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NIA CMD cautions on inadequate pricing for natural catastrophe perils
Girija Subramanian, CMD, NIA, explained that while seamless digital...
Govt assessing impact on financial entities if war breaks out in Middle East: DFS Secy
M Nagaraju,Secretary , Department of Financial Services In the...
NCDEX in partnership with IMD to develop country’s first weather derivatives
This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed on June 26, lays the critical groundwork for the launch of India's first weather derivatives -- a long-anticipated market instrument designed to help farmers and allied sectors hedge against climate-related risks such as...
India’s health survey data reveals 13% children born prematurely, 17% with low birth weight
Climate conditions, such as rainfall and temperature, were found to have a greater link with adverse birth outcomes. New Delhi: India's demographic health survey 2019-21 reveals that 13 per cent of children were born prematurely, and 17 per cent with a low weight at...
Axis Max Life Insurance reports cyber threat
Indian firms such as Angel One, Niva Bupa Health Insurance and Star Health, and HDFC Life Insurance have reported high-profile security breaches in the past 10 months. Cyber fraud cases in India jumped more than four times in fiscal 2024, causing losses of $20 million...
IRDAI drops plans to tweak existing bancassurance rules for curbing mis-selling by insurers
(L to R)-R Venkatachalam Iyer, MD & CEO Tata AIA, Amit Jhingran, MD & CEO SBI Life, Piyush Pandey, advertising professional, Swaminathan Iyer, member, Life, IRDAI, Kamlesh Rao, MD&CEO,ABSLI, RK Patnaik, MD, LIC, Rushabh Gandhi, MD&CEO India First at an...
Indian companies paid Rs4 crore on average for cyber attack demands: Report
According to the State of Ransomware in India 2025 report, the median payout towards ransom was USD 481,636 (about Rs 4 crore), down 79 per cent from the previous year. New Delhi: UK-based cybersecurity firm Sophos on Wednesday claimed that 53 per cent of Indian...
SBI General announces awareness campaign for Kharif 2025
SBI General Insurance has launched its ‘Crop Insurance Week’ awareness campaign in the implementing states for Kharif 2025 season. This week-long initiative aims to educate farmers about the benefits of Crop insurance and promote enrollment under the Pradhan Mantri...
Govt modernising weather forecasting system to boost real-time prediction, says Jitendra Singh
Jitendra Singh,Union Minister In charge Meteorology Department Singh elaborated that Automated Weather Stations (AWS) and doppler radars are being added across the region to boost real-time weather prediction. New Delhi: Union Minister In charge Meteorology...
NDMA tests indigenous Cell Broadcasting system for swift alert during natural and man-made disasters
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, in collaboration with the NDMA, Government of India, has been actively enhancing mobile-enabled disaster communication systems across the country to provide timely information to citizens New...
Cabinet approves Rs 1.07 lakh cr Employment Linked Incentive scheme to create 3.5 cr jobs in 2 yrs
The ELI scheme to support job generation, enhance employability and social security across all sectors, with special focus on the manufacturing sector, was approved by the Union Cabinet in a meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Mod New Delhi: The central...
China pushes commercial insurers in bid to boost local biotechs
The 3.5 trillion yuan ($486 billion) fund — which covers medical expenses for roughly 95% of China’s 1.4 billion people — will also set up a catalog of innovative drugs that can be reimbursed by commercial insurers, according to the document. The list could lead to...