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China guides mutual funds, insurers to invest more in stocks
China will commence the second stage of a trial program for...
MFs, insurers and retail investors buy $8 billion of Indian equities in Jan as FIIs sell
A greater participation of mutual funds, insurance firms and retail...
Climate Change: Greenhouse gas, sea level rise, ocean heat hit new records in 2021
"Extreme weather has the most immediate impact on our daily lives. Years of investment in disaster preparedness means that we are better at saving lives, though economic losses are soaring. But much more needs to be done, as we are seeing with the drought emergency...
EAC-PM recommends a guaranteed employment scheme and universal basic income to reduce inequality in India
The report also noted that raising minimum income and introducing universal basic income are some of the recommendations that can reduce the income gap and equal distribution of earnings in the labour market "Most importantly, the government must allocate more...
Investors bet big on SIP; inflows climb 30% to Rs 1.24 lakh cr in FY22: AMFI
Currently, mutual funds have about 5.39 crore SIP accounts through which investors regularly invest in mutual fund schemes The 43-player mutual fund industry mainly depends on SIPs for inflows, with equity mutual funds attracting Rs 1.64 lakh crore in 2021-22. This...
S&P cuts FY23 India growth forecast to 7.3% on inflation, Russian-Ukraine war
"The risks to our forecasts have picked up since our last forecast round and remain firmly on the downside. The Russia-Ukraine conflict is more likely to drag on and escalate than end earlier and deescalate, in our view, pushing the risks to the downside," S&P...
Global food safety net: Getting Thinner
So-called “multiple breadbasket failures” are likely to become sharply more likely at higher levels of global warming. At 2 degrees of warming, the risk that five of the world’s corn-producing regions fail simultaneously goes from a once-in-16-years to a...
Half a million flee from Assam to escape floods triggered by pre-monsoon rains
One of the world's largest rivers, the Brahmaputra, which flows into India and neighbouring Bangladesh from Tibet, burst its banks in Assam over the last three days, inundating more than 1,500 villages GUWAHATI: More than 500,000 people have fled their homes in...
Climate Resiliency: Insurers need to fundamentally change business models
World Property and Casualty Insurance Report 2022: research suggests that only 8% of insurers are resilience champions; 73% of policyholders rank climate change among their top concerns “The impact of climate change is forcing insurers to step up and play a greater...
Sanofi ordered to compensate French family for epilepsy drug side effects
The latest ruling,states that Sanofi must have known the risk that the drug, if taken by pregnant women, could cause malformations and “neuro-behavioral disorders” in children, which should have been mentioned in its attached leaflet PARIS: A French court has ordered...
Costa Rica Cyber ransomware highlights sovereign cyber-risk: Fitch
Newly inaugurated President Rodrigo Chaves Robles declared a national emergency on 8 May in response to the continuing ransomware attack, for which Russia-based international criminal group Conti has claimed responsibility The number of ransomware attacks more than...
Heat waves, floods and heavy rain: India battling climate change and it is getting worse, warn experts
The scientists said if the frequency of heat waves continues as is predicted, these will adversely impact food, water and energy security in the region New Delhi: The spectre of climate change is here to stay and even worsen, say climate scientists as searing winds...