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Highways baking at 70 degrees C hint at scorching summer across China, US
Across the Northern Hemisphere, the extreme heat is a reflection of...
Airlines say they are studying legal options over aircraft delivery delays
Willie Walsh, Director General, IATA Airlines would resist any...
Shining global outlook for gold in 2023
In the last one year, gold purchases in the international markets was about 4,000 tonne of which 1,400 tonne took place in the last quarter, said Emkay Global "The yellow metal has already posted over three per cent gains in the month of January, 2023. The current...
Aon’s rebuilding for resilience project addresses Hurricane Ian devastation
Dan Dick, global head of property analytics at Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, said: “Our teams gained first-hand experience of the devastation caused by this historic hurricane, which allowed us to conduct thorough analyses and identify practical steps to improve...
FPIs shift focus back on Indian market; invests Rs 7,600 cr in a week
It appears that the sustained selling in India witnessed from early January is over but they might sell again at higher levels, VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, said New Delhi: Foreign investors seem to have shifted their focus...
Mutual funds’ collection through NFO drops 38% to Rs 62,000 crore in 2022
"The year 2022 was relatively dull with low single-digit returns on a couple of key market-cap based indices while some even trod into the negative territory. A combination of inflation-interest rate dynamics, geopolitical upheavals and consequent economic...
Post-pandemic, Indians make providing financial security for the family as top priority, Bajaj Allianz Life survey Retirement planning, leading a balanced lifestyle, and providing for children’s education continue to feature among the top Life Goals, finds the Bajaj...
Turkey Devastation: Insured losses at $2.4 billion, says Karen Clark & Co
The number of people killed by the deadliest earthquake in Turkey’s modern history has risen to 36,187, authorities said Total property losses from the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes are expected to be close to $20 billion, Karen Clark & Co said Catastrophe...
Rising toll makes quake deadliest in Turkiye’s modern history
Confirmed deaths in Turkiye passed those recorded from the massive Erzincan earthquake in 1939 that killed around 33,000 people. Speaking in Ankara following a five-hour Cabinet meeting held at the headquarters of disaster agency AFAD, Erdogan said 47,000 buildings,...
60 pc consumers in APAC, including India, will prefer hybrid EVs in future: Study
Within APAC, 85 per cent of consumers were aligned with these key priorities, consisting of 92 per cent of Millennials, 83 per cent of Gen Xers and 72 per cent of Baby Boomers prioritise sustainability the highest. Consumers are driving the growing emphasis on...
India, soon world’s most populous nation, doesn’t know how many people it has
According to UIDAI, 1.30 billion people were enrolled under Aadhaar on December 31, 2022, against a projected population then of 1.37 billion. The gap would mostly be children who are not enrolled and deaths that are not updated, the former UIDAI official said. NEW...
IIB to set up tech platform ’Bima Satark’ to detect fraudulent health insurance claims
Prasun Sikdar, MD&CEO, ManipalCigna Health Insurance The process has been initiated on 18th January by the IIB ``Insurance Satark comes as a boon for the health insurance industry, as it helps us in detecting fraudulent claims. It is only for the health insurance...