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Global loss of tropical and boreal forests surge to a record high in 2024
All of this is occurring after the hottest year on record, with...
Need to establish permanent body for consumer disputes SC to Centre
"The Union of India is directed to file an affidavit on the...
Russia outlines plan for ‘unfriendly’ investors to sell up at half-price
The term "unfriendly" describes countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia in response to its military intervention, including members of the European Union, the United States, Japan, Canada, Britain and Australia A bill that would have enabled authorities to...
Outlook 2023: Financials, cement, infra, renewable energy stocks to hog limelight next year
Among the highlights of the year, the number of registered investors went up more than 32 per cent year-on-year in 2022. The phenomenon also highlighted the fact despite the prevalent market volatility due to multiple headwinds including rate hikes, faltering economic...
Govt hikes interest rates of post office savings schemes, PPF and Sukanya Samriddhi rates unchanged
While the interest rate for popular PPF and girl child savings scheme Sukanya Samriddhi were retained, rates for deposits up to 5 per cent as well as NSC, senior citizen savings scheme and Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) where income accruing is taxable have been hiked by up...
Domestic passenger vehicles sales rise 23 pc to record of 37.93 lakh units in 2022
''The industry wholesales in January to December 2022 were just short of 38 lakh units. It was 37.93 lakh units against 30.82 lakh in 2021, which is a growth of 23 per cent,'' Maruti Suzuki India Senior Executive Officer, Marketing & Sales Shashank Srivastava told...
China’s economic activity at slowest since 2020 as Covid-19 spreads
“Manufacturing and consumption both declined as Covid situation brought relatively big impact to enterprises, personnel on duty and logistics,” the statistics bureau said in a statement accompanying the data release China’s abrupt reversal of its Covid Zero policy...
Year-ender 2022: Despite vaccine strides, India not out of Covid-19 shadow yet
"Currently, there are 10 different variants of Covid-19 in the country, with the latest being BF.7. The Delta variant of Covid-19 is also around in the country," a source told ANI. The sudden surge in Covid cases in the United States, China, Brazil and South Korea...
Covid-mutation risk drives rush to test travellers from China across world
The scenario echoes the pandemic’s early days, when China was criticized for not releasing key genetic data on the virus until weeks after news of the new illness became public. Keeping up with viral evolution has posed difficult challenges for drugmakers. For...
RBI favours prohibition of unbacked crypto assets
The framework proposes that authorities should have appropriate powers, tools and resources to regulate, supervise, and oversee crypto assets activities and markets, both domestically and internationally, proportionate to the financial stability risk they pose," the...
Equity investors turn richer by Rs 16.36 lakh crore in 2022
In 2021, equity investors reaped handsome rewards as their wealth grew nearly Rs 78 lakh crore while Sensex gained 10,502.49 points or 21.99 per cent. Mumbai: Dalal Street investors became richer by more than Rs 16.36 lakh crore this year as the equity market scaled...
Russia-Ukraine conflict: more ship insurers exit war cover
At least 12 of the 13 organizations within the International Group of P&I Clubs — the main insurer of risks such as collisions and spills — have changed their policies to exclude claims stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in recent days. The 13 clubs are...