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Dai-ichi Life and Capgemini sign multi-year agreement to establish a GCC in India to drive international digital transformation
Tetsuya Kikuta, President and CEO, Dai-ichi Life Holdings "This...
FM asks NIIF to leverage its sovereign-backed design, explore diversified finance sources
Nirmala Sitharaman,Finance Minister The Governing Council...
Meity forms task force to draft IndiaAI roadmap by Apr end
Rajeev Chandrasekhar,Minister of State for Electronics and IT Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar after consultation with startups and IT companies working on artificial intelligence announced setting up of an IndiaAI platform which will...
Finance firms with $136 trln urge boards for more environmental data
For the first time, the questionnaire will also ask companies about plastics-related business risks, for example around packaging, and how they are addressing them The increase in demand for more information from companies comes as regulators across the world begin to...
Market turmoil leaves investors poorer by more than Rs 4.4 lakh crore
The failure of the Silicon Valley Bank in the US has triggered concerns about the financial system even though the regulatory authorities concerned are working on ways to manage the situation. The crisis has also come at a time when the central banks are embracing a...
SC refers pleas for legal validation of same-sex marriages to five-judge constitution bench, terms it seminal issue
"Having due regard to the broader context of the petitions before this court, the inter-relationship between the statutory regime and constitutional rights, we are of the considered view that it would be appropriate if the issues raised are resolved by a constitution...
Outflows in debt mutual funds continue, Rs 13,815-cr withdrawn in Feb
''With the central bank's focus on moderating inflation, the monetary policy has been tailored to ensure a disinflation process. Despite expectations around the February rate hike of 25 basis points likely being amongst the last, largely owing to a moderation around...
E-rupee worth over Rs 130 crore in circulation: Sitharaman
It is being distributed through financial intermediaries, i.e., banks. Users can transact with e₹-R through a digital wallet offered by the participating banks and stored on mobile phones/devices. Institutional merchants like retail chains, petrol pumps etc. have also...
LIC’s debt exposure in Adani group cos dips marginally to Rs 6,183 cr as of March 5
LIC's exposure in Adani Power (Mundra) was Rs 266 crore, Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd - Phase I (Rs 81.60 crore), Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd - Phase III (Rs 254.87 crore), Raigarh Energy Generation Ltd (Rs 45 crore) and Raipur Energen Ltd (Rs 145.67 crore), as per the...
Talks underway on Black Sea grain deal extension in Geneva
The initiative, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey last July, is up for renewal on March 18. Negotiations began on Monday between U.N. officials and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin aimed at discussing an extension to a deal allowing the export...
Billions worth of crypto trades at risk as shutdown of 3 banks takes toll
Liquidity, or ease of trade, for Bitcoin-to-dollar and Bitcoin-to-Tether transactions on some US exchanges has dipped between 35% and 45% from the beginning of March to Saturday, according to research firm Kaiko. Meanwhile, crypto companies have been scouring for...
Centre raises concern over gradual increase in Covid positivity rate amid influenza cases
Rajesh Bhushan,Union Health Secretary "While the COVID-19 trajectory has decreased substantially in last few months, the gradual rise in COVID-19 test positivity rates in some states is a concerning issue that needs to be promptly addressed," Union Health Secretary...