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Fed lowers rates but sees slower pace of further cuts, firmer inflation
U.S. central bankers now project they will make just two...
US Cyber market-Extortion activity likely reached an all-time high in 2023, says Tokio Marine HCC
In 2024, premium rate change in the US cyber insurance market has...
Global Covid caseload tops 390.5 mn, deaths surge to more than 5.72 mn
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 76,344,963 and 901,288, according to the CSSE The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (41,952,712 infections and 500,055 deaths), followed by Brazil...
Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies can transform cancer care in India: WEF
Citing results of a study published in an American science journal, JCO Global Oncology, World Economic Forum (WEF) said cancer rates are rising rapidly across India and one in nine of the country's 1.3 billion citizens will develop the disease during their lifetime...
Steep rise in cancer cases in Agra, say doctors
According to health experts at government hospitals in Agra, there is a 50-60 per cent rise in the number of oral cancer patients. Tobacco, tooth powder-based on tobacco, smoking and alcohol were among the primary reasons for the disease, they said. “If we compare...
Covid-19: End of pandemic in sight for Europe, thanks to high vaccination rates – WHO
Widespread immunity from vaccines and infections, combined with the change of season, also puts Europe in a better position to fend off any resurgence in transmission WHO Europe director Hans Kluge said. Two years after the outbreak of Covid-19, Europe could soon...
Ukraine in focus for Olympics insurers as Beijing Games kick off
If there is war between Russia and Ukraine, teams and broadcasters could also suffer war-related losses themselves, as war involving the five so-called "superpowers" of the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia is often excluded from cancellation policies,...
49.48 lakh street vendors identified in India: Govt
Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that for socio-economic upliftment of street vendors, the MoHUA launched, on January 4, 2021, 'SVANidhi se Samriddhi' in 125 urban local bodies New Delhi: Around 49.48 lakh street vendors have been...
UK snack company hit by ransomware attack causing delays
“As soon as we became aware of the incident, we enacted our cybersecurity response plan and engaged a leading forensic information technology firm and legal counsel to assist us in our investigation,” added the British firm, well known for its crisps, or potato chips,...
Hackers target key European fuel-distribution firms
The incidents serve as a reminder of how cyber security is becoming a growing concern across the oil industry. Last year, Colonial Pipeline Co. paid a ransom after a hack forced it to shut the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S., resulting in shortages at filling...
Crypto’s like Bitcoin and Ethereum will never become a legal tender: Finance Secretary
Finance Secretary TV Somanathan Finance Secretary said, “Digital rupee will be backed by RBI which will never default. Money will be of RBI but the nature will be digital. The digital rupee issued by RBI will be the legal tender. We can purchase non-digital assets...
India’s unemployment rate falls sharply to 6.57 pc, lowest since March 2021: CMIE
CMIE MD and CEO Mahesh Vyas, in his analysis of the December data, said 35 million people were actively looking for work in December 2021, of which 23 per cent or 8 million were women. New Delhi: India's unemployment rate witnessed a sharp decline to 6.57 per cent in...