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Insurance issues hinder timely bariatric and metabolic surgery: Survey
"When patients cannot undergo bariatric surgery on time because of...
Banks must simplify tech to protect customers, says Kotak Mahindra Bank’s data protection chief
With the rise of AI-enabled scams and digital impersonation, he...
EPFO achieves a historic high of 21.6 million claim settlement as on March 6
At present, 96 per cent corrections are being done without any EPF office intervention, and over 99 per cent claims are received through online mode New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO settled a record number of 21.6 million claims through the autonomous process in...
Optimism on financial performance declines; Industrial sector witnesses largest drop since Q3 2023, Dun & Bradstreet Survey
Arun Singh, global chief Economist, Dun & Bradstreet, said, "The Q1 2025 Composite CFO Optimism Index shows a stable yet cautious outlook. While overall financial optimism slightly dropped by 0.8%, shifts across sectors and economic scenarios are evident. Concerns...
India sees record deal activity in February at USD 7.2 bn
Retail and consumer, IT & ITES, banking and financial services, and pharma, healthcare and biotech sectors were the key drivers for volume growth, contributing 60 per cent of the overall volumes, while traditional sectors, including energy and natural resources,...
Common diabetes drug price slashed in India due to generic versions
India is known as the diabetes capital of the world with over 10 crore people diagnosed with the lifestyle disease, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research–India Diabetes (ICMR INDIAB) study in 2023 New Delhi: The price of commonly used diabetes drug...
Parkinson’s disease could affect over 2.5 crore people globally by 2050: Study
Population ageing is predicted to be the main factor driving nearly 90 per cent of the projected cases.The western Sub-Saharan Africa could be expected to see the most pronounced spike of almost 300 per cent in the cases of the disease, even as East and South Asia...
Climate change more robust now, La Nina may lose impact soon: Report
While human-caused climate change is increasingly driving a 'new normal' marked by a warmer winter and shorter spring, scientists also draw attention to the yearly changes in weather patterns, termed 'year-to-year variability'. New Delhi: Climate change is growing...
US tariff imposition to hit pharma segment; auto sector likely to face minimal impact
Terming India as a very high tariff nation, US President Donald Trump has said that reciprocal tariffs on countries that impose levies on American goods will kick in on April 2 New Delhi: Enhanced tariffs on pharma imports in the US can severely impact Indian drug...
FPIs pull out Rs 24,753 crore from equities in first week of March
A major catalyst continues to be the escalation in global trade tensions, which significantly weigh on investor sentiment. Imposition of higher tariffs by the US on countries like Mexico, Canada and China, along with reciprocal tariffs on several countries, including...
Women hold 5.8 pc of board seats across Indian unicorns: Report
In contrast, women occupied 18.3 per cent of board seats across India Inc in 2023, while the global average stood at 23.3 per cent, as per a recent Deloitte’s ‘Women in the Boardroom: A Global Perspective’ report Bengaluru: Women constitute 5.8 per cent (76) of the...
30 startups secure over $355 million in funding this week, up 335 pc
The Indian tech startup ecosystem now ranks second, after the US, in terms of all-time funding raised by companies with women founders, with a total of $26 billion in this space to date. India is home to over 7,000 active women-led startups, accounting for 7.5 per...