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UP to frame digital agriculture policy farmers to get real-time data on crops, markets and insurance: CM Adityanath
Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister,Uttar Pradesh The proposed system...
GIFT City rises in GFCI rankings, reflecting India’s momentum as a global financial hub
GIFT City's overall rating improved, underscoring increasing...
Strong earthquake strikes Taiwan, tsunami waves detected in Japan
Taiwanese television showed buildings in Hualien shaken off their foundations. The strong quake knocked out power in several parts of the city In the capital, Taipei, tiles fell from older buildings and within some newer office complexes. Train service was suspended...
Philippines warns of tsunami, orders evacuations after Taiwan quake
Coastal areas in 23 provinces from the north to the south of the archipelago nation, but not the capital Manila, “are expected to experience high tsunami waves” based on tsunami wave models, the state seismology institute said in an advisory MANILA: The Philippines...
APAC’s Nat Cat economic losses at $65 billion in 2023, 91% uninsured
George Attard, CEO of Reinsurance Solutions for Aon’s Asia Pacific region Economic losses in the Asia Pacific region specifically, driven primarily by floods in China and drought in India, reached USD 65 billion “The findings from Aon’s 2023 Global Risk Management...
World Backup Day: Safeguarding personal & company data becomes paramount
“Today, businesses are 24x7 and any form of data loss can lead to catastrophic consequences. World Backup Day serves as a reminder for organisations to prioritise data protection, reevaluate their backup and recovery strategies and thereby safeguard against the...
Extreme weather predicted during Lok Sabha polls, preparation in advance crucial: Rijiju
Kiren Rijiju,Union Minister for Earth Sciences National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) member Kamal Kishore stressed the need for long-term solutions to address the increasing vulnerability of geographical areas to heatwaves, including constructing resilient...
Increased heat unlikely to impact wheat crop, says IMD
India is set to experience extreme heat during the April to June period, with the central and the western peninsular parts expected to face the worst impact, India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said. New Delhi: The increase in...
Canadian school boards sue social media giants for over C$4 bln in damages
The products are “negligently designed for compulsive use, have rewired the way children think, behave and learn,” a joint statement by the boards said. That has caused learning and mental health crises in students, resulting in the schools having to invest more in...
India’s most innovative cities are running out of water
Tech professionals are leaving India’s IT hub of Bengaluru amid an intensifying drought that has gripped the city as it sweats through another torrid pre-monsoon season, the Deccan Herald reported this month. More than half of the wells the city depends on for...
Passenger vehicle sales soar to record high in FY24; dispatches cross 42 lakh mark
“This is the first time that passenger vehicle sales have crossed the 40 lakh sales mark in the country…much of the growth that has happened is in the SUV segment,” Shashank Srivastava,member, executive committee, Maruti Suzuki India New Delhi: Driven by robust demand...
Apr 1 Renewals: Transitioning’ property catastrophe sector heralds buyers’ market, says Aon
George Attard, CEO of Asia Pacific for Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, said, “The April 1st reinsurance renewals were more predictable and generally favorable to reinsurance buyers. As mid-year renewals get under way for the catastrophe-exposed markets of Florida,...