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SEBI chief warns investors on fraudsters offering guaranteed returns
Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Chairman,SEBI "Our survey reveals that an...
Govt considers introducing nationwide climate-linked insurance scheme
The National Disaster Management Authority, the finance ministry...
WHO and UNICEF launch free online course to address children’s environmental health
The course provides an in-depth exploration of children's environmental health, covering key topics of global concern such as air pollution, climate change, e-waste, lead, pesticides and other hazards affecting children's well-being. Participants will gain valuable...
Neurological conditions now leading cause of ill health and disability globally: Lancet study
The top 10 contributors to neurological health loss in 2021 were stroke, neonatal encephalopathy (brain injury), migraine, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage), meningitis, epilepsy, neurological complications from preterm birth,...
Age, sex, location could be important to antibiotic resistance, study finds
Antibiotic, or antimicrobial, resistance is a global public health threat and occurs when disease-causing germs evolve and develop a resistance to the very drugs designed to kill them, rendering these drugs ineffective Age, sex and location could be important in...
European regulator says it would pull Boeing approval if needed
European Union Aviation Safety Agency's (EASA) acting executive director, Luc Tytgat, gave the first public indication that international cooperation underpinning global airplane production was being tested as rarely before by the ongoing crisis over Boeing's...
US prosecutors probing Gautam Adani and his group over potential bribery
Gautam Adani, chairman, Adani Group In addition to being a monolithic presence in its home country, with ports, airports, power lines and highway developments, Adani Group attracts capital from around the world. US law allows federal prosecutors to pursue foreign...
Chemicals in plastics far more numerous than previous estimates, report says
While the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) had previously identified around 13,000 plastic chemicals, the report by a team of European scientists found more than 16,000 chemicals in plastics — a quarter of which are thought to be hazardous to human health...
Govt designates I4C as agency of MHA to notify unlawful activities in cyber world
The I4C was set up by the MHA to provide a framework and eco-system for law-enforcement agencies in dealing with cybercrime in a coordinated and comprehensive manner New Delhi: The Centre has designated the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) as an agency of...
India shows progress on UN’s HDI 2022, ranks 134 out of 193 countries
In 2022, India saw improvements across all HDI indicators -- life expectancy, education, and gross national income (GNI) per capita and life expectancy rose from 67.2 to 67.7 years, expected years of schooling reached 12.6, mean years of schooling increased to 6.57...
Class action lawsuits pile up over UnitedHealth data breach
Plaintiffs say that information stored by Change, and now potentially at risk, includes medical records, payment information, names and Social Security numbers. One of the lawsuits says that "information from the data breach is on the dark web and already being...
Cyber Attack/Data Breach is top business risk for India Inc, Aon Survey
Jon Pipe, CEO and principal officer of Aon India Insurance Brokers Notably, only three of the top five current risks in India are insurable, and less than half of the overall top ten are uninsurable at present MUMBAI: The 2023 edition of Aon’s biennial survey found...