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The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it was...
Weight-Loss drugs estimated to save airlines millions
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New scheme to provide social security pension to farmers
“The scheme provides for payment of a minimum fixed pension of Rs 3,000 per month to eligible farmers on attaining the age of 60 years. It is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme, with entry age of 18 to 40 years.
US approves, then cancels, Iran strikes after drone shot down: Report
The US was planning to hit “a handful of Iranian targets, like radar and missile batteries” Thursday evening, the newspaper said, citing senior administration officials, but the plan was suddenly aborted in its early stages.
Govt may raise income-tax threshold in Budget to revive economy
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman may raise the tax exemption limit for working-age individuals to Rs 300,000 ($4,316) of their annual income, up from the current Rs 250,000, the people said, asking not to be identified as they aren’t authorised to speak publicly about the proposals. The tax measures haven’t been finalised yet.
Climate change threatens Himalayan glaciers
Although the Himalaya study did not attempt to ascertain precisely how much ice had melted, the glaciers may have lost as much as a quarter of their mass over the last 40 years.
May 2019 was the 4th hottest on record for the globe
The period from January through May produced a global temperature 1.67 degrees F above the 20th-century average of 55.5 degrees F, making it the third-hottest year to date on record. Record-breaking heat affected parts of the southern half of Africa; Australia; southeastern Brazil; northern North America; Asia; parts of the southern oceans; the Barents Sea; and areas of the North Pacific Ocean.
Saudi insurers Walaa, Metlife AIG ANB consider merger
Saudi Arabia’s crowded insurance sector is ripe for consolidation after the central bank proposed more stringent risk-based capital requirements to bolster the insurance sector.
Strong quake strikes northwest Japan, triggers small tsunami, power cuts
“We will work closely with local authorities to provide any disaster measures including lifesaving and rescue operations and have instructed officials to provide information in a timely and accurate manner,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga – the top government spokesman – told a media briefing.
India plans to exempt electric vehicles from registration fee
Towards this, the Central Motor Vehicles Rules will have to be amended and the government has issued a draft to receive comments from the stakeholders regarding the same.
Insurance costs rocket for U.S. IPOs as twitchy investors take to courts
A $5 million policy that cost $200,000 in 2016 can now easily cost $500,000 to $600,000, said Paul Schiavone, head of North American Financial Lines for Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, an Allianz SE unit.
Digital Payment: India needs competition, cost, convivence and confidence to succeed
Philip G Heasley, President and CEO, ACI Worldwide, said, “Once we accept the fact that digital commerce from any point of the world can be sold to the rest of the world, you need to be able to deliberate highly digital fashion well. We just think it’s going to land up becoming perhaps in little ten years the most prevalent method of payment in the world.”