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DoT introduces ‘Financial Fraud Risk Indicator’ to fight cyber fraud
This will enhance cyber protection and validation checks in case of...
Sebi cautions investors on stock market scams through social media platforms
Sebi has observed that such entities use various strategies to gain...
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...
2022 was a crucial year for India in combating climate change, reverse nature loss
The Centre also set a new target of 40 per cent reduction in particulate matter concentration in cities covered under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) by 2026, updating the earlier goal of 20 to 30 percent reduction by 2024 According to the Environment...
World population at 7.9 bn on New Year’s Day, 0.9% increase over 2022
During January 2023, 4.3 births and two deaths are expected worldwide every second, the Census Bureau said. New York: The world population is projected to be 7.9 billion people on New Year's Day 2023, with 73.7 million people added since New Year's Day 2022, the U.S....
Income tax exemption might be extended to Rs 5 lakh in budget, say sources
For persons in the age bracket of 60-80 years, the exemption limit is Rs 3 lakh and for senior citizens above 80, it is Rs 5 lakh. New Delhi: The government is likely to enhance the income tax exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh from the existing Rs 2.5 lakh in the...
Outlook 2023: Negotiating a Hard Reinsurance Market
Shankar Garigiparthy,CEO & Country Manager, India Reinsurers have been supporting the Indian market for many years, and have been paying significant amount of claims. With a hardening reinsurance market globally, the Indian market is also likely to face these...
India aims to double auto industry size to Rs 15 lakh cr by 2024 end: Gadkari
Nitin Gadkari, Union minister for Road Transport and Highways ''Currently our automobile industry is Rs 7.5 lakh crore and we want to take it to Rs 15 lakh crore by the end of 2024, making it one of the largest automakers in the world, creating huge job...
1.53 lakh people died in 4.12 lakh road accidents in 2021: Report
“Road accidents decreased by 8.1 per cent and injuries decreased by 14.8 per cent in 2021 compared to 2019.Fatalities, however, on account of road accidents increased by 1.9 per cent in 2021 corresponding to the same period in 2019,” it said New Delhi: A total of...
Research: Thyroid problems linked to increased risk of dementia
When researchers adjusted for other factors that could affect the risk of dementia, such as sex, age, high blood pressure and diabetes, they found that people over age 65 with hypothyroidism were 80% more likely to develop dementia than people the same age who did not...
Unprecedented hard global reinsurance market to make Indian re/insurance renewals costlier in FY2023-24
`Devesh Srivastava,CMD, GIC Re Supply side issues like Russia Ukraine conflict, high global inflation, capacity crunch, shortage of capital, large losses including high losses from Hurricane Ian have forced global reinsurers to jack up their prices exorbitantly for...
Retail loans can become a source of systemic risk, warns RBI
'Empirical evidence suggests that a build-up of concentration in retail loans may become a source of systemic risk,'' the RBI said in its trends and progress in banking report for FY22 Mumbai: Retail loans, long considered a panacea for the banking system, may become...