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100 pc FDI to help Indian insurance sector reach $222 billion by 2026
“However, it is crucial to understand the complexities of...
Govt eases norms for import of vintage cars
However, it said such cars that would be plying on public roads...
Cost of 651 essential medicines down 7 pc from April as govt caps ceiling prices
In a tweet, the national drug price regulator said the government has been able to fix the ceiling prices of 651 medicines so far out of the total 870 scheduled drugs listed under National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) New Delhi: Cost of 651 essential medicines...
Mukesh Ambani ranks 9th in Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2023, highest in Asia
While Forbes' global count of billionaires slipped from 2,668 last year to 2,640 in 2023, the tally in India improved from 166 in 2022 to 169 this year. Forbes noted that falling stocks, wounded unicorns and rising interest rates translated into a down year for the...
Automobile retail sales see double-digit growth in FY23; PV offtake at record high
The two-wheeler segment fell to a seven-year low with total retail sales of 1.59 crore last year. On sales outlook for the current fiscal, the industry body noted: ''As the high-growth period has now passed, FY24 is expected to see tapered growth in the low single...
West Bengal records maximum coastline erosion in India between 1990 and 2016
Based on the observations highlighted in the 6th assessment report of the IPCC, the head of the energy economic programme of the Asian Institute of Technology and one of the authors of the same report, Joyashree Roy feels that the climatic hazards in the coastal belts...
Govt raises interest rates on most small saving schemes
With the revision, a one-year term deposit with post offices would earn 6.8 per cent (up from 6.6 per cent), for two years -- 6.9 per cent (up from 6.8 per cent), three years -- 7 per cent (up from 6.9 per cent) and five years -- 7.5 per cent (7 per cent New Delhi:...
610 cases of Covid’s new variant XBB1.16 found in India: INSACOG data
The highest number of Covid cases caused due to this variant has been found in Maharashtra and Gujarat at 164 each, followed by 93 Telangana and 86 in Karnataka, according to INSACOG data. A total of 610 cases of Covid's XBB.1.16 variant, which might have been behind...
Miller bolsters Singapore Energy team with Engineering hire
London: Miller, UK based independent specialist (re)insurance broker, today announces the appointment of Bonifasius Dipati (Boni) as a risk engineer in its Singapore Energy team. Boni will report to Head of Energy (Asia-Pacific), Matt Hooker, and he joins on 3rd...
Hindus among healthiest, Sikhs most likely to own homes: UK census data shows
"In 2021, those who identified as 'Hindu' had the highest percentage of their population reporting either 'very good' or 'good' health (87.8 per cent), compared with 82.0 per cent of the overall population," the ONS finds, adding that the Hindus also reported the...
Nepal’s population reaches 29.1 million
According to the data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics, out of the 29,164,578 people in Nepal, 14,911,027 are females, while the number of males 14,253,551. Kathmandu: Nepal's total population has reached more than 29.1 million, according to the latest...
Record international migration spurs historic rise in Canadian population
Total population grew by a record 1.05 million people to 39.57 million in the twelve months to Jan. 1, 2023, and about 96% of the rise was due to international migration, the statistics agency said. Canada's population increased by more than a million people for the...