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Automation, digitisation take centre stage in COVID times: SBI General Insurance CFO
Health segment contributed nearly 30 per cent of the total gross written premium in H1 FY21 and registered 15 per cent growth year-on-year in the general insurance industry, CFO Rikhil Shah said
Mental health and COVID-19: Three ways managers can keep weary workers engaged and motivated
To rejuvenate the system with new aspirations and initiatives they need to involve the entire organisation in a quick way and make this process a participatory one thus creating ownership across the organisation
Rebooting Economy 40: Why Punjab farmers burn stubble?
Multiple factors led to it: First they were asked to grow paddy to overcome food scarcity; mechanised harvesting left massive residue that takes longer to decompose and then paddy sowing was delayed to conserve water, overshooting residue burning into Delhi's bad winter air days
Rebooting Economy 39: Why nobody questions industries polluting Delhi air the most?
Many studies, including those by top government bodies, identify top polluters of Delhi air as industries, vehicles and dust; the annual, ritualistic bashing of Punjab farmers in winter months only helps in shifting the blame and allows government agencies to evade accountability
Rebooting Economy 38: What makes stock markets and billionaires immune to coronavirus pandemic?
A study by two multinational giants UBS and PwC says "huge fiscal and quantitative easing packages" given by governments around the world drove a V-shaped recovery of stock markets and billionaires' wealth surged to $10.2 trillion by the end of July 2020
Personal finance tips for famous people: what celebrities need to do with their money
Whilst the sound of the audience clapping on your virtuoso performance in your last film or your last match is wonderful, being sound with your financial matters is equally important
Fortune doesn't always favour the rich and famous; why celebrities also need to save
The top ten highest-paid actors in Bollywood earned between $11million and $40million in 2019. Additionally, many celebrities who do have different sources of income have the added burden of managing them
Rebooting Economy 37: Do high-frequency data suggest V-shaped recovery?
Several critical high-frequency indicators show that in August and September the improvements noticed in June and July reversed; high-frequency data, in any case, tells the story of organised sector but not unorganised sector contributing 45% to GDP
Tanishq ad row: The 'unease' of doing business in India
The biggest damage this has done is not so much to the brand involved but the image of this market place as a vibrant one to do business in
Rebooting Economy 36: Job creation is nobody's business in India
India has learnt that growth in GDP does not automatically translate into growth in jobs and that GDP growth does not necessarily mean well-being of a vast majority of population. It needs to put these experiences into work and frame appropriate policy responses to the job crisis