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Oracle Corp.’s computer systems hacked to extort multiple medical providers in US
``Available evidence suggests the threat actor illegally accessed...
Japan estimates feared megaquake could cause $1.8 trln in damage, kill 300,000 people
Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries, and...
Despite difficulties, climate lawsuits explode globally
As recent research from the Grantham Institute shows, courts are becoming an increasingly popular destination to raise issues. Last year saw the highest number of climate cases filed against private companies, mainly in the energy sector, though agriculture and food...
8,700 Jan Aushadhi Kendras providing 50-90 pc cost-effective medicines to beneficiaries across India
"At present, there are 8,700 shops in the country. We aim to make it 10,000 shops in the near future so that these shops are available in all the blocks across the country very soon," Ravi Dadhich, CEO, of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI) The...
Mukesh Ambani regains Asia’s richest man tag, surpasses Gautam Adani
Tesla CEO Elon Musk remains the world's richest person with a net fortune of $227 billion As per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Mukesh Ambani's net worth has increased by $9.69 billion in 2022. As per the Forbes real-time billionaires list, Mukesh Ambani has a net...
Third-party insurance premium hike for 2-wheelers unlikely to impact demand: ICRA
After a two-year moratorium due to the COVID-19 pandemic, third-party insurance premium rates have been hiked between 15-20 percent for the premium category (more than 150 cc category) New Delhi: The upward revision in the third-party insurance premium for...
India one of few nations that have delivered on climate action commitments: Bhupender Yadav
Bhupender Yadav, Union Environment Minister Presenting India's ''national statement'' at the Stockholm +50 conference, Yadav said India has seen large-scale inclusive economic development in the last decade by disengaging the development process from environmental...
Ahead of consultation paper, RBI DG says CBDCs can kill case for cryptos
T Rabi Sankar, Deputy Governor,Reserve Bank of India The RBI has been vehemently opposed to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, saying there is no underlying value for such instruments which are essentially speculative in nature. It has gone public with the same, even as...
Demand for ESG jobs in India grows 468 pc in last 3 years: Report
ESG roles are most in-demand in sectors like healthcare and pharmaceuticals, banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) and consulting sectors The report further revealed that companies have now also started looking at specific qualifications in jobseekers for...
5 NDRF units, Army columns, Navy, Coast Guard teams part of BMC plan to tackle monsoon
The civic body had held meetings with officials handling major infrastructural projects like metro rail and coastal road construction works to ensure channels carrying rain water are clear and do not have blockages, BMC additional commissioner P. Velrasu said Mumbai:...
‘NDRF is in constant touch with all state govts to deal with flood situation’
A large area in India is prone to floods in which the Ganga and the Brahmaputra are the main flood basins. Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are the most flood-prone states Earlier, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, also directed the officials to make the...
Trillions at stake in India as women disappear from workforce
Closing the employment gap between men and women — a whopping 58 percentage points — could expand India’s GDP by close to a third by 2050. That equates to nearly $6 trillion in constant US dollar terms, according to a recent analysis from Bloomberg Economics The...