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08 Aug

The Union government is likely to launch a digitized platform for migrant workers

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Workers in the informal economy are estimated to contribute nearly 50% to the country’s gross domestic product or GDP, a measure of incomes and output.The Union government is likely to launch by next week a digitized platform for migrant workers that will enable authorities to direct state-run benefits to them and intervene during crises.The platform will allow migrants to register themselves. Registered workers will get a unique ID. The CSCs are points of access to a host of government digital services across the country. According to the first official cited above, the portal is similar to a platform launched last…

08 Aug

Kerala Plane Crash Survivors offered a Final Compensation by Air India Express

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The Air India Express flight from Dubai with 190 people on board, including a six-member crew, overshot the tabletop runway during landing at the Kozhikode Kerala airport amid heavy rains on August 7, 2020. all 165 passengers, who were injured and to the family of 19 flyers who died in the plane crash, in Kerala's Kozhikode district last year has been offered a compensation by Air India Express.Allegedly 80 out of the 165 injured flyers have taken up the offers given by the airline however the remaining 85 injured flyers and the family of the 19 passengers who died hasn’t…

08 Aug

Taliban capture northern Afghan city of Kunduz

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Afghan forces and the Taliban were fighting fiercely Sunday in the centre of Kunduz.The Taliban said Sunday they had captured the key Afghan city of Kunduz, a claim confirmed by an AFP correspondent in the vicinity, as fierce fighting raged in the centre of a second northern capital, Shar-e-pul. officials and residents confirmed, that the insurgents did capture two other provincial capitals in the last 48 hours.The Taliban have taken two provincial capitals since Friday, but Kunduz would be the most significant to fall since the insurgents launched an offensive in May as foreign forces began the final stages of…

07 Aug

India sees single-day rise of 38,628 Covid-19 cases, 617 deaths

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India recorded a single-day rise of 38,628 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to 3,18,95,385, while the death toll climbed to 4,27,371 with 617 fresh fatalities, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. The active cases in the country have declined to 4,12,153 and comprise 1.29 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.37 per cent, the ministry data updated at 8 am showed.A decrease of 2,006 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours, it said. The ministry also said that 17,50,081 tests…

07 Aug

No change in fuel prices in almost 3 weeks

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Oil marketing companies (OMC) continue to pause fuel price revision for the 20th consecutive day on Friday as a wait and watch policy continues amid fluctuating global crude prices. Global crude prices have swung in all directions in July starting with a low of $70 a barrel to quickly breaching to $77 a barrel, and then fall below $70 a barrel to crossing $75 a barrel later in the month. The oil prices have softened again to just over $70 a barrel on concerns of growing Covid cases, slowing industrial recovery globally and rising US oil inventory. With no price…

07 Aug

PNB MD & CEO CH SS Mallikarjuna Rao’s view on RBI’s Monetary Policy

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The RBI has rightly prioritized growth over inflation to rejuvenate economic growth on a durable basis and mitigate the extraordinary impact of Covid 19. The decision of keeping the repo rate unchanged along with maintenance of accommodative stance is on expected lines as low interest rates are critical to economic revival. Additional liquidity measures through extension of deadline of On tap TLTRO scheme till December 31, 2020 will have positive implications for stressed sectors like retail, MSME and real estate. Amendment of guidelines related to export credit in foreign currency and restructuring of Derivative contracts is a much needed move…

07 Aug

J&J’s single-dose Covid vaccine gets Emergency Use approval in India

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Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine has been given Emergency Use approval in India, Union Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday. He said this will further boost the country’s collective fight against the novel coronavirus infection. “India expands its vaccine basket! Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine is given approval for Emergency Use in India. Now India has five EUA vaccines. This will further boost our nation’s collective fight against #COVID19,” the minister tweeted. “The US-based pharmaceutical company had applied for Emergency Use Authorisation for its jab on Friday and was granted the approval the same day by the…

07 Aug

Saridon relaunched in India

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Bayer Consumer Health division in India, re-launched India’s most trusted headache relief solution Saridon in an all-new look. This household brand has been India’s ‘Go-To’ solution for headaches for over five decades. Leveraging its lineage and deep-rooted consumer trust, Saridon’s relaunch campaign aims to spread awareness amongst resilient young adults through a refreshed, contemporary packaging driving home the need to act on pain instead of bearing it. Saridon’s vision is to tackle this behaviour by owning the stress domain, through its innovative triple-action formula, playing the role of a secret ally to its target audience in finding fast relief from…

07 Aug

Blenders Pride Fashion Tour

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Blenders Pride Fashion Tour unveils the second edition of The Showcase in collaboration with Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), with the objective of nurturing talent and opening up a world of avenues. The Showcase has been conceived to become one of India's leading platforms to discover talent across four categories fashion designers, shutterbugs, models and content creators. Charting a unique course, The Showcase will catapult the journey of the aspirants, giving them a platform to exhibit their creative expression with Pride. Redefining their career path, the winning talent stands a chance to showcase their work in the next edition…

07 Aug

Interstate border violence perpetrated by Mizoram Police: Assam Assembly team in report

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The latest violence in Cachar district, alongside the Assam-Mizoram border, was “perpetrated” by the police drive within the neighboring state, an all-party delegation of the Assembly right here that had visited the positioning of the incident stated on Friday. In its report tabled within the Assam Assembly, the group additionally stated that the incident “was nothing however a cold-blooded bloodbath”, with no effort on the a part of the Mizoram Police to regulate the mob on its facet. The delegation famous that the “Mizoram Police together with some miscreants indulged in encroachment actions” in Assam, and claimed that the border…