Indian News
Odisha govt teams up with WFP to improve food security, farmers’ resilience to climate change
In a pilot initiative, advisories will be provided to small farmers of the state, which is particularly prone to...
India logs over 2.5 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 385 deaths in last 24 hrs
Of the total cases, 8,209 total Omicron cases have been detected so far which is an increase of 6.02 per cent since...
No one can be forced to get vaccinated against their wishes: Centre to SC
"It is submitted that the direction and guidelines released by Government of India and Ministry of Health and Family...
International News
Nearly half of GDP in cities at risk from nature loss: WEF survey
The good news is that nature-based solutions for infrastructure are 50 per cent cheaper than alternatives and deliver...
UK to abolish PCR Test for vaccinated people returning to country: Reports
"We are looking at removing all COVID tests for vaccinated travelers by the end of January, which is likely to...
Investors seek safe havens as Omicorn spreads in Asian markets
“Asia will be better braced to cope with omicron waves, which may prove to be more short-lived,” said Wai Ho Leong, a...
Russia takes down REvil hacking group at U.S. request – FSB
The United States has been hit by a string of high-profile hacks by ransom-seeking cybercriminals. A source with...
Briefs
PNB MetLife to Plant 40,000 Trees
As part of its commitment to reduce carbon emission and Glow Green,’, PNB MetLife, one of India's leading private life...
Hero Insurance Broking launches digitalised Employee Benefits offering for corporates
Hero Insurance Broking today announced the launch of its Employee Benefits Line of Business. It will provide...
Interviews
“For 2021, we expect the pricing to maintain. In the non-proportional segment, pricing is soft and challenging” GLN Sarma,CEO, Hannover Re, India Branch
Germany based Hannover Re, is the third-largest global reinsurance group, with a gross premium of around €24 billion....
“Presence of a health regulator would have ensured treatment protocols, reasonability of charges and quality of service in hospitals”
SC Khuntia,Chairman, Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India How do you see 20 years of liberalisation of ...
“Biodiversity provides medicine and food of good quality and fights against climate risk, it makes sense to protect it”
Why is biodiversity important for AXA? If we take a cold review, $33 trillion is the estimated monetary value of goods...
Articles
From pandemic to endemic: Can 2022 succeed where 2021 failed?
Health experts, however, are preaching caution, saying there’s too much uncertainty about how the virus will evolve,...
Emerging economies learn to manage Covid-19
In India, where the immunization rate is about 45%, antibody surveys suggest that most of the population has already...
Five things to look for in Asia stocks amid 2022 reversal hopes
I After a two-year frenzy, retail investor participation and new account openings in places like South Korea and India...
Data
147,492 children lost parents due to Covid since April 2020: NCPCR to SC
The Commission said the data uploaded up to January 11 showed the status of children in need of care and protection...
Gold imports rise over 2-fold to $38 bn in Apr-Dec 2021
India is the world's second-biggest gold consumer after China. The imports mainly take care of the demand by the...
Global food prices rose ‘sharply’ during 2021
The consistently high cost of inputs, the ongoing global pandemic and ever more volatile climatic conditions “leave...
Facts
Additional one percent tax on the 98 richest billionaire families can finance Ayushman Bharat for more than 7 years:Oxfam study
If each of the 10 richest Indian billionaires were to spend USD one million daily, it would take them 84 years to...
Over 5 million Chinese students suffer from spinal deformity
On China's Twitter-like social media platform Sina Weibo, many netizens have attributed the condition of the Chinese...
First Indian study provides evidence of Omicron’s community transmission
The study states that around 60.9 per cent of COVID-19 infected people showed a community spread It stated that most...