Day: August 6, 2021

Nobel laureate economist Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee on Thursday apprehended that the impending third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic might adversely impact the GDP, and its growth rate might go down to 7 per cent, even below the IMF’s recent projection of 9.5 per cent.

Karur Vysya Bank has announced registering marginal growth in net profit at Rs 109 crore for the first quarter of FY22 as against Rs 106 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.

Uber’s India tech team is marking its seventh anniversary of operations in the country.

Redmi, a sub brand of Mi India, has announced its foray into the laptop category with RedmiBook Series.

K R Uday Bhaskar has taken charge as Principal Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo and Airport under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.

Chief Minister M K Stalin said Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam, a scheme launched by him on Wednesday, was part of the seven-point vision of his government that envisioned an ‘enhanced quality of life for all.’

In India, 58 per cent organisations acknowledge they have gaps in consumer data leading to difficulties in data-driven decision making, according to the MMA EY survey titled ‘Leveraging consumer data for marketing’.

Healthcare experts have said the increasing R value in Tamilnadu is a cause for concern, though they preferred to wait a week before declaring the spike as the start of the third wave or a blip on the graph.

Hindu temple targeted. A mob attacked a Hindu temple in a remote town in Pakistan’s Punjab province, damaging idols and burning down parts of it, prompting Prime Minister Imran Khan to promise to restore the vandalised temple and order the arrest of all culprits.

With 44,643 fresh infections, India’s Coronavirus caseload rose to 3,18,56,757 today.