The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs has given the state governments permission to implement localised lockdowns in Unlock 3.0. However, this has not helped to lift the uncertainty that has been prevailing over the road transport sector. In most of the states, partial road transportation is now being...
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) published an advisory titled ‘Recommendations Unlock 3.0’ in July, 2020 suggesting areas that need immediate attention for relaxations to revive soon.The federation mentioned a series of safety measures the sectors should follo...
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced people to stay at home. But for every citizen, it is not always a viable option - especially for frontline workers like doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.A section of people is still attending offices - either rotationally or every day. In that...
India is the second highest consumer of gold after China. But the global pandemic has put the segment under pressure. The country’s economically vulnerable situation has echoed in its gold market. Imports of gold dropped drastically (around 86% year-on-year) during June because of the di...
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has recently published data which states that the life insurance sector has witnessed a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) deceleration of 4.24% in the first quarter of FY 2021. Additionally, CARE Ratings recently revealed that owing to the...
The nationwide lockdown has left a direct impact on the textile industry. The sector offers employment to more than 45 million people in India and has a large number of segments like fabric supply, dyeing, labelling, light metallic clothing accessories manufacturing and ancillary textile...
A Singapore-based cyber firm has recently alerted that Indian companies, banks and even ministries can be the major targets of Chinese hackers. The official site of Indian Railways also came under cyber-attack recently. A number of Indian citizens received mails incorporating fake links offeri...
The coronavirus contagion is increasing in India - making it the third worst-hit country after the United States of America and Brazil. In India, the fatality rate of the disease is 2.7% and the recovery rate is around 62%. Institutions worldwide are engaged in discovering medicines and vaccin...
The lockdown has increased digital involvement that helped the online streaming apps and the audio book and e-book space to grow. Books are generally preferred in hard copies. But now it has become quite impossible for the sellers and publishers to deliver at readers’ doorsteps compelling th...
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has halted operations in some of the major economic sectors. Owing to the nation-wide lockdown, people are not getting to attend offices physically. With slipping business conditions and zero profitability, a large number of companies are giving pink slips t...
