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Banks act as agents for customers, presenting stale cheques constitutes deficiency in service: SC
A bank receiving cheques for collection acts as an agent of the...
W Asia crisis:India’s exports plunge 7.44 pc in March; trade gap narrows
"Exports to the Middle East in March dropped by $3.5 billion… this...
Govt approves Rs 3,880 crore scheme for Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme
Scheme will help in prevention and control of livestock diseases through vaccination, surveillance and upgradation of healthcare facilities New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today approved the Revision of Livestock Health and...
China to ‘formulate’ policies for elderly, focus on boosting birth rates
China's population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, as marriages plummeted by one-fifth, the biggest drop on record, despite efforts by authorities to encourage young couples to wed and have children. Rapid ageing has become a growing concern in the world's...
CCI rejects complaint against Microsoft over bundled antivirus
It was alleged that bundling of the anti-virus software was violating fair competition norms. Starting with Windows 10 Operating System (OS) edition, the anti-virus software Microsoft Defender is bundled with it. In a 17-page order dated March 3, the CCI said there...
Lloyd’s highlights risk of extreme space weather as latest scenario reveals potential global economic loss of $2.4trn
North America is identified as the region likely to be most financially impacted by the scenario, suffering a potential economic loss of $755 billion over the modelled five year period. However, the gap between the impact on North America and Europe is relatively...
HC stays special court order directing FIR against ex-Sebi chief Buch, 5 others
The HC's judgement came on petitions filed by Buch, three current whole-time SEBI directors - Ashwani Bhatia, Ananth Narayan G and Kamlesh Chandra Varshney and two BSE officials - Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Ramamurthy and its former chairman and...
P/C insurers to weather volatile natural Catastrophe Risks
The industry has ample capability to absorb individual large loss events but is more vulnerable if there is a confluence of events in a short term. This was evidenced during 2001-2002, which included the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a few hurricane events,...
SC asks Centre to regulate online content sans censorship
"We have suggested the solicitor general to deliberate upon and suggest such a regulatory mechanism which does not impinges upon the right of free speech and expression but at the same time is also effective enough to ensure the parameters of such fundamental right as...
Relevance of gold as asset class to rise in coming years Nageswaran
Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said it is very important to remember the relevance and the importance of gold for a portfolio, a store of value etc, more so in the backdrop of the likely ascending importance of gold in the coming years. New Delhi: Gold...
Regulatory violations: Ex-SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch, 5 others move Bombay High Court against order directing FIR
The bench said it would hear the pleas on Tuesday and added that until then, the state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), which was directed to probe the case, shall not act upon the special court order. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared for Buch and three current...
Threats, political repatriations and kidnap dominate global crisis management landscape, says Willis report
Will Miller, Head of Crisis Management, Asia Pacific at Willis said: “We continue to see clients impacted by a wide range of incident types across a broad geographical footprint, affecting both their people and physical assets. Although the increase in the number of...