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Govt drafts rules for mandatory adoption of Indian Standard Time nationwide
IST shall be the mandatory time reference across all sectors,...
Foreign investors continue selling in Indian stocks, equities worth Rs 19,759 crore sold this week: NSDL Data
Akshay Chinchalkar, Head of Research at Axis Securities, told ANI...
Efforts to improve air quality show positive trends: Bhupender Yadav
Bhupender Yadav,Union Environment Minister National Clean Air Programme 'is a national-level strategy for a 20 per cent to 30 per cent reduction in PM2.5 and PM10 concentration by 2024, with 2017 as the base year for comparison The programme covers 132 non-attainment...
Climate change boosted cost of Japan storm by $4 Billion, study shows
The research on extreme weather in Japan is the latest assessment of how inaction on curbing fossil fuel emissions is rapidly accelerating the cost of recovery and insuring people and property in the paths of more destructive storms The effects of human-caused climate...
Financial risks of climate change overplayed, senior HSBC banker says
Beau O’Sullivan, senior campaigner on the Bank on our Future campaign, called the comments “regressive and grossly flawed,” adding climate change posed a material risk to financial assets Central bank policymakers and other global authorities are exaggerating the...
Chhattisgarh govt asks PFRDA to return Rs 17,240 crore for old pension scheme rollout
In a letter to the Chairman of PFRDA, New Delhi on Friday, state’s Finance Secretary Alarmelmangai D said the Chhattisgarh government has decided to reinstate the old pension scheme (OPS) and therefore, the demand is being made to implement the decision Raipur: The...
Crypto ‘worth nothing’, should be regulated: ECB Prez Christine Lagarde
Christine Lagarde,European Central Bank President Lagarde told Dutch television that she’s concerned about people “who have no understanding of the risks, who will lose it all and who will be terribly disappointed, which is why I believe that that should be...
Assam flood situation remains grim; over 7 lakh affected
A team of specialists from ISRO is already doing rapid damage assessment in Dima Hasao using drones and satellite data for post-disaster need assessment Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim on Friday as waters entered fresh areas affecting a...
Farmer sues VW over climate change; German court has doubts
“Farmers are already being hit harder and faster by climate change than expected,” he told reporters this week, alleging that VW as the world's second-biggest automaker has contributed to the damage A court in Germany cast doubt on Friday on claims by a German farmer...
WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases cross 100 in Europe
In what Germany described as the largest outbreak in Europe ever, cases have been reported in at least eight European countries – Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom - as well as the United States, Canada and Australia The...
PWC partners with due diligence tech startup Neotas to combat financial crime
The Neotas platform will enable PwC’s integrity due diligence “RADAR” service offering to scale, to address new risk domains including ESG, financial solvency, social media and more from a single centralised platform Global professional services giant PwC will combat...
‘We are going to die’: Sri Lanka warns of food shortages
"I sincerely urge everyone to accept the gravity of the … situation." Sri Lanka is facing a dire shortage of foreign exchange, fuel, and medicines, and economic activity has slowed to a crawl,''said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe Sri Lanka's prime minister has...