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Nuclear-powered ships may reshape trade with cleaner, faster transport, to pose problems for insurance
Commercial insurance companies won’t provide coverage for ship that...
ECB embeds climate risk to its supervisory approach on bank losses
The ECB is moving faster than other central banks in treating the...
Mutual Funds’ SIP collection rises 25 pc to Rs 1.56 lakh crore in FY23
''SIP inflows for FY23 stood at Rs 1.56 lakh crore, a growth of 25.2 per cent on a year-on-year basis, with the highest-ever inflow in March at Rs 14,276 crore. With benchmark indices remaining volatile and flat for the year, investors choose mutual funds as the...
India overtakes China to become most populous country: UN report
The latest UNFPA report stated that in India 25 per cent of the population constitutes children aged 0-14, 18 per cent are those aged 10-19 years, 26 per cent belong to the 10-24 age group. About 68 per cent are in the 15-64 age category, while those above 65 are just...
Heat is surging across India, Risking blackouts and even deaths
A majority of India’s 1.4 billion population work outdoors, often without protection. Many construction workers, hawkers and rickshaw pullers die each year during the summer as they don’t have the means to beat the heat. India suffers from the most pronounced...
Cybersecurity nightmare in Japan can pose global risks
The country produces about 80% of fine chemicals for electronics and dominates the global supply of photoresist, a light-sensitive material that’s used in making semiconductor chips, according to Ulrike Schaede, professor of Japanese Business at the School of Global...
India to have 2.9 mln more people than China by mid-2023, UN estimate shows
The demographic data from the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) “State of World Population Report, 2023” estimates India’s population at 1,428.6 million or 1.4286 billion against 1.4257 billion for China India is on its way to become the world’s most populous...
Poor diet linked to 14 million cases of Type 2 diabetes globally: Study
Of the 30 most populated countries studied, India, Nigeria, and Ethiopia had the fewest case of type 2 diabetes related to unhealthy eating, the researchers said The researchers found that Of the 11 dietary factors considered, three had an outsized contribution to the...
U.S. SEC sees decentralized crypto platforms as exchanges, seeks public input
The SEC voted 3-2 to take additional comments from the public after crypto firms criticized the plan as vague and aimed at roping in decentralized finance platforms, also known as DeFi platforms that would otherwise not be subject to the regulator’s oversight...
Political Risk loss frequency surges in 2022,Ukraine war delivers widespread financial losses
Looking to the year ahead, Ukraine heads the list of interview panel members’ top risks for 2023, followed closely by decoupling from China and crisis and new regulations in the EU The 6th annual political risk survey produced by WTW, found that an unprecedented 92%...
India likely to receive normal monsoon rains in 2023 -govt official
Skymet, a weather forecasting and agriculture risk solution company, expects the upcoming monsoon to be 'below normal' to the tune of 94% ( with an error margin of +/-5%) of the long period average (LPA) of 868.6mm for the 4- month long period from June to September...
Electric two-wheeler sales in India rise over two-and-half fold to 8,46,976 units in FY23: SMEV
"In the electric two-wheeler segment, the industry sold 7,26,976 high-speed E2W (top speed more than 25km/hr) in FY 2023," it added. In 2021-22, sales of low-speed e-scooters were at 75,457 units, while those of high-speed e-scooters were at 2,52,443 units. SMEV said,...