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UII challenges NCDRC’s order in SC on settling Rajasthan Royals’s Rs 82 lakh due to Sreesanth’s injury
UII had rejected the claims saying Sreesanth had a pre-existing...
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Aon plc today has appointed Bonjay Koo as Enterprise Client Leader,...
Samruddhi Expressway sees 39 deaths in accidents since its launch in Dec 2022; road hypnosis among causes
Road hypnosis, also called white line fever, is an altered mental state faced by drivers due to ''automaticity'' or the process of doing things automatically without actively thinking about the steps involved A total of 39 persons have lost their lives and 143 were...
Britain mandates 20 offshore carbon storage licenses
Britain aims to use carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, which involves filtering planet-warming carbon from industrial smokestacks before it hits the atmosphere and storing it underground, to hold 20 million to 30 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030 London: Twelve...
Cities risk irreversible damage due to environmental degradation: Officials
''Be it Panaji, Thane, Surat, our cities could suffer permanent damage if their green areas are not protected now. We need to take immediate measures to improve the state of the environment in our cities,'' Kunal Kumar, Mission Director of the Smart Cities Mission...
India is developing programmes to reduce risk of losses from all hazards: PK Mishra
P K Mishra, Principal Secretary, PMO India has significantly increased funding earmarked for disaster risk reduction and has brought about landmark changes in its financing architecture to support the entire spectrum of disaster risk management needs – disaster risk...
US, UK, others seek to target illicit oil shipping transfers at sea
Hundreds of “ghost” tankers, which are not fully regulated, have joined this opaque parallel trade over the past few years, carrying oil from countries hit by Western sanctions and restrictions, including Russia and Iran The number of incidents last year, including...
Ukraine Black Sea grain deal extended for two months
Officials from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the U.N. make up a Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) in Istanbul, which implements the Black Sea export deal. They authorize and inspect ships. No new vessels have been authorized by the JCC since May 4 The Ukraine Black Sea...
Kerala Health Minister estimates loss of around Rs 8 crore in Kollam drug warehouse fire
''The total loss due to the fire is estimated at Rs 8 crore. But the corporation need not suffer this much loss as the medicines are insured,'' Kerala Health Minister Veena George said Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Thursday said medicines...
Panda meets insurers, sets Aug 1 deadline for Health Exchange and Bima Sugam
Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI Raising the overall budget for Bima Sugam to Rs 200 crore from around Rs 85 crore, Irdai now plans to go for requests for proposals (RFPs) soon to appoint a service provider for the platform. The service providers will be the...
ICICI Lombard partners with actyv.ai for SME solutions
ICICI Lombard will collaborate with actyv.ai to design comprehensive insurance offerings for the entire supply chain ecosystem, encompassing distributors, retailers, and suppliers Mumbai: ICICI Lombard General Insurance, India's second largest general insurance...
Post-pandemic world economy still feeling COVID-19’s sting
Risks of a prolonged period of low growth stand, amid stubborn inflation, rising interest rates, and heightened uncertainties, in addition to the ever-worsening impact of climate change, the report found UN: Prospects for a robust global economic recovery remain dim...