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South Asia faces extreme weather with heatwave in India, cyclone in Bangladesh
Extreme temperatures throughout Asia last month were made worse...
Kerala flood: Heavy rains wreak havoc, 11 dead
Revenue Minister K Rajan today said parts of Kerala received over...
Climate change a big challenge, disaster resilient infra need
“We should focus on improving disaster-resilient infrastructure that can withstand natural disasters,” he said.
Study shows Covid-19 patients have higher risk of cardiac damage
Prof. Fontana said: “Injury relating to inflammation and scarring of the heart is common in Covid-19 patients with troponin elevation discharged from hospital, but is of limited extent and has little consequence for the heart’s function.
CPSE strategic sale: Govt makes security clearance mandatory for bidders
According to the performa, any interest of more than 10 per cent in the bidding entity would require disclosures of parentage and beneficial ownership to get a security clearance.
In case the acquirer is a sole bidder, then it has to share with the government details, like nationality, address, parentage, unique ID number of the country of residence and passport number, of its directors and partners.
Also a self-declaration regarding the nature and extent of presence/operation of the bidder in China and Pakistan, if any would have to be provided by them.
Plane With 200+ Passengers On Board Suffers engine failure, lands safely
A video shot from inside the aircraft — which had 231 passengers and 10 crew onboard — showed the right engine ablaze and wobbling on the wing of the Boeing 777-200, its cover entirely missing as the aircraft flew over a barren landscape.
There were no injuries on the plane or on the ground, authorities said.
Third topmost globally, India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 94 lakhs
Moving ahead on the COVID-19 trajectory, India’s cumulative recoveries show a progressive increment on a daily basis. It stands at 1.06 crore (1,06,56,845) today. The recovery rate is 97.32 per cent. Rising recoveries along with contained daily deaths have ensured a sustained fall in the active caseload of the virus.
FPIs invest Rs 22,038 cr in Feb so far amid post-Budget cheer
According to depositories data, overseas investors poured in Rs 20,593 crore into equities and Rs 1,445 crore in the debt segment, taking the total net investment to Rs 22,038 crore during February 1-12.
There are other indicators that support FPI flows into the equity markets like continuous decline in the COVID-19 case count, rollout of vaccines, growth in earnings and measures taken by the government to boost the economy, Srivastava said. V K Vijayakumar, chief investment strategist at Geojit Financial Services, noted that there is sectoral rotation happening in the market now.
Himalayan rescuers recover more bodies as flash flood death toll rises to 50
Uttarakhand is prone to flash floods and landslides. The disaster has prompted calls by environmental groups for a review of power projects in the ecologically sensitive mountains.
A team of scientists are investigating if a piece of a Himalayan glacier did fall into water and trigger the flood.
There are about 10,000 glaciers in the Indian Himalayas. Uttarakhand itself has up to 1,495 glaciers and many are receding due to the warming climate.
SolarWinds hack was ‘largest and most sophisticated attack’ ever: Microsoft president Brad Smith
The hackers got access to emails at the U.S. Treasury, Justice and Commerce departments and other agencies.
Cybersecurity experts have said it could take months to identify the compromised systems and expel the hackers.
Florida consumers ‘flabbergasted’ as property insurers push for double-digit rate hikes
Florida’s domestic property insurers reported a more than $1 billion underwriting loss for the first three quarters of 2020 and almost $500 million in negative net income, according to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation.
Florida’s domestic property insurers reported a more than $1 billion underwriting loss for the first three quarters of 2020 and almost $500 million in negative net income, according to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation.
Florida insurers requested 105 rate increases during the first ten months of 2020, Altmaier said. More than half of the increases that regulators approved were greater than 10%.
Florida insurers requested 105 rate increases during the first ten months of 2020, Altmaier said. More than half of the increases that regulators approved were greater than 10%.
Florida insurers requested 105 rate increases during the first ten months of 2020, Altmaier said. More than half of the increases that regulators approved were greater than 10%.
The rate increases in Florida, the third-largest property insurance market among U.S. states, are the highest in memory, according to some insurance agents and residents. One danger, they say, is that the new rates could make owning a home in Florida unaffordable.
Florida’s property insurance market, which collected $56.6 billion in premiums during 2019, is unique and covers complex risks including devastating hurricanes and the impact of climate change.
Study: Smaller cars may be why crashes injure women more
Men and women crashed in minivans and SUVs in about equal proportions, the researchers found. But around 70% of women crashed in cars, compared with about 60% of men. And more than 20% of men crashed in pickups, compared with less than 5% of women.
Women were also much more likely to suffer leg injuries compared to men, which may require car safety researchers to start building crash test dummies that account more for the physical differences between women and men, the researchers noted.