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InsuranceDekho weighs an IPO for raising as much as $250 million
The IPO is likely to include a mix of new share issuance and...
China charges former AstraZeneca regional head with “unlawful collection of personal information and medical insurance fraud”
a former executive vice president and a former senior employee of...
Gadkari urges FM to withdraw 18 pc GST on life and medical insurance premiums
"The 18 per cent GST on medical insurance premiums is proving to be a deterrent for the growth of this segment of business which is socially necessary."Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari New Delhi: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways...
Companies ‘Paralyzed’ as Australia plans tough climate rules
Authorities estimate the average cost of compliance to be A$1 million ($655,550) but some large organizations calculate the total is likely to be above A$3 million, said Jillian Button, head of climate change at law firm Allens Australia’s plans to introduce stringent...
Global aviation insurance premium to hit a 20-year high of more than $8bn in 2024, says Allianz
Analysis of more than 32,000 industry claims from 2019 - 2024 with a total value of US$15bn (€14bn) shows that collision or crash incidents (63%) and faulty workmanship or defective products (22%) are accountable for 85% of the value. Other incidents like natural...
No data to establish correlation of death exclusively due to air pollution, govt tells Rajya Sabha
“There are no conclusive data available in the country to establish direct correlation of death/disease exclusively due to air pollution. However, air pollution could be one of the triggering factors for respiratory ailments and associated diseases,” Mahesh Sharma...
CrowdStrike: Delta Air to seek compensation over IT outage
The cyber outage led to more than 2,200 flight cancellations on July 19 and Delta has canceled over 6,000 flights so far since then.CrowdStrike's "Falcon Sensor" software had caused Microsoft Windows to crash and display a blue screen, known informally as the "Blue...
Cloudburst damages shops, houses in Himachal’s Parvati Valley
The cloudburst triggered flash floods and caused damage to public and private properties, a resident said Manali: Several shops, houses, and a bridge were damaged in popular trekking destination Tosh in Himachal Pradesh's Parvati Valley after a cloudburst on early...
Newly-launched global campaign tackles impact of heat stress on workers worldwide
"Heat stress is taking a heavy and dangerous toll on billions of workers worldwide." Celeste Drake, ILO Deputy Director-General ILO estimates that excessive heat contributes to 22.87 million occupational injuries annually, resulting in 18,970 deaths and 2.09 million...
PSU insurers must reskill their employees and deploy best of technologies, says DFS Secy
From( L to R) , Deepti Gaur Mukerjee, CEO, National Health Authority, Vivek Joshi, secretary, Department of Financial Services(Virtual), Girija Subramanian, CMD, New India Assurance at the 106th Foundation day celebration of New India Assurance The government is...
Head and neck cancers on the rise in India, youth at key risk: Experts
"India is seeing a surge in head and neck cancer cases, especially among young men, due to increased tobacco consumption and Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Around 80-90 per cent of oral cancer patients have been found to use tobacco in some form, be it smoking or...
Uttarakhand CM calls for policies specific to Himalyan state’s needs
Pushkar Singh Dhami,Chief Minister,Uttarakhand The CM said that there was a pressing need to work on water conservation and increasing the ground water given the drinking water crisis in many cities. A Spring and River Rejuvenation Authority has been formed in...