IRDAI gives its nod to Insurance companies to launch corona Kavach Health Insurance Policies

The policy will cover medical expenses occurred due to coronavirus disease.   The insurance regulator said that it has designed a standard Covid specific product addressing basic health insurance needs of insuring public with common policy wordings across the industry. The sum insured amount of the policy ranges between fifty thousand rupees to five lakh … Read more

COVID-19 fatality rate declines to 2.72% in the country

This is lower than the fatality rates observed in many other countries in the world. Union Health Ministry said, the focus of Covid-19 management in the country has been to keep the fatalities low. It was 2.82 per cent a month ago. Health Ministry also noted that 30 states and Union Territories have a fatality … Read more

Government launches ASEEM portal to help skilled people find sustainable livelihood opportunities

The portal will map details of workers based on regions and local industry demands and will bridge demand-supply gap of skilled workforce across sectors. ASEEM portal will provide employers a platform to assess the availability of skilled workforce and formulate their hiring plans. It refers to all the data, trends and analytics which describe the … Read more

CISCE declares Class 10th, 12th results

The Board has informed that the pass percentage for Class 10th is 99.34 per cent while 96.84 per cent students passed the Class 12th examinations this year. Terming it as a difficult year for all, CISCE did not release any merit list this year.   The CISCE exams which were scheduled to be held in February and March had to … Read more

India, China agree to ensure early resolution of the situation along LAC

The two sides recalled the agreement reached between the two Foreign Ministers on 17th of June as well as the agreement between two Special Representatives (SRs) during their telephonic conversation on 5th of July.  Both sides agreed to complete disengagement of the troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and de-escalation from India-China border … Read more