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More than 60pc wheat area sown under climate resilient varieties Govt in Rajya Sabha
"…Out of total wheat area planted in the country during 2024-25,...
Sensex, Nifty end FY25 with over 5% gain amid volatile trade
“Recent sessions mark a rebound from earlier declines, fuelled by...
Wall Street ends sharply lower, worst one-day loss for S&P 500, Dow Jones in 2 yrs
"We think the developing impact on retail spending as inflation outpaces wages for even longer than people might have expected is a principal factor in causing the market sell-off today," said Paul Christopher, head of global market strategy at Wells Fargo Investment...
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...