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Banks must simplify tech to protect customers, says Kotak Mahindra Bank’s data protection chief
With the rise of AI-enabled scams and digital impersonation, he...
Women in Insurance India (WIIN) launches India’s first industry-focused accelerator program to advance equity, innovation & leadership
Speaking about the launch, Soni Srivastava, Co-founder, Women in...
53rd GST Council- No tax on co-insurance and reinsurance commission, Rs 25,000 crore demand notices on Indian re/insurers revoked
(LtoR)- Sanjay Malhotra, Revenue Secretary, Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister and Pankaj Chaudhary, minister of state,Ministry of Finance, at a press meet on Saturday after the 53rd Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meet in New Delhi Earlier, Indian...
Birth rates halve in richer countries as costs weigh, OECD report says
Particularly low total fertility rates were measured in Korea, at 0.7 and Italy and Spain, each with 1.2 children per woman. The highest were in Israel on 2.9, followed by Mexico and France, each with 1.8.The average age of women giving birth rose from 28.6 in 2000 to...
EPFO adds highest-ever members in April since 2018
The share of women in the new members stood around 2.49 lakh out of total of 8.87 lakh new members, indicating a broader shift towards a more inclusive and diverse workforce. An increase of 31.29 per cent has been registered in net member addition during April as...
Atal Pension Yojana adds record 12.2 million new members in 2023-24
The government pension scheme achieved a growth of 24 per cent in gross enrolments at the end of FY 23-24 standing at 64.4 million. APY is rapidly gaining popularity among women and youth. In FY24, out of the total enrolments, 52 per cent were women and out of the...
India mulls income tax cuts in Budget as part of $6 billion consumer boost
Officials in the Ministry of Finance have discussed proposals to reduce taxes for consumers with the highest propensity to spend, the people said, asking not to be identified because the talks are private Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is considering...
Climate Change: The Era of Super-Wild Weather Is Already Here
Erich Fischer, a climate scientist at ETH Zurich, has been trying to do for heat something similar to what US researchers want to do for precipitation. His work in recent years has helped demonstrate that temperature records around the world are falling by greater and...
Biden bans US sales of Kaspersky software over Russia ties
Moscow's influence over the company was found to pose a significant risk, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on a briefing call with reporters on Thursday.The software's privileged access to a computer's systems could allow it to steal sensitive information from...
Punishing summer: 114 heatwave deaths reported, nearly 41,000 cases of suspected heatstroke
Uttar Pradesh is the worst-affected having reported 37 deaths followed by Bihar, Rajasthan and Odisha, according to the data compiled under the National Heat-Related Illness and Death Surveillance by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). “The data may not be...
ULIPs should not be advertised as ‘investment products’, says IRDAI
Insurers will have to specifically state that market-linked insurance plans are different from traditional endowment policies and carry risks New Delhi: The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has issued a master circular barring the...
India stems wealth exodus amid robust economic development: Report
India increased the number of millionaires in the country by 85 per cent in the last decade. With 326,400 HNWIs, India ranks 10th in the world regarding the number of millionaires. New Delhi: Buoyed by overall economic development, India has stemmed its wealth exodus,...