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GIFT City improves ranking in global financial centres index bolsters hub status
"GIFT City's continued rise in the Global Financial Centres Index...
More than a fifth of super rich want to migrate out of India Survey
The survey of 150 ultra high networth individuals said that the US,...
FPI selling extends to 8th straight month, pulls out over Rs 6k-cr in May
FPIs remained net sellers for seven months to March 2022, withdrawing a massive net amount of Rs 1.65 lakh crore from equities The ongoing geopolitical environment following Russia's invasion of Ukraine also weighed on FPIs buying sentiment New Delhi: Continuing its...
Govt aims to develop vehicle scrapping facilities within 150 kms from city centres
''Developing a large number of vehicle scrapping centres, we can also develop multiple authorized collection centres of vehicle scrapping units in one city, which will have the authority to deregister a vehicle and issue deposit certificates,'' he said New Delhi: Govt...
Indian states ready with plans to mitigate heatwave impact, official says
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has categorised 23 of India's 28 states and some 100 cities and districts as being at risk of suffering extreme heat. Nineteen states have already made their own heat-action plans and some others are working on them,...
Amazon, Citi, other companies take stance on abortion rights in US with travel benefit
The issue has gained urgency now that 31 states have introduced abortion bans this year, according to policy analysis by research group Guttmacher Institute By offering support for employees who may need to travel out of state for abortions, Yelp and other companies...
Faulty battery cells, modules likely caused e-scooter fire in India, initial probe finds
"As per the preliminary assessment of these experts, there was no fault of the Ola battery management system at all and it was likely an isolated thermal incident," a company spokesperson said in a statement India wants e-scooters and e-bikes to make up 80% of total...
Global tech industry body seeks revision in India’s directive on reporting of cyber security breach
ITI has raised concerns over the mandatory reporting of breach incidents within six hours of noticing, to enable logs of all ICT systems and maintain them within Indian jurisdiction for 180 days, the overbroad definition of reportable incidents and the requirement...
Financial firms face $225 billion in water-related losses, analysis estimates
The U.N. has warned of a 40% shortfall in supply by 2030 if water consumption and production patterns do not change and so-called water risk, through flood, drought or pollution, is set to become a growing issue for companies over the next decade By underestimating...
EU citizens may sue countries for health-damaging dirty air, top court adviser says
The opinion concerns a case brought by a Paris resident seeking 21 million euros in compensation from the French government, on the grounds that air pollution damaged his health and the government failed to ensure compliance with EU limits BRUSSELS: Citizens in...
Validity of models, methodology of data collection questionable: India on WHO COVID deaths report
In a report released on Thursday, the WHO estimated that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double the official death toll of 6 million According to the WHO...
India’s Health Card: Fertility rate falls further, Obesity rises
According to the National Report of the fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5),the Total Fertility Rates (TFR), an average number of children per women, has further declined from 2.2 to 2.0 at the national level between NFHS-4 & 5. At national...