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Global D&O trends in 2025: Developed economies to be hit by double-digit insolvencies in 2024, says Allianz
Western Europe leads the global count with 195 cases, a reflection...
1.6 crore customer records of HDFC Life being sold on Dark Web: CyberPeace
The leaked data reportedly contains sensitive customer information,...
Philippine supertyphoon Rai ‘exceeded all predictions’ – forecaster
While it's unclear exactly how global warming is affecting the intensification of such storms, the UN's climate change agency has found it is "likely that the frequency of rapid intensification events have increased over the past four decades" as temperatures rise....
U.S. population grew at record low rate in 2021, in part due to COVID-19
"The slow rate of growth can be attributed to decreased net international migration, decreased fertility, and increased mortality due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic," the Census Bureau said on Tuesday The year 2021 is the first time since 1937 that the U.S....
ESG fund AUM jumps 4.7 times to Rs 12,320 cr in 2 years ending Nov: Report
AUM of Indian ESG funds is only a paltry 0.3 per cent of the over Rs 38.45 lakh crore mutual funds industry as of end-November 2021 and is only a negligible portion of the global fund pool of USD 35.4 trillion as of end 2020 Mumbai: Boosted by the pandemic, the ESG...
Auto industry hopes for smooth ride in New Year after a bumpy 2021
Tata Motors President, Passenger Vehicle Business Unit, Shailesh Chandra said, "Looking ahead, we expect the demand for passenger ICE and electric vehicles to remain strong even as concerns about the supply of semiconductors and high input costs continue alongside the...
Norway wealth fund will pressure, not divest from high gas emitters
It will however be an "active shareholder" in such companies by pushing them to make the transition to net zero emissions, and divest from them if it believes their business models are not sustainable, the deputy head of the central bank - which is in charge of the...
Center tells states to be on the alert as Omicron cases double
Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan mentioned that initial evidence shows that Omicron is at least three times more transmissible than the Delta variant. Kindly activate the War rooms/EOCs (Emergency Operation Centre) and keep analysing all trends and surges, no matter...
No evidence to suggest that existing vaccines don’t work on Omicron: Govt
"There are limited available data, and no peer-reviewed evidence, on vaccine efficacy or effectiveness to date for Omicron," Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in a written reply New Delhi:There is no evidence to suggest that existing vaccines do not work on...
Smaller cities and 30 plus investors drive the SIP growth story in the country
The report shows that India’s smaller cities are now leading the charge with 64% contribution of SIP inflows coming outside of top 10 cities that include metros and big business hubs like Bangalore and Hyderabad in 2021. There has been a gradual increase in SIP...
Omicron’s global spread prompts renewed lockdowns, delayed reopenings
The Omicron variant was first detected last month in southern Africa and Hong Kong and so far has been reported in at least 89 countries More than 274 million people have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally since the pandemic began and more than...
Govt will focus on reducing compliance burden: PM assures India Inc during pre-Budget meet
Prime Minister Narendra Modi The prime minister said the corporate sector should invest more in areas like agriculture and food processing, and talk about the shifting focus on natural farming New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assured India Inc that...