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Sales of electric cars surge in June Shriram mobility report
Sales of electric motor cars in June 2025 grew to 9,804 units up by...
FPIs invest Rs 14, 590 cr in Jun early July sees withdrawal
"FPIs exhibited a cautious yet improving stance in June 2025,...
Cyber Insurance: Global premiums could exceed $50 billion by 2030, predicts Howden
Dan Leahy, Associate Director, said: “Having navigated the early phases of development that often come with new, fast growing lines of business, the cost of cyber insurance is now more commensurate with loss costs following the recent correction. Whilst the first half...
Global efforts to combat infectious diseases must extend beyond childhood: Study
More than half of the deaths among children and adolescents in low to middle-income countries were caused by infectious diseases, compared with 6 per cent in high-income countries. India, Nigeria and Pakistan carried the greatest disease burden According to a new...
Nations haggle over targets to cut shipping’s huge emissions
Large shipping companies are already making moves. A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S has ordered 25 vessels that are able to run on green methanol. Rival container shipper CMA CGM is expecting 24 bio-methanol-powered, e-methanol ready vessels to be delivered by 2027 In a grey,...
Older adults who remain more active have better quality of life: Study
Physical activity is known to lower your chance of developing a number of diseases, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer, especially when it is moderately intense and increases your heart rate Adults should engage in at least 150 minutes of...
Birth Rate in Singapore falls to record low, only 35,605 babies in 2022
In response to queries on the declining TFR, National University of Singapore sociologist Tan Ern Ser remarked that likely factors include children increasingly not being seen as part of retirement planning, while the cost of raising them has risen in an increasingly...
Individual bad decisions cannot explain economic inequalities: Study
"Our research does not reject the notion that individual behavior and decision-making may directly relate to upward economic mobility. Instead, we narrowly conclude that biased decision-making does not alone explain a significant proportion of population-level...
India overtakes Japan in auto manufacturing, ranks number 3 globally after China and the US: Gadkari
Nitin Gadkari,Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways 'The turnover of the automobile industry is Rs 7.55 lakh crore, and four and a half crores have got jobs in the sector. This industry gives maximum GST to the government. We have decided that we will make...
Munich Re appoints Owais Ansari as CEO, Life & Health Middle East and North Africa
Owais Ansari, chief executive officer, Life & Health, Middle East and North Africa, Munich Re Owais Ansari said,``The Middle East and North Africa offer significant opportunities for life and health (re-)insurance. Munich Re having an established presence in this...
Musk, Zuckerberg lead a $852 billion surge among world’s richest in first half of 2023
The gains coincided with a broad stock market rally, as investors brushed off the effects of central bank interest rate hikes, the ongoing war in Ukraine and a crisis in regional banks. The S&P 500 rose 16% and the Nasdaq 100 surged 39% for its best-ever first...
Future of Forests: France’s wildfires ignite debate on cutting planet-heating emissions
Globally, rising temperatures and land-use change are projected to result in a 50% rise in the number of catastrophic wildfires by 2100, according to the U.N. Environment Programme - and governments around the world are grappling with how best to protect their forests...