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26 crore Ayushman cards created across country: Health ministry
The NHA has launched the 'Ayushman App' to generate Ayushman card....
Global investors and businesses have to factor terror risk into their decision making: FM
`Businesses can no longer be just attracted by policies or by the...
Underwater volcanic eruption creates new bigger island in Tongan archipelago
Nuku'alofa (Tonga): An undersea volcanic eruption in the Tongan archipelago has sunk one island and created another three times larger, according to a report by geologists released Thursday. Taaniela Kula, of the Tonga Geological Service, said...
Govt not planning to help banks rescue DHFL: Report
DHFL’s creditors include mutual funds, pension funds, insurance firms and a wide array of retail investors, and its a potential collapse could impact India’s already ailing banking sector and further weaken economic growth.
Japan to suffer minimum $10bn economic loss from Typhoon Hagibis, according to Aon catastrophe report
Steve Bowen, Director and Meteorologist within Aon’s Impact Forecasting team, said: “Vulnerabilities around tropical cyclones, flooding, and wildfires were again exposed during October. Events such as Typhoon Hagibis in Japan and wildfires in California served as a reminder of the repetitive, or clustering, nature of certain perils on a year-to-year basis that can often be hard to predict. With ample exposure located in high-risk locations all around the world, it becomes increasingly important to utilize the latest tools available to better prepare for future weather and climate-related scenarios in both mature and developing markets.”
Global debt load surges to new all-time record high of $188 trn: IMF chief
“The bottom line is that high debt burdens have left many governments, companies, and households vulnerable to a sudden tightening of financial conditions,” IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warned Thursday.
Wall Street increasingly weighs risk from climate change
The increase in wildfires has prompted underwriters, such as Hiscox Ltd to incorporate new risks models and stop insuring some clients in high-risk areas such as California.Overall, 10% of insurers refused to renew policies in wildfire-prone areas in California in 2018, according to the California Department of Insurance.
Climate change: ‘Clear and unequivocal’ emergency, say scientists
“An emergency means that if we do not act or respond to the impacts of climate change by reducing our carbon emissions, reducing our livestock production, reducing our land clearing and fossil fuel consumption, the impacts will likely be more severe than we’ve experienced to date,” said lead author Dr Thomas Newsome, from the University of Sydney.
Govt , LIC & SBI to fund Rs 25,000 cr AIF for completing stalled housing projects
The minister also said several sovereign funds have shown interest and may join the scheme at a later stage.
India would need around 2,400 new aircraft in next 20 years, Boeing
“The vast majority of these aircraft, as we no doubt expect, would be single-aisle fleets, 737-sized aircraft. It will make up for 85-90 per cent of the deliveries in the market place,” Darren Hulst, Deputy Vice President of Commercial Marketing, Boeing.explained, while unveiling the company’s annual India Commercial Market Outlook at New Delhi on Nov 6
Air pollution: It is a question of life and death of crores of people in Delhi-NCR region, says SC
“Can you permit people to die like this due to pollution? Can you permit the country to go back by 100 years,” observed a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra.
Any attempt to create monopoly on data will not be acceptable: Govt
Prasad emphasised that any data protection law must be technology agnostic, based upon element of free consent, no abuse of consent beyond the permissible limits, requisite data protection authorities and a fair mechanism for data processing.