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Patrick Tiernan appointed as Lloyd’s CEO
Patrick Tiernan, CEO-designate, Lloyd's “My primary focus will be...
Fed leaves rates unchanged, cites rising risk of higher inflation and unemployment
Fed Chair Jerome Powell "Uncertainty about the economic outlook has...
With 177 million, India largest contributor to global population milestone of 8 billion: UN
The World Population Prospects 2022, released in July this year said that India's population stands at 1.412 billion in 2022, compared with China's 1.426 billion According to UNFPA estimates, 68 per cent of India's population is between 15-64 years old in 2022, while...
US orders Air India to pay $121.5 million as passenger refunds and $1.4 million as fines
Air India is among the six airlines that have agreed to cough up a total of over USD 600 million as refunds, the US Department of Transportation said on Monday Air India’s policy of “refund on request” is contrary to the Department of Transportation policy, which...
Rich nations stick to coal phase-out as China builds new plants
“Accelerated retirements (of coal plants) within the OECD and the collapse in the scale of new project proposals in the rest of the world have been counteracted by the ongoing expansion of the coal fleet in China,” said the PPCA, an international campaign aimed at...
World population to hit 8 billion today: UN Report
While it took the global population 12 years to grow from 7 to 8 billion, it will take approximately 15 years--until 2037-- for it to reach 9 billion, a sign that the overall growth rate of the global population is slowing Globally, life expectancy reached 72.8 years...
TATA Steel Limited wins RIMS ERM global award of distinction
The award recognizes Tata Steel’s outstanding ERM achievements that have enabled the organization to streamline processes, strengthen collaboration across the enterprise and achieve strategic objectives. NEW YORK: RIMS, the risk management society®, presented Tata...
Global economic growth outlook “gloomier”, says IMF ahead of G20 summit
The global economy has weakened particularly due to three key factors -- persistently high and broad-based inflation, the weak growth momentum in China, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine As prices of many food staples touched record highs in 2022 amid supply shortages...
Global debt levels rose ‘substantially’ in 2021 – World Bank’s Malpass
David Malpass, Presidnt,World Bank President IMF and World Bank officials say 25% of emerging market and developing economies are in or near debt distress, and the number rises to 60% for low- and middle-income countries. Climate shocks, interest rate increases and...
Australia to consider banning paying of ransoms to cyber criminals
Asked on ABC television on Sunday whether the government planned to look at outlawing ransom payments to cyber criminals, Australia's Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said "that's correct". "We will do that in the context of … cyber strategy," she said Sydney:...
Hackers release Thales data on dark web, franceinfo says
The company this week said the Russian-speaking extortion and ransomware group had claimed to have stolen some of its data, with plans to publish it on Nov. 7. Data relating to French defence and technology group Thales have been published on the dark web by hacker...
5.4-magnitude quake hits Nepal; tremors in Delhi NCR, Uttarakhand
An IMD official said the quake originated in Nepal at a depth of 10 km with Latitude 29.28 N and Longitude 81.20 E In Uttarakhand, the tremors were felt in places including Pithoragarh, Munsiyari and Gangolihat New Delhi: Tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR and some other...