by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 1, 2024 | Data, Workplace/Employee Benefits
One of the sources said first officers reporting sick have forced the airline to cancel flights as their salaries have been reduced significantly Mumbai: Vistara will temporarily reduce flight operations due to non-availability of pilots as many first officers have...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 1, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
The products are “negligently designed for compulsive use, have rewired the way children think, behave and learn,” a joint statement by the boards said. That has caused learning and mental health crises in students, resulting in the schools having to invest more in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 1, 2024 | Articles, Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Risk Management, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Tech professionals are leaving India’s IT hub of Bengaluru amid an intensifying drought that has gripped the city as it sweats through another torrid pre-monsoon season, the Deccan Herald reported this month. More than half of the wells the city depends on for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 1, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
“This is the first time that passenger vehicle sales have crossed the 40 lakh sales mark in the country…much of the growth that has happened is in the SUV segment,” Shashank Srivastava,member, executive committee, Maruti Suzuki India New Delhi: Driven by robust demand...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 1, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
George Attard, CEO of Asia Pacific for Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, said, “The April 1st reinsurance renewals were more predictable and generally favorable to reinsurance buyers. As mid-year renewals get under way for the catastrophe-exposed markets of Florida,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 1, 2024 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Pension & Social Security, Policy
Under the new tax regime, the tax rates are significantly lower, though the benefit of various exemptions and deductions (other than standard deduction of Rs 50,000 from salary and Rs 15,000 from family pension) is not available, as in the old regime, the Finance...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 1, 2024 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
Gujarat, Maharashtra, north Karnataka, Odisha, west Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh are predicted to experience the worst impact of heat waves in April New Delhi:India is set to experience extreme heat during the April to June period, with the central and western...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 1, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
Union minister Nitin Gadkari Gadkari did not give any timeline to meet this ambitious target which even proponents of green energy believe is mind bogglingly difficult New Delhi: As part of his ambition to make India a green economy, Union minister Nitin Gadkari wants...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 1, 2024 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Regulation, Technology
Prime Minister Narendra Modi There are some challenges confronting the industry along with this, including artificial intelligence and blockchain, which are changing the face of banking, cyber security amid the increasing reliance on digital banking and innovations...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 31, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
“With a robust solvency ratio of 2.94 , we remain bullish and will grow our top line in this Apr 1 renewals. We have engaged with the market participants, especially the bigger ones. And my team is speaking to the reinsurance people to ensure that we understand...