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About 52 per cent cases of cervical cancer diagnosed from 2012-15 survived Lancet Study
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Late Indian season monsoon floods cause $10 bn in economic losses:Aon
However, given the low levels of residents and commercial assets with insurance policies in the region, only a small fraction of this total will be covered by insurance payouts, said Aon’s weekly Cat Report.
Axis Capital drops bid to cover Adani’s Australian coal mine project
“The Adani Group’s giant Carmichael coal mine is incompatible with international climate targets and AXIS is the 15th insurer and 58th financial institution to rule out support for this project,” said Peter Bosshard, coordinator of the Unfriend Coal campaign.
RBI cuts rates by 25 bps as expected
The central bank also revised the country’s real GDP growth for 2019-20 downwards from 6.9 per cent in the August policy to 6.1 per cent – 5.3 per cent in Q2:2019-20 and in the range of 6.6-7.2 per cent for H2:2019-20 – with risks evenly balanced
Cyber-related business interruption now a top concern of risk managers
“The cyber insurance marketplace is expanding and maturing to meet the increasing demands of corporations concerned about the ever-evolving cyber risks,” said Paul Horgan, head of U.S. Commercial Insurance.
300 mn Indians lifted above poverty line in last 14 years: NITI Aayog
The semiconductor industry is backbone to emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Internet of Things and India is pioneering in the sector presenting growth opportunities.
An India-Pakistan nuclear war could kill millions, threaten global starvation
The researchers calculated that an India-Pakistan war could inject as much as 80 billion pounds of thick, black smoke into Earth’s atmosphere. That smoke would block sunlight from reaching the ground, driving temperatures around the world down by an average of between 3.5-9 degrees Fahrenheit for several years. Worldwide food shortages would likely come soon after.
Favourable conditions exist to achieve $5 trillion economy target: Official
“In ease of doing business, we have achieved much success..right now we are at 77th position…expect it to get better in the next rankings,” DPIIT Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra said.
Google faces $3.9B iPhone privacy lawsuit after London court reinstates case
“This case, quite properly if the allegations are proved, seeks to call Google to account for its allegedly wholesale and deliberate misuse of personal data without consent, undertaken with a view to a commercial profit,” Judge Geoffrey Vos said Wednesday in the ruling.
India now has significantly enlarged global profile: World Economic Forum
With half of its population of working age, India has a unique demographic advantage. Climbing to 52nd spot in this year’s Global Innovation Index, India is one of the few countries to have consecutively improved its rank for nine years, the WEF president pointed out.
AXA XL partners with WaterAid for providing clean water to communities in Northern India
Today in India, more than 163 million people are currently without safe water and nearly 732 million do not have access to decent sanitation.