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Electric Vehicles: Indian Automakers plan to launch dozen of new models
While EV sales growth in India is also slowing, rising 20 per cent...
Even before US alcohol warning, younger Americans were turning to mocktails
Public health bodies like the World Health Organization have...
20th SIRC-Revolutionise(Re)Insurance
After Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous de Septembre and Baden Baden Reinsurance Meet, the global reinsurance industry has gathered in Singapore for 20th SIRC ,in the 1st week of November, to prepare itself for the Jan 1 renewals. Asia Insurance Post had prepared a special...
Labour reforms, focus on informal workers, other policies on cards in 2025
The four labour codes on social security, industrial relations, wages, and Occupational Safety Health & Working Conditions (OSH) were passed by Parliament. These can be implemented across the country only when the Centre and states notify the respective rules...
2024 missed the climate moment but all’s not lost
Fossil fuels are the main culprit, accounting for over 75 per cent of global GHG emissions, but ditching them for renewable energy is easier said than done, especially for poor countries in the Global South. They depend on them for jobs and cheap energy, and lack...
2024: Key healthcare initiatives
The expansion of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) to include all people aged 70 and above was the year's most citizen centric scheme, broadening its ambit to include an additional 60 million senior citizens Boosting the Ayushman Bharat...
Baden Baden Reinsurance Meet
After Monte Carlo for the Rendez-Vous de Septembre, held in the second week of September 2024, it was turn of Baden Baden Reinsurance Meet, a key event that sets the tone for the industry, ahead of the crucial January renewal season. This year, it happened during...
Mutual fund industry on a high; asset surges Rs 17 lakh cr in 2024
The year 2024 saw a substantial net inflow of Rs 9.14 lakh crore, alongside a significant 5.6 crore increase in investor count and a growing popularity of SIPs, which alone contributed Rs 2.4 lakh crore, according to data from the Association of Mutual Fund Industry...
Automotive to sustainable mobility EVs and beyond Auto industry’s journey for 2025
SIAM Director General Rajesh Menon said the passenger vehicle segment continued its steady performance led by sustained demand for SUV segments and good adoption of new energy vehicles, such as electrics, hybrids and gaseous fuel vehicles New Delhi: Traversing from...
Catastrophic Insurance: Shielding China’s Uninsured Economy
“Catastrophe risk management falls within the realm of public management. A lack of understanding of that “public nature” in China has led to “a simplistic approach of delegating the job to the insurance industry, which is ill-equipped to shoulder the entire...
Lifestyle As Medicine’: Book by eminent doctors offers holistic approach to science of healthy living
The list of contributors include the likes of former AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria (co-author of “Sleep: Rejuvenating the Mind and Body”), chairman and founder of Narayana Health Dr Devi Shetty (co-author of “Lifestyle Related Diseases: Understanding and...
East India better insured to take on retired life than other regions: Max Life Study
Notably, East India also led in National Pension System (NPS) ownership, with nearly one in four holding an NPS account. Financial product awareness among the respondents from the region was also high, with 97 per cent of individuals aware of life insurance and about...