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DGCA issued 4 show-cause notices to Air India over 29 violations: Minister
The DGCA carried out 171 regulatory audits from 2020 to June 2025...
Talent eludes India’s BFSI global capability centres; market to hit $135 bn by 2032: report
India is home to nearly 190 BFSI GCCs which employ nearly 540,000...
World Bank signs financing agreements to strengthen Nepal’s health system
The program emphasizes improving the readiness of the health system for delivery of quality healthcare, enhancing coverage of health insurance, and strengthening health emergency preparedness and response capacity at the selected provincial and local levels Kathmandu:...
China basic pension fund posts 0.33% investment gain in 2022
The basic pension fund manages a total 1.62 trillion yuan by the end of 2022, and has posed an annual average gain of 5.4% since the end of 2016, when the national social security fund started to manage the pension's investment The basic pension fund managed by...
Nepal earthquake kills at least 128, toll could rise, officials say
Officials feared the death toll in Friday's quake could rise as they had not been able to establish contact in the hilly area near the epicentre, some 500 km (300 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu, where tremors were also felt. The district has a population of...
India debut 50-year bond fully sold on increasing insurer demand
The nation’s burgeoning life insurance and pension fund industries, driven by an expanding middle class, are changing the landscape for India’s $1 trillion sovereign debt market. India’s yield curve has been nearly flat even amid record borrowing by the government as...
Australian companies, directors face new liability for nature-based risks
Directors could be held personally liable for breaching their “duty of care and diligence” under the Australian Corporations Act by not identifying and disclosing nature-based risks. The most egregious violations of director duties can carry large fines or lead to...
Zurich Insurance to pick up 51% in Kotak General Insurance for $488 million, to raise its stake by another 19% in future
·Zurich will acquire an additional stake of up to 19% over time. It is anticipated that this transaction will represent the largest foreign insurer investment in the Indian insurance sector since the regulatory changes allowing majority foreign ownership came into...
Companies in India likely to give 9.8 pc salary raise in 2024: Willis Tower Watson report
''Companies across industries are still closely monitoring their cost structures. Within the IT sector, a noticeable correction is expected with salary increments reducing from approximately 11 to 12 per cent in the past to a projected 10 per cent for 2024,'' said...
Threat of haywire AI feeds calls for development pause, AXA Says
Artificial intelligence can provide lots of benefits of society, “but obviously we need to have very clear rules that these benefits are not being abused,” Thomas Buberl, chief executive officer of Paris-based AXA, said during an interview while visiting the campus of...
AIs could soon run businesses – it’s an opportunity to ensure these ‘artificial persons’ follow the law
Many functions inside small and large companies have already been delegated to AI in part, including financial operations, human resources and network management, to name just three. AIs can now perform many tasks as well as humans do. For example, AIs can read...
1.68 lakh people died in 4.61 lakh road accidents in 2022: Road Ministry report
The report titled 'Road accidents in India -- 2022' said this marks an 11.9 per cent year-on-year rise in accidents and a 9.4 per cent increase in fatalities. There was a 15.3 per cent surge in the number of people getting injured in 2022. New Delhi: A total of...