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Financial inclusion: Massive surge in active women borrowers in India
A recent report by NITI Aayog revealed that at least 27 million...
Lifestyle diseases big health risk, 44 crore Indians may be suffering from obesity by 2050: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi "Diseases linked to our lifestyle are...
Biden to order studies on regulating, issuing cryptocurrency
U.S. President Joe Biden U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen last year warned about an "explosion of risk" from digital markets, including the misuse of cryptocurrencies, but said new financial technologies could also help fight crime and reduce inequality...
Environmental groups sue TotalEnergies over climate marketing claims
The claim, which has been served on TotalEnergies and was to be filed before the Paris Judicial Court, concerns the company’s “reinvention” marketing campaign. Claimants say the campaign broke European consumer law by suggesting TotalEnergies can reach net-zero carbon...
Growing urban population is both an opportunity and a challenge: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi He listed a vision for the growing cities of the country where the government is committed to providing increasingly more green transport, electric buses, electric cars and electric two-wheelers Pune: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday...
Global Covid caseload tops 447.6 million. fatalities surge past 6 million
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 79,339,202 and 960,310, according to the CSSE The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (42,97,315 infections and 515,102 deaths), followed by Brazil...
Govt controlled price of over 800 medicines required for treating diseases like cancer: PM
''If we look at the figures of this fiscal, then medicines worth over Rs 800 crore have been sold from the jan aushadhi kendras. This means that this year itself, the poor and the middle class were able to save about Rs 5,000 crore…till now, about Rs 13,000 crore have...
1 in 2 women in India inclined towards asset building and property purchase: Godrej Housing Finance study
The study also found that 25.5% of the Indians consider owning a home the second-most important aspect defining 'personal security', with job security leading the chart with 40.6% voting for it. Mumbai: One in two women strongly agree that over the past year, they...
Star Health Insurance launches a holistic policy for women
In addition to regular hospitalization, Star Women Care Insurance Policy provides cover for assisted reproduction treatment, Delivery (pre and post-natal cover), multiple medical consultations, preventive health checkups, voluntary sterilization as well as child...
Market mayhem: Investors lose Rs 11.28 trn in four days
In tandem with the heavy sell-off in equities, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies plunged by Rs 11,28,214.05 crore in four days to stand at Rs 2,41,10,831.04 crore In the four sessions, the BSE benchmark has shed 3,404.53 points or 6.05 per cent "In...
Confusion, but not panic, reigns in global finance in Russia’s wake
"There is so much more capital in the system. Russia is not that big. Risk management is better,” Schamis said, comparing the situation now to the financial crisis in 2008 when he had a front-row seat as someone with capital to invest Western allies’ sanctions against...
Thailand bids to avert ‘population crisis’ as birth rate crashes
Experts said it is hard to reverse a situation where social conditions have changed and attitudes towards having children are now coloured by concerns over rising debt and elderly care Bangkok: Thailand is scrambling to encourage its people to have more babies to...