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India has potential to become one of the largest electric vehicles markets: Report
The uptake of EVs has been slow in the country due to the high upfront as well as lifecycle costs cost but long-term investment in research and development (R&D) will create sustained growth, according to the report by the World Economic Forum and Ola Mobility Institute.
Snapdeal sees over 90% orders coming from non-metro locations
Earlier this week, Amazon.in had said that 91 percent of its new customers for its ongoing festive sale are coming from tier II and III towns, and fashion and smartphone categories are the top shopping segments for these new customers.
India shelves plan on countrywide ban on single-use plastic products
India, which uses about 14 million tonnes of plastic annually, lacks an organised system for management of plastic waste, leading to widespread littering.
Monsoon forecast contrary to initial prediction: IMD for detailed analysis
Mohapatra said several global models had predicted below normal monsoon because of the El Nino but IMD stuck to its prediction and did not revise it.
At $20K a year, US health insurance costs undermine job-based health insurance
Many Americans aren’t prepared for the risks that deductibles transfer to patients. Almost 40% of adults can’t pay an unexpected $400 expense without borrowing or selling an asset, according to a Federal Reserve survey from May.
In a first, Anil Ambani threatened with class action suit at AGM
The shareholder said he will marshal 10 percent shareholders to launch the country’s maiden class action suit, in which a group of complainants sues a defendant or a number of defendants on behalf of a group,or class,of absent parties.
One-third of Indian businesses hit hard by internal, external fraud: Report
“We believe that the level of due diligence done by Indian corporates is improving, but it is still below the basic requirement when compared globally,” said Tarun Bhatia, head of South Asia and managing director in the Business Intelligence and Investigations practice of Kroll.
Maruti to Tata, festive season fails to lift up passenger vehicle sales
The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India said its domestic sales declined by 26.7 per cent at 1,12,500 units last month as against 1,53,550 units in September 2018.
Water crises ranked as the topmost risk in India:WEF
Fifteen of the world’s 20 most polluted cities are in India (where the issue ranked second), and Dhaka, Bangladesh (where it ranked eight),is also on the list. Pollution poses health and economic risks to these countries: Each year, Bangladesh loses approximately $6.5 billion and India $5 billion due to pollution and environmental degradation.
“The FAIR Nat CAT pool has gained the approval to operate in India’’
FAIR pools are performing satisfactorily, overall, the revenue of the pools and syndicate is growing steadily with expectations to have reached close to $120m in the past year, and each year we have new members sharing the units of the pools’ ownership.