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Make GIFT IFSC more competitive to attract foreign investments: FM Sitharaman
Sitharaman visited IFSC at GIFT City in Gandhinagar on Thursday and...
DoT proposes changes in cyber security rules to curb frauds by misusing phone numbers
The draft cyber security rules published on June 24 proposed to...
Wall Street cashing in on the ultra-wealthy
In the past 10 weeks, JPMorgan Global Wealth Management opened 40,000 new accounts New York: Concerns of a possible global recession are deepening as heightened inflation and interest rates act as a brake on spending, while geopolitical strife adds to a sense of...
Kerala to implement comprehensive geriatric care programme: CM
A comprehensive rehabilitation policy would also be formulated to rehabilitate those who are confined to their homes due to physical ailments following accidents or diseases, he said. Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government will soon implement a comprehensive...
US births in 2022 didn’t return to pre-pandemic levels
The U.S. was once among only a few developed countries with a fertility rate that ensured each generation had enough children to replace itself — about 2.1 kids per woman. But it's been sliding, and in 2020 dropped to about 1.6, the lowest rate on record. It rose...
Japan demographic woes deepen as birth rate hits record low
The number of newborns in Japan slid 5% to 770,747 last year, a new low, while the number of deaths shot 9% higher to a record 1.57 million, the data showed. More than 47,000 deaths in Japan last year were caused by the coronavirus pandemic Japan's birth rate declined...
Costs and benefits of climate transition in India very unevenly distributed: Study
The researchers assume there will be an extensive effort towards climate protection, including a complete coal phase-out, the massive expansion of power generation from solar and wind, a national carbon price of USD 40 per tonne for private households and companies,...
1.5C for the planet, 1C for people: Scientists issue new climate warning
The warning - issued this week in research published in the journal Nature - comes late, given that the Earth has already heated up by about 1.2C since preindustrial times. The World Meteorological Organization has said global average temperatures are more likely than...
May auto sales on growth track riding on demand for SUVs
Market leader Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) reported a 15 per cent rise in total domestic passenger vehicle sales at 1,43,708 units as compared with 1,24,474 units in the same month last year New Delhi: Automakers, led by Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai, Mahindra &...
New Zealand offers to buy out owners of homes damaged by Cyclone
Together with local councils, the government will offer to buy as many as 700 residential properties across the North Island that were damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle and heavy flooding earlier this year, Finance Minister Grant Robertson said Thursday in Wellington. It...
83 pc Indians would delegate as much work as possible to AI: Microsoft report
'The next generation of AI will unlock a new wave of productivity growth, removing the drudgery from our jobs and freeing us to rediscover the joy of creation. The opportunity and responsibility for every organisation and leader is to get AI right -- testing and...
Canadian pension fund CDPQ puts brakes on China investment – FT
The Financial Times in February reported that Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC has reduced private investments in China Canada's second-largest pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) has stopped making private deals in China and will close its...