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AI Data Center: Staggering $3 trillion of debt to fund the artificial intelligence boom
Not even the world’s biggest technology companies—not Amazon.com,...
Delhi tribunal seeks Centre’s help in road accident case cites policy vacuum
"There is a clear policy vacuum, and the family of the...
Issuance of cat bonds set to hit a record this year
Catastrophe bonds are generally issued by insurers looking to pass a chunk of their risk over to capital markets. Issuance has picked up lately, with factors including climate change, population density and inflation adding to the potential losses that insurers face....
Cyberattack plunges US auto retail industry into disarry
The outage impacting CDK's dealer management system, used to complete deals, track store profitability and monitor employee compensation, has "plunged the auto retail industry into disarray", JPMorgan analysts said last week U.S. auto dealers grappled with an ongoing...
India’s disaster management moving forward with a ‘Zero Casualty Approach, says Home minister Shah
Amit Shah,Union Home Minister Shah also reviewed the preparations to deal with Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) New Delhi: Emphasizing on optimum use of satellite imagery provided by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) by various agencies for flood and...
AI set to revolutionize global banking, boosting profits by USD 170 bn by 2028: CITI report
One of the most compelling aspects highlighted in the report is AI's role in combating financial fraud. AI-generated insights hold the key to preventing real-time payment scams, such as the pervasive Authorized Push Payment (APP) fraud Artificial intelligence (AI)...
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...