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Australia bans DeepSeek AI services from all government systems and devices
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said in a statement Tuesday that...
Automobile retail sales rise 7% in January, PV segment up 16%: Fada
"Our observations indicate that each vehicle category --2W, 3W, PV,...
Corporate defaults may rise again on cost pressures: Report
Somasekhar Vemuri, a senior director, Crisil, said recent trends in the default rate reflect a K-shaped recovery, which has been faster and sharper for larger and mid-sized corporates whereas MSMEs have borne a disproportionate impact of the pandemic Mumbai: Rating...
Many non-Russian shipowners still transport Russian crude, reap big rewards
Shippers can earn around $1.6 million hauling Russian ESPO oil on a small tanker from the eastern port of Kozmino to China, said shipbrokers. That’s around triple the amount prior to the invasion of Ukraine, based on data compiled by Bloomberg. The lucrative trade has...
Gallagher Re & Africa Re team up to address protection gap in Africa
Antoine Bavandi, Global Head of Public Sector, Parametric & Climate Resilience Solutions at Gallagher Re, added: “We are thrilled to begin this journey with Africa Re and its partners. We will be putting to work our expertise in various domains to come up with the...
Inflationary recession, a key concern for global re/insurance industry: economists and strategist at Geneva Association meeting
Given the instability and distortions that come with protracted high inflation, it could have a negative impact on the growth of insurance markets and insurance penetration. Insurers have a big tool kit at their disposal to respond to inflation, for example through...
Trading dries up on Indian crypto exchanges as new transaction tax kicks in
Three exchanges -- ZebPay, WazirX and CoinDCX -- suffered declines of between 60% and 87% in the value of daily trading immediately after the 1% tax deductible at source became effective on July 1, data from CoinGecko show Warnings from Indian crypto exchanges that a...
India has eliminated all queues by going online, digital push has curbed graft, saved money: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi In the last eight years, he said, the DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) initiative, which aims to transfer subsidies or financial assistance directly to eligible beneficiaries through their linked bank accounts, has saved Rs 2,23,000 crore...
IAEA Initiative sets to facilitate safe and secure deployment of small modular reactors
"In nuclear, we must have the highest standards of nuclear safety and security – they are indispensable for the public, governments and investors. Nuclear safety, security, and safeguards will be the litmus test for deployable reactors at the scale needed. The NHSI is...
Climate change is driving 2022 extreme heat and flooding
For heatwaves and extreme rainfall, “we find we have a much better understanding of how the intensity of these events is changing due to climate change,” said study co-author Luke Harrington, a climate scientist at Victoria University of Wellington Less understood,...
Australia floods worsen as thousands more flee Sydney homes
The Insurance Council of Australia, which declared the floods a 'significant event', urged affected people to apply for claims, even though the full extent of damage was unknown now Sydney: Torrential rains kept battering Australia's east coast on Tuesday,...
Passenger vehicle retail sales up 40 pc in June as chip supply improves
Two-wheeler retail sales last month rose 20 per cent to 11,19,096 units, as compared to 9,30,825 units in the year-ago period, FADA data showed Commercial vehicle retail sales also witnessed an 89 per cent year-on-year increase last month at 67,696 units....