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Sompo aims at higher-yielding overseas credit to boost profits as traditional business flounders
Globally, private credit has grown into a $1.7 trillion market....
Indian households turn investors, bank deposits surge: SBI report
"Indian households across states are turning from savers to...
Delhi HC asks probe agencies to exercise caution over blanket freezing of bank accounts
While an investigating agency was fully empowered to conduct an investigation and recommend freezing of the entire account to the bank, the court pointed out, when resorted to such a measure, it must assign reasons. When it comes to small-time vendors, the action...
India committed to partnering with international stakeholders to tackle global healthcare challenges: Goyal
Piyush Goyal,Union Commerce Minister Goyal also mentioned that over the past decade, transformative steps have been taken in public healthcare, such as providing free treatment to millions of Indians, establishing Jan Aushadhi Kendras, and building modern medical...
India on the verge of becoming clinical trials hub
India's clinical trials data market is estimated to touch $1.51 billion in 2025, according to U.S.-based GrandView Research. While India's reputation as a trusted region for conducting trials is improving, several challenges, such as a lack of standardized regulations...
Participation of Indian women in employment rises to 25% in 2024 from 22% in 2019
The findings of the 2024 survey revealed that 75 per cent of the males and 25 per cent of the females in the 15-59-year age group participated in employment and related activities during the reference period of 24 hours. Such participation was 70.9 per cent for males...
El Nino, La Nina forecast: Weather Agencies grapple with prediction challenges
An accurate read on the status of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation is essential for governments, energy markets and farmers planning their cropping regimes, especially as global warming exacerbates extreme weather. Warm and cold phases can cause sapping droughts or...
Premiums to fall as Govt finalises GST cut from 18% to 12 % on Term Life and Health cover with input tax credit(ITC)
On Tuesday, senior officials Ministry of Finance, Insurance Regulatory Development and Authority(IRDA) and insurers had met in Delhi to finalise the GST cut proposals before they are sent to GST Council, headed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman that will take a...
Regulatory standards must be stronger for quality medicines: Health secy
The meeting with state drug regulators comes in the wake of the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) prohibiting the production and export of all combinations of pain relief medicines tapentadol and carisoprodol, following reports that unapproved combinations of...
Crypto trading booms in India’s interiors as job growth, incomes disappoint
Overall, India's crypto market is expected to grow to more than $15 billion in 2035 from $2.5 billion last year at a compound annual growth rate of 18.5 per cent, said Kush Wadhwa, partner at consulting firm Grant Thornton Bharat Like thousands of his countrymen in...
Google set to be charged with breaching EU rules
The European Commission has been investigating Google for potential breaches of the Digital Markets Act since March last year. One probe focuses on whether Google favors its vertical search engines such as Google Shopping, Google Flights and Google Hotels over rivals,...
Govt seeks merchant bankers for selling equity in public sector banks financial institutions
As per the RFP (request for proposal) floated by DIPAM, the merchant bankers would be empanelled for a period of three years (further extendable by 1 year) and they would advise the government on the timing and the modalities of the transaction for dilution of equity...