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Turtlemint Fintech raises Rs 397 crore from anchor investors ahead of IPO
Anand Rohidas Prabhudesai and Dhirendra Nalin Mahyavanshi,...
Stranded ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz:Lloyd’s List
In a media briefing, Richard Meade, editor in chief of Lloyd’s...
Managing Customers: Banks and insurers deploy AI agents to fight fraud and process applications
-Three in five banks and insurers cite customer onboarding among top reasons for AI agent adoption,-33% of firms are actively developing proprietary AI agents in-house, though only 10% have deployed at scale,-Nearly half of banks and insurers are creating new jobs to...
IRDAI closely monitoring health insurance claims gaps, says Chairman Seth
Ajay Seth, chairman,IRDAI `While the number of health insurance claims settled is high, the amount settled especially in full is sometimes lower than expected.This is an area we are monitoring closely. Our expectation from the insurers is clear. Prompt, fair and...
Asia’s wealthy families unprepared for successive planning as their fortunes near $99 trillion
Chaotic handovers have the potential to freeze assets in legal disputes, fragment family empires, and destabilize companies that have grown rapidly but lack the governance structures that many Western dynasties built over generations Asian private wealth is projected...
Super Typhoon Fung-wong slams into Philippines, two dead
The typhoon could cover two-thirds of the Southeast Asian archipelago with its 1,800-kilometre-wide rain and wind band, forecasters said. It approached from the Pacific while the Philippines was still dealing with the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalmaegi, which...
Data Centers: AI and cloud computing drive global construction boom
According to market research, up to $7 trillion will be spent on data centers by 2030 – a huge sum driven largely by technology companies in the US and China, while Europe lags a few paces behind. The tech industry’s big three, Amazon, Microsoft and Google Cloud,...
Chronic kidney disease: India had 138 milion cases in 2023, 2nd globally
Chronic kidney disease is a major contributor to heart disease and accounted for almost 12 per cent of cardiovascular deaths around the world in 2023. It ranked as the seventh leading cause for heart-related mortality, ahead of diabetes and obesity, the team said...
Commercial vehicle segment sees broad-based recovery in October, aided by infra push and festive logistics: Report
The growth was primarily led by strong demand in the light commercial vehicle (LCV) 2T-3.5T segment, which rose 13.8 per cent, aided by improved rural activity and festive season logistics New Delhi: The commercial vehicle (CV) segment witnessed a broad-based recovery...
India’s EV retail sales rise across segments in October amid passenger and commercial drove growth
According to the latest data from the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), the electric passenger vehicle (PV) segment experienced a strong 57.5 per cent year-over-year increase in retail sales, with 18,055 units sold, up from 11,464 units in October...
Govt plans AI-based eKYC, global credential verification in DigiLocker
“DigiLocker serves as the trust layer connecting citizens, ministries, and departments—enabling secure, interoperable, and accountable digital governance. Our vision is a future where every digital interaction is trusted, every citizen empowered, and every institution...
Rural consumption outshines urban demand as income growth, credit expansion and better rainfall boost consumption: Report
Urban consumption remained subdued in 2QFY26, ahead of the festive season, though indicators such as personal credit growth, petrol demand, and non-farm imports reflected continued resilience in discretionary spending. Passenger traffic, however, stayed largely flat....