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Govt to curb opaque shipping surcharges amid Middle East tensions: Report
The move comes after exporters flagged sharp and sometimes...
Over 3.07 crore women-led enterprises registered on Udyam till Feb 2026: Govt
Responding to a written question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of...
S Ramann takes over as new chairman of PFRDA
S Ramann, chairman, PFRDA With his vast experience in public finance, technology, and financial regulation, Ramann,an officer of the Indian Audit & Accounts Service (IA&AS) from the 1991 batch, has been appointed as the new chairman of PFRDA for a tenure of...
Surveillance and testing for Covid-19 scaled up: ICMR NIV Director
Rajiv Bahl, DG, ICMR "The government and health agencies are closely monitoring COVID-19 cases and taking necessary steps. Currently, the number of active cases is low, and most cases are limited to southern and western India. The government is focusing on three key...
Govt to meet stakeholders to assess impact of Iran-Israel conflict on India’s trade
According to think tank GTRI, any closure or military disruption in the Strait of Hormuz would sharply increase oil prices, shipping costs, and insurance premiums, triggering inflation, pressuring the rupee, and complicating India's fiscal management. New Delhi: The...
Israel-Iran conflict spreads into cyberspace and crypto
“Most disruptive and destructive cyberattacks are about influence and psychological impact rather than practical impact,” said John Hultquist, chief analyst at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group. “That’s why a lot of them involve an effort to publicize the incidents...
Iran-Israel Attacks: Insurance costs jump for ships sailing in Persian Gulf
Underwriters are now charging 0.2% of the value of a ship for calls into the Gulf, up from 0.125% prior to the conflict breaking out, according to Marcus Baker, global head of marine cargo and logistics at Marsh McLennan, the largest insurance broker. Rates have also...
Boeing 787’s emergency-power system likely active before Air India crash, WSJ reports
The preliminary finding raise questions about whether the plane's engines functioned properly during takeoff, the report said. The Dreamliner was fitted with GE Aerospace's GEnx engines. Investigators believe the Air India Boeing Dreamliner had its emergency-power...
Sitharaman asks fintechs to find solutions to prevent digital arrests, cyber frauds
Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister Speaking at the Digital Payments Awards 2025 Ceremony , Sitharaman said it is important to ensure that startup companies come up with solutions so that people are not arrested at home digitally, or fly by night operators don't take...
China exploring options to open up a wider range of financial areas: Financial regulator
Total assets under foreign banks and insurance institutions in China have exceeded 7 trillion yuan ($974.01 billion), Li, director of the National Financial Regulatory Administration, told the Lujiazui Forum, a high-profile financial gathering China’s financial...
Nuclear-powered ships may reshape trade with cleaner, faster transport, to pose problems for insurance
Commercial insurance companies won’t provide coverage for ship that runs on fission because the potential cost of a nuclear accident is simply too high. Without insurance, few civilian ports would allow a nuclear-powered cargo ship to dock The commercial shipping...
ECB embeds climate risk to its supervisory approach on bank losses
The ECB is moving faster than other central banks in treating the fallout from climate change as a financial risk that has the potential to threaten bank solvency. That’s in contrast to the Federal Reserve, with Chair Jerome Powell recently stating that climate isn’t...