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Over 42 lakh new investors join Indian stock market in November
Among states, Maharashtra currently leads with the highest number...
China to ramp up pensions and medical insurance subsidies for residents to push consumption next year
The measures will improve people's livelihoods and the policy...
China targets slower GDP growth of around 5.5% amid economic headwinds
"A comprehensive analysis of evolving dynamics at home and abroad indicates that this year our country will encounter many more risks and challenges, and we must keep pushing to overcome them," said Premier Li Keqiang at the start of China's annual meeting of...
Ukraine crisis highlights Big Tech’s potential to disrupt daily life
Russia's central bank said last week that cards of banks that fell under international sanctions - including VTB Group, Sovcombank, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, and Otkritie - would not be able to be used with the digital wallets The disruptions were "striking" and...
FPI holdings in Indian equities down 2% to $654 bn in Oct-Dec: Report
So far in 2022 (till February 4, 2022), FPIs were net sellers in Indian equities to the tune of USD 4.95 billion The value of foreign portfolio investors' (FPI) holdings in domestic equities reached USD 654 billion in three months ended December 2021, a drop of nearly...
Climate change to uproot millions, especially in Asia:
By one estimate, as many as 40 million people in South Asia may be forced to move over the next 30 years because of a lack of water, crop failure, storm surges and other disasters No nation offers asylum or other legal protections to people displaced specifically...
Covid-19: Omicron is 40% deadlier than seasonal flu, study finds
The decline in mortality with omicron could reflect both the reduced virulence of the strain, particularly in comparison to the delta variant, and the benefits of vaccination, the researcher said The omicron strain of Covid-19 is at least 40% more lethal than seasonal...
UK shuts out Russian companies from aviation insurance market
The move will leave Russian commercial airlines scrabbling to get cover elsewhere. Industry sources say this could include from Chinese reinsurers, while other western insurers are likely to hold back from the business, fearful of other countries imposing similar...
Cyberattacks could start war, Russian space agency warns after hacking attempt
Russia will treat any hacking of its satellites as a justification for war, the head of the country's space agency was quoted as saying in a news report on Wednesday Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin denied media reports that Russian satellite control centres have already...
Nations sign up to end global scourge of plastic pollution
Plastic pollution soared from two million tonnes in 1950, to 348 million tonnes in 2017, becoming a global industry valued at $522.6 billion, said UNEP. It is expected to double in capacity, by 2040 The impacts of plastic production and pollution on the triple...
COVID-19: Global depression, anxiety soared 25 per cent in a year
“The information we have now about the impact of COVID-19 on the world’s mental health is just the tip of the iceberg,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, global rates of anxiety and depression increased...
Active monthly users of Indian apps, games jump 200 pc on Google Play in 2021
''In 2021, the time spent by users outside India on apps and games created by Indian companies grew by 150 per cent compared to 2019,'' Google Play Partnerships Vice-President Purnima Kochikar said Active monthly users of Indian apps, games jump 200 pc on Google Play...