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Fraudsters use customer’s mobile phone to hack Himachal co-op bank server steal Rs 11 cr
The fraudsters allegedly hacked the server through a mobile phone...
FSIB recommends 5 GMs from 2 PSU re/insurance cos for ED promotions
The five names are- Jayashri Balkrishna, GM, GIC Re for GIC-Re,...
Odisha to prepare disaster management warriors to face calamities: Patnaik
Naveen Patnaik,Chief Minister,Odisha For better impact-based forecasting, the government will set up a telemetric rain gauge in all gram panchayats, the automatic weather stations at block headquarters, and sensors in our river systems. These steps will help us to get...
“India to witness 80 per cent increase in investment of digital healthcare tools in the next 5 years”: Jitendra Singh
Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office "India has all the essential ingredients for the exponential growth in this sector, including a large population, a robust pharma and medical supply chain, smartphone users, and technical manpower. As...
Govt-appointed appellate panels to be set up in 3 months for resolving social media users’ grievances
The IT rules changes have been in the works for months, though, ever since users red-flagged instances of digital platforms acting arbitrarily. The latest move will arm the users with a grievance appeal mechanism in the form of appellate committees that will look into...
21.4 lakh new TB cases reported in India in 2021; 18% higher than previous year
While the COVID-19 pandemic impacted TB programmes across the world, India was able to successfully offset the disruptions through the introduction of critical interventions in 2020 and 2021, which led to the National TB Elimination Programme notifying over 21.4 lakh...
LIC plans to create a $22bn fund to pay bonus and dividend boosting its battered stock: Report
The transfer, if concluded, would boost LIC's net worth by about 18 times from its current value of about 105 billion rupees and top the net worth chart among insurers, including SBI Life and HDFC Life, both the officials said. New Delhi: State owned Life Insurance...
PSU General insurers to clear five-yr wage arrears without govt extra support on Nov 10
``Yes, we have now got instruction from the government to clear the arrears of our employees at one shot on 10th November with or without any financial supports from it. If the government is not giving any additional funds, we will have our own internal source of...
IRDA forms Rakesh Joshi panel to suggest measures to expand health insurance
The panel will arrive at ways and means to increase the penetration of health insurance in India including identifying issues and challenges in the entire value chain and making recommendations to overcome them Hyderabad: In a bid to achieve the goal of...
IRDAI allows repatriation of 20% excess assigned capital by FRBs and Lloyd’s once in a yr
Almost 10 FRBs along with Lloyd's of London who are now operating in India for last fours years have an average capital of Rs 1000 crore and going by the new regulation after ensuring solvency ratio, the FRBs can return 20 % excess capital to their parent companies...
Govt nudges LIC to tweak product strategy for better investor return
The finance ministry in its performance review has been sensitising the LIC management about the steps that could be taken to better investor wealth and focus on non-participating products or term plans to improve profitability New Delhi: The government is nudging LIC...
Heat-related deaths in India increased by 55% from 2000-2004 to 2017-2021
Improvements in air quality will help to prevent deaths. In 2020, over 330,000 people died in India due to exposure to particulate matter from fossil fuel combustion New Delhi: Warning that health is at the mercy of fossil fuels, from 2000-2004 to 2017-2021...