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EMEA insurance sector in 2026 to have stable operational and business conditions, says Fitch Ratings
Some pricing and competitive pressures will arise, alongside weak...
Nearly 24 lakh households have adopted rooftop solar as of December 2025 under PM Surya Ghar
Over the past decade, India has seen a sharp rise in solar...
X to wind up operations in Brazil ‘effective immediately’ due to censorship
Earlier this year, Moraes ordered X to block certain accounts, as he investigates so-called "digital militias" that have been accused of spreading fake news and hate messages during the government of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro. Media platform X said on...
Rs1 lakh crore disbursed for free hospital care to 7.4 crore patients under PMJAY scheme
Eligible beneficiaries can avail of cashless and paperless healthcare services related to hospitalisation across more than 29,000 empanelled hospitals in the country The top speciality care treatments availed by beneficiaries to date are general medicine, infectious...
Urgent need to address $4 trn financing gap to accelerate SDG progress: FM
Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister Addressing the third Voice of Global South Summit virtually, Sitharaman said that recent reports reveal that the implementation of many SDGs in developing economies is stagnating, with some indicators even regressing New Delhi:...
Govt to hire 2 pvt sector professionals as JSs to manage MoF’s Cyber Security and Investment assignments
This is for the first time, the government has advertised to hire a private sector professional as a joint secretary, Digital Economy, Fin Tech and Cyber Security along with another financial sector expert, who will also join as a joint secretary, Investment, for the...
Sebi proposes to expand sustainable fin framework in securities market
In a consultation paper released on Friday, Sebi proposed that issuers, in addition to existing green debt securities, be allowed to raise funds through issuance of social bonds, sustainable bonds, and sustainability-linked bonds. These bonds will collectively be...
Pakistan & Sweden report cases of more infectious form of mpox first identified in Congo
WHO said there have been more than 14,000 cases and 524 deaths in more than a dozen countries across Africa this year, which already exceed last year's figures Pakistan has detected three patients with the mpox virus, the health department in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
Biden, Harris hail Medicare drug price cuts that will save billions
Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law in 2022, was the first to allow Medicare to negotiate prices for some of the most costly drugs that the program covers for 66 million people. The new prices will go into effect in 2026 LARGO,...
Hurricane Debby: Moody’s estimates insured losses for will not exceed $1.5 billion
Jeff Waters, director, North Atlantic Hurricane Models at Moody’s, said, “Hurricane Debby should not be a major event for the (re)insurance market. Debby made landfall just 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 kilometers) from last year’s Hurricane Idalia’s Florida landfall as a...
McKinsey sees AI surge boosting consulting amid industry slump
Among those deploying automation rapidly are the traditional and regulated industries such as banking and insurance, Rodney Zemmel, senior partner and head of the McKinsey's digital business said McKinsey & Co. is seeing an increase in the number of clients...
Severe typhoon set to disrupt flight, train services in Japan
Disruptions from tropical storms this time of year have become an annual occurrence in Japan and other countries in the region. They’re also more severe, causing factories to halt production and companies telling employees to stay at home. The latest typhoon,...