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Eco Survey 2025-26: Rising lifestyle diseases due to nutrition gap
The survey noted that concerns of rising lifestyle diseases, rising...
Geopolitical tensions raise emerging market credit risks in 2026
``Potential pressures stemming from geopolitical events are among...
Sweltering heat directs attention at ‘disappearing’ spring in country
Such extreme heat has wide-ranging consequences on public health, electricity, water and the economy.Vimal Mishra, Vikram Sarabhai Chair Professor, Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences, IIT Gandhinagar New Delhi: Sweltering heatwave in north India that have caused...
WHO members approve steps to bolster health regulations for pandemics
Yuanqiong Hu, a senior legal and policy advisor at Doctors without Borders, said that the changes adopted Saturday include "important provisions addressing equity in access to health products during global health emergencies". Geneva: The World Health organisation...
Passenger vehicle wholesales in slow lane in May due to high base effect elections
The overall passenger vehicle dispatches from companies to dealers stood at 3,50,257 lakh units last month as compared to 3,35,436 in the same month a year ago, registering a growth of 4 per cent New Delhi: Passenger vehicle wholesales in India witnessed a marginal...
Top 100 firms must verify market rumours within 24 hrs starting today
Under the Sebi's rule, these companies will have to 'confirm, deny, or clarify any reported event or information in the mainstream media that is not general in nature and that indicates that rumours of an impending specific material event' are circulating amongst the...
India’s GDP expands 7.8 pc in Q4, 8.2 pc in FY24
The growth propelled the Indian economy to USD 3.5 trillion and set the stage for achieving the USD 5-trillion target in the next few years Financial, real estate and professional services grew 7.6 per cent in the March 2023 quarter compared to 9.2 per cent in the...
India’s key monsoon rains arrive early, promising respite from heat, boost crop and rural demand
Nearly half of India's farmland, without irrigation, depends on the annual June-September rains. Regular rains during the monsoon season will also bring relief from the searing heat wave that has seen maximum temperatures cross 50 degrees Celsius (122°F) in some parts...
MS Amlin forecasts “substantially above average” hurricane activity
“The insurance industry can help people and businesses to absorb climate blows, but only if pricing adequately reflects the escalating risks of stronger, more destructive hurricanes in a warming world. Investing in sophisticated catastrophe modelling and research will...
S&P Global to observe India’s fiscal glidepath for possible rating upgrade
''Within the next 2 years we will be closely observing whether the government's depiction of fiscal consolidation path will carry on… We will be observing for the next 1-2 years to see how this fiscal numbers will come to pass and if so, this will lead to a rating...
RBI shifts 100 tonnes of gold from vaults in UK to India to save storage cost
The central bank held 822.10 tonnes of gold as part of its foreign exchange reserves as of March 31, 2024, an increase from the 794.63 tonnes held at the same time last year, according to the annual data released by the RBI New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)...
Online payment frauds jump over 400% in India:RBI data
"Fraudsters are getting sophisticated by the day, while financial institutions and fintechs, jostling for market share and growth, have loosened controls." Mumbai: Digital payment frauds in India saw a more than fivefold jump to Rs 14.57 billion ($175 million) in the...