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India debut 50-year bond fully sold on increasing insurer demand
The nation’s burgeoning life insurance and pension fund industries,...
Australian companies, directors face new liability for nature-based risks
Directors could be held personally liable for breaching their “duty...
New microenterprise project to make farming profitable for half a million Bangladeshi families
According to Omer Zafar, IFAD’s Country Director in Bangladesh, the key drivers constraining the agriculture sector are farmers’ limited access to what they need: updated technology, viable markets, and financial services.
Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill introduced in Lok Sabha
According to section 3 of the bill, “whoever commits any act of piracy, shall be punished (i) with imprisonment for life; or (ii) with death, if such person in committing the act of piracy causes death or an attempt thereof.”
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India climbs one spot to 129th in 2019 human development index: UNDP
India ranked 130 last year. The steady progress was due to nearly three decades of rapid development, which had seen a dramatic reduction in absolute poverty, along with gains in life expectancy, education, and access to health care, she said.
500 electric cabs to hit Delhi roads this month to combat air pollution
Going big on zero emissions, the start-up for the benefit of its prospective customers also claims to follow a strict policy of zero surge pricing and zero cancellations.”The customers can book cabs without worrying about the hike in the price and they will have the ability to cancel the ride without paying for it,” it added.
Big tech may be required to share customer data with financial firms
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) called in a report released on Sunday for “vigilant monitoring” of Big Tech’s shift into financial services, which it said could crimp the ability of banks to generate capital through retained profits.
EU regulators to weigh If antitrust rules fit for today’s global, digital markets
“Changes like globalization and digitisation mean that many markets work rather differently from the way they did, 22 years ago,” Vestager told a Chillin Competition conference.
China’s crackdown on illegal meat puts India’s $2-bn trade at risk
China has adopted stricter border controls due to African swine fever, meaning Indian buffalo meat exports into China that usually flow through Vietnam has all but stopped. Indian exporters are now hoping Indonesia can more than triple its meat imports from the South Asian nation to make up for the heavy losses this year.
India’s weak economic data turns FPIs from net buyers to net sellers in Dec
“FPIs adopted a cautious approach while investing in Indian equities, on the back of subdued economic indicators. It has not been a good year for the Indian economy so far and the recently released GDP number which continued the southward march for the seventh quarter in a row falling to 4.5 per cent reaffirmed the slowdown in the Indian economy,” said Himanshu Srivastava, senior analyst manager research, Morningstar Investment Adviser India
Delhi Anaj Mandi fire: 43 dead, several critically injured, probe ordered
The massive blaze ripped through the four-storey building housing “illegal” manufacturing units in congested Anaj Mandi area in Filmistan locality.Police and fire department officials said most of the fatalities occurred due to suffocation as many people were sleeping when the fire started around 5 am on the second floor of the building that did not have fire safety clearance
Cyclone Bulbul’s total economic losses estimated at over $3.3 bn:Aon
. Chicago: Aon plc’s monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report reveals that flooding and inland storms led to multi-billion-dollar economic loss in western and southern Europe during the month. Italy suffered the majority of losses as an active stretch of...