourable for capital flows into emerging economies like India,”...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 5, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Regulation
In her Union Budget speech on February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said the government would rationalise the requirements and procedures for speedy approval for mergers of companies and the scope for fast-track mergers would be widened New Delhi: The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 5, 2025 | Indian News, Risk Management
However, port authorities last week barred the more than 20-year-old Andaman Skies from entering India’s port of Vadinar as its seaworthiness certificate was not issued by an Indian-approved classification agency NEW DELHI: An ageing tanker loaded with Russian...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 5, 2025 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy, Technology
Kerala Health Minister Veena George The system enables payments for services at health centres statewide using credit cards, debit cards, and UPI (Google Pay, PhonePe), among other methods. This initiative has been carried out in collaboration with the Information...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 5, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy, Technology
With this, Delhi has become the 35th state/Union Territory to implement the health insurance scheme. West Bengal is now the only state which has not implemented the scheme New Delhi: In a move towards expanding people’s access to healthcare in the national...
