PM CARES Fund corpus triples to Rs 10,990 cr in FY 2020-21

The PM CARES Fund, set up to deal with emergencies such as the Covid pandemic, saw its corpus grow nearly three-fold to Rs 10,990 crore in the 2020-21 fiscal, while the disbursal rose to Rs 3,976......

What Every Indian Must Know About PM-CARES

Since its launch on March 28, 2020, the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund, or PM-CARES, has been embroiled in several controversies. Rediff.com's Syed......

Fear and myths injecting Covid vaccine hesitancy

A June 11 survey by LocalCircles across 299 districts puts overall vaccine hesitancy levels at 18 per cent, with 11 per cent of the respondents saying they were not convinced if the currently......

Private hospitals seek proper guidelines on vaccine procurement

Several private hospitals across the country said they have no clarity on procuring COVID-19 vaccines under the new policy announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that it has led to the......

Ethical Code to keep doctor, drugmaker nexus at bay not mandatory yet

‘Gift-giving’ – from free dinners and drug samples to promotional merchandise – seems to be driving drugmakers’ marketing – a marketing prescription deeply......

Soon, regular yoga will get you a discount on your insurance premium

Irdai set to allow wellness programme along with life plans. The Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India (Irdai), the regulator for insurance companies, is set to allow the insurers to......

Cognizant sees a high 21% staff attrition in JFM quarter

Although the number of resignations came down at Cognizant in April and continued to slow in May, the impact of attrition would play out in the second quarter also because of the longer notice......

COVID-19: How India Inc plans to keep employees safe

Encouraged by the arrival of vaccines, companies are taking a technology-backed calibrated approach to speed up employees’ return to the workplace while maintaining social distancing.......

BCCI to use new software to detect age fraud

IMAGE: Age fraud is rampant at the age group level across the country. Photograph: PTI The BCCI will be using a software on an experimental basis to detect age fraud alongside the existing......

Sports fraternity braces for worldwide pay cuts

Arsenal announce 12.5% pay cuts for players, coaching staff IMAGE: Several Premier League clubs have furloughed employees since the new coronavirus outbreak. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty......

Kiwis to send security chief to India

New Zealand Cricketwillsendits security chiefReg Dickson to monitor the situation in Ahmedabad whichwill host the first Test against New Zealand, rather than Kanpur betweenOctober 8 and 12."New......