Private sector HDFC Life Insurance reported a 2 per cent increase in standalone net profit in the quarter ended 31 March, 2021, at Rs 317.94 crore.
Day: April 29, 2021
Online food delivery platform Zomato has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI), as the food delivery platform intends to raise Rs 8,250 crore (roughly $1.1 billion) this year amid the growing business in the pandemic.
S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday said the second wave of COVID infections poses downside risks to India’s GDP and heightens the possibility of business disruptions.
ADB on Wednesday said the Indian economy is projected to grow at 11 per cent in the current financial year on the back of the strong vaccination programme, but cautioned that second wave of COVID is worrying.
A new mass fundraising campaign aims to inspire 50 million people around the world to make small donations to Covax, the international effort to push for equitable global distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations.
The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 20 new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Thursday.
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Wednesday that it is not time yet to start talking about tapering the central bank’s asset purchase program despite a strengthening economic recovery.
Denmark will tighten travel restrictions for those from India from Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
DMK president and Leader of Opposition M K Stalin has said looting people in the name of differential pricing of vaccines was the worst tragedy.