LG Polymer plant uses raw material styrene to make its products, which is highly flammable and releases a poisonous gas when burnt.

After Vivo and Xiaomi, Samsung is also kicking off an online to offline sales strategy.

With the country remaining under a lockdown due to coronavirus, the supply chain of essential goods has been disrupted, but, the same has also presented the government with an opportunity to identify and plug those gaps.

The Vizag plant manufactures polystyrene (PS) that finds wide utility in the food-service industry as rigid trays and containers, disposable utensils, and foamed cups, plates and bowls.

In another attempt to sell loss-making Air India, the government, in January this year, sought Expression of Interest (EoI) and the deadline for submission of EoI has now been extended till June 30.

According to Crisil estimates, the aviation industry will crash-land this fiscal with revenue loss of Rs 24,000-25,000 crore during the April-June quarter.

Cognizant follows January-December as financial year. Its net profit was at USD 441 million in the March 2019 quarter.

Budget carrier IndiGo has said that it will have to cut salaries of senior management from May as coronavirus lockdown continues its onslaught on the aviation industry. IndiGo paid full salaries in March and April but now we have to implement pay cuts for senior employees from May, Ronjoy Dutta, CEO, IndiGo, said on Friday, […]

Days after the government eased restrictions on the sale of alcohol, Maharashtra government is mulling on allowing home delivery of alcohol to avoid people from gathering.

Force majeure in contracts typically allow parties to avoid performing their contractual obligations when inevitable, unforeseen, and uncontrollable circumstances arise, rendering the performance of the contract impossible.

The plea pointed out that on the same day the Union government issued an advisory asking all private and public firms not to reduce salaries or sack employees due to the pandemic.

"Looking at the performance in the last one year, the turnover of Khadi registered a growth of 31 per cent from Rs 3215.13 crore in 2018-19, to Rs 4211.26 crore in 2019-20. 

A substantive stimulus is required from the government in the form of support to the poor and to the industry, especially MSMEs, it said.

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The plot continues to thicken around Realme's seemingly never-ending stream of new devices. Last month, a certain RMX2142 appeared on Chinese certification authority TENAA's website. Now, the very numerically-similar RMX2141 and the RMX2052 have joined its ranks. RMX2142 There are more than a few similarities between these devices, as listed by TENAA. All of them seem to have the exact same dimensions of 163.8 x 75.8 x 8.9mm, which, coincidentally, or rather not, match-up perfectly with the existing Realme X50m 5G. Same goes for the reported weight of the RMX2142 and the...

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Retail investors should stay away from small and mid-cap stocks until the volatility settles. Instead, they should look at value investing.

Life insurance claims to the extent of basic sum assured if policyholder dies due to infection by the corona virus is admissible.

Stick to asset allocation matrix, take regular profits and go for bottom fishing in select stocks/ MF schemes in these turbulent times

This is a real test for us as investors. Some of us are getting jittery because we are watching our overall returns deteriorating and some of us are thinking it is an opportunity to add more to our existing portfolio.

Group health insurance plus personal health insurance: Higher the number of family members, higher the insurance cover.

The regulations under the EPF will be amended to include “pandemic” as a reason to allow non-refundable advance of 75% of the accumulated amount or three months of the wages, whichever is lower, from their accounts.

Borrowers who opt for the moratorium on repayments will have to pay an additional interest charged on simple interest basis. Thus, those who have the capacity to repay should continue to make the payments regularly

When it comes to surviving financial crisis, focus on what you can control and you can do rather than on what you cannot control or what is not possible to do now

Anticipating a huge surge in demand, it came out with a new software for online receipt and settlement of claims and deployed the software on March 29.

According to the ministry of health and family welfare as on April 9, 2020, there are 5,218 active cases of novel coronavirus in India and there has been 169 deaths due to this pandemic.

The clarification came as the employees, in many cases, have donated a portion of their salaries the the fund through their employers.

Multi-asset funds of mutual funds can be a good option for asset allocation mix even as gold is a good diversifIer. Also, do keep emergency funds in debt funds & fixed deposits

Most companies are encouraging their existing customers to use digital channels as there has been a surge of such requirements from customers along with scarcity of service personnel at insurance offices.

The EPFO’s decision to extend the due date for filing is expected to benefit about six lakh establishments, including four lakh establishments eligible under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) package.

Investing in high-quality companies and proven MF schemes always pays in the long term and these would be the first to recover

Make sure that you have the contact information of your reporting manger and HR department in a diary or phone or a place where your spouse can access the same easily.

The due date for depositing statutory contributions, aggregating one-fourth of one employee’s monthly wages, towards provident fund, to be deposited by an employer, falls within the first 15 days of the next month.

If you want the market upside, benefit of current low prices and have appetite for volatility, you may invest in ELSS now in a staggered manner, that is, via SIP.

Debt schemes of mutual funds for long have been seen as low risk, but shuttering six schemes and leaving investors in a lurch will impact investor sentiment.

As credit risk funds may see redemption pressure because there are no takers for lower-rated paper, investors can opt for liquid and overnight funds.

The RBI recently allowed banks to use Video KYC to validate loans and credit card applications. Video KYC is another effective mechanism to accelerate application processes wherein customers can use their smartphone cameras to validate themselves before a bank-appointed officer.

There would also be a significant rise in disease-specific health plans as these are only for widespread infections as against normal hospitalisation in order to keep the cost of treatment low.

VPF is the voluntary contribution by employees towards their provident fund account over and above the 12% contribution towards EPF.

Banks are offering Covid-19 personal loans only to existing borrowers and pension and salary account holders