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Delhi records worst air pollution, 447 Indian districts fail air quality test
The report by the independent research organisation Centre for...
DGCA issues advisory as volcanic ash from Ethiopia triggers flight disruptions
The advisory comes after the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia...
Indian general insurers see record underwriting losses of Rs31,810 crore in Fy 2022-23, PSU general insurers shut 1,148 offices
The public sector insurers' underwriting losses, with OIC's largest losses of Rs 7,500 crore, constituted 77 per cent of non-life industry losses amounting to Rs 25,317 crore and remaining by private sector insurers amounting to Rs 8,699 crore, said Irda's annual...
Arsenic and fluoride in groundwater: NGT issues notices to 24 states, 4 UTs
The report stated that arsenic was detected in groundwater in parts of 230 districts across 25 states while fluoride was found in some pockets of 469 districts in 27 states, the tribunal noted in a recent order New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has issued notices...
Indian life insurers’ net profit zoom 500 % to Rs 42,788 cr, lower claim settlement ratio at 98.45% in FY 2022-23
During 2022-23, the life insurance industry recorded premium income of Rs 7.83 lakh crore registering 12.98 per cent growth De-growth of 2.21 per cent in the number of new policies issued Benefits paid on account of surrenders /withdrawals increased by 25.62 per cent...
Indian insurance penetration falls marginally to 4% in FY 2022-23: Irdai report
The country’s insurance penetration has fallen as the insurance penetration of domestic life insurance sector is reduced from 3.2 per cent in 2021-22 to 3 per cent in 2022-23 and the same for non-life Insurance sector remained at 1 per cent in both these years, said...
LIC board clears proposal to setup branch office in GIFT City
Many insurers have set up operations in the GIFT City. HDFC Life International, India First Life and Tata AIA Life have already ventured into the City while SUD Life, ICICI Pru Life Insurance, Care Health and Star Health Insurance have sought licenses to operate from...
Centre issues advisory to social media intermediaries with focus on curbing deepfakes
"A formal advisory has been issued incorporating the ‘agreed to’ procedures to ensure that users on these platforms do not violate the prohibited content in Rule 3(1)(b)," Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandradekhar said New Delhi: The government on...
‘Will find attackers of merchant navy ships even from depths of seas’, says Defence Min Rajnath Singh
"The Indian government has taken the drone attack on MV Chem Pluto and attack on MV Sai Baba in the Red Sea seriously. We will find those who executed the recent attacks on merchant navy ships even from the depths of the seas and take strict action against them,"...
COVID-19: India records 628 fresh cases, active caseload at 4,054
A total of 63 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been reported in India till Sunday, December 24 New Delhi: India recorded a single-day rise of 628 new COVID-19 cases while the active caseload jumped to 4,054, according to Union Health Ministry data. The total...
Govt clears proposal to appoint EDs in PSU gen insurance companies, interviews for 9 EDs soon
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has finally approved the proposal of the Department of Financial Services for framing of guidelines for appointment of EDs in all public sector general insurance companie Currently,...
Telangana CM announces Rs 5 lakh accident insurance policy for gig workers, cab, auto drivers
According to an official release, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy also assured the gig workers that the government would provide Rs 10 lakh health cover under the Rajiv Arogyasri scheme Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy Saturday said the...