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Aon survey projects moderate salary growth of 5.3% for Southeast Asia in 2026
The most in-demand "hot jobs" include sales (24 percent),...
AIA partners with Amplify Health to tackle Singapore’s most common chronic illnesses
This programme is available for eligible AIA insured members who...
Regulatory Revamp: IRDAI approves Bima Sugam, unveils 8 new principle-based consolidated regulations
Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI These new regulations encompass pivotal domains such as safeguarding of policyholders' interests, rural and social sector responsibilities, electronic insurance marketplace(Bima Sugam), insurance products and operation of foreign...
UN adopts first global artificial intelligence resolution
The resolution is the latest in a series of initiatives - few of which carry teeth - by governments around the world to shape AI's development, amid fears it could be used to disrupt democratic processes, turbocharge fraud or lead to dramatic job losses, among other...
Apple, Meta, Google set to face EU Digital Markets Act probes, sources say
Digital Markets Act breaches could cost the companies as much as 10% of their global annual turnover. The landmark EU tech rule requires the companies to give users and rivals more choices to ensure a level playing field Apple, Meta Platforms and Alphabet's Google are...
US sues Apple, alleging it illegally monopolized the smartphone market
The Justice Department said Apple charges as much as $1,599 for an iPhone and makes larger profits than any others in the industry. Officials also said that Apple charges various business partners — from software developers to credit card companies and even its rivals...
Hackers carrying out disruptive attacks on water systems: US
In a letter released Tuesday, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan warned that “disabling cyberattacks are striking water and wastewater systems throughout the United States.” The letter singled out...
India’s fertility rate down from 6.2 to under 2 since 1950, will fall to 1.3 in 2050: Lancet study
Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director of Population Foundation of India (PFI), a non-profit organisation promoting gender sensitive population and health policymaking, said the findings have "profound implications" for India and includes challenges such as an aging...
India stares at summer water crisis as reservoir levels slide
In other industrial states such as Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and agricultural states Uttar Pradesh and Punjab levels are below their 10-year averages. Longer term, there is a risk of water wars if governments do not act now, said Sandeep Anirudhan, convener of the...
UN climate report: Doctors warn of rise in heat-related health risks
Climate change poses significant health risks, particularly in the realm of respiratory health. Climate change exacerbates air pollution, which worsens conditions of people who already have respiratory ailments like asthma, pneumonia, lung cancer, etc,” Dr Vikas...
GIC Re provides CSR funds for key rural development project in Maharashtra
L to R- N Ramaswamy, CMD, GIC Re, Praveen Pardeshi, CEO,Maharashtra Institution for Transformation (MITRA),Eknath Shindhe, Chief Minister, Maharashtra and Ajit Pawar, Dy Chief minister, Maharashtra, at an occasion in Mumbai to hand over GIC Re's cheque of over Rs...
LIC terminates services of its employee in front-running trades case
Sebi on Tuesday confirmed a securities market ban on five entities, including an employee of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), in a case pertaining to front-running trades of the state-owned insurer Mumbai: Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Wednesday said...