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Helicopter crashes near Kedarnath shrine, all seven on board killed
Rudraprayag District Disaster Management Officer Nandan Singh...
Air India crash: IRDAI asks insurers not to demand FIR and post-mortem reports of victims for quick claims settlement
``Ensure that no claim is denied or delayed on account of...
U.S. FDA, CDC see early signal of Pfizer bivalent COVID shot’s link to stroke in people 65 and older
Investigation of the signal raised a question of whether people 65 and older who received the Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent shot were more likely to have an ischemic stroke, a loss of blood flow in the brain, in the 21 days following vaccination compared with days 22-44...
Torrent stalls Reliance Capital Resolution, COC approves 90 days extension to complete resolution process
In the hearing on Thursday, January 12, senior counsel Kapil Sibal appearing for RCAP's COC informed the court that the bid submitted by Torrent is non-compliant. Mumbai:The Committee of Creditors (COC) of Reliance Capital has approved the extension of 90 days (from...
LIC to consider doing health insurance biz after composite license is allowed: Chairman
(from L to R) G. Srinivasan, director, National Insurance Academy, Devesh Srivastava, CMD, GIC Re,MR Kumar,chairman, LIC, Parmod Kumar Arora, member (Actuary) IRDAI at the 24th Annual C D Deshmukh Memorial Seminar organised by NIA, Pune “We are watching the situation...
Govt’s goal is to cut down on accidents by 50% by 2024 end: Gadkari
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari India has only 1% of the total overall vehicles, the country accounts for 11% of the total global deaths due to road accidents. Greater Noida: India can become the number one automotive manufacturing hub in the world within five years, but...
WTW combines Asia and Australasia into one Asia Pacific, appoints Simon Weaver to head new region
Based in Australia, Simon is responsible for driving business growth throughout the newly integrated region, enabling closer collaboration across the businesses to deliver superior advice, broking and solutions in the areas of people, risk and capital to organisations...
Electric cars are getting too big and bulky, US safety regulator warns
I’m concerned about the increased risk of severe injury and death for all road users from heavier curb weights and increasing size, power, and performance of vehicles on our roads, including electric vehicles,” Homendy said in remarks delivered Wednesday in...
Environment risks dominate in “polycrisis” world – WEF survey
The interplay between climate change impacts, biodiversity loss, food security and natural resource consumption is a dangerous cocktail,” said John Scott, head of Sustainability Risk at Zurich Insurance Group, which partnered on the report with risk strategy group...
U.S. air travel rumbles back to life after FAA computer outage
The cause of the problem with a pilot-alerting system, which delayed thousands of flights in the United States, was unclear, but U.S. officials said they had so far found no evidence of a cyberattack. Washington DC: U.S. flights were slowly resuming departures and a...
Centre to expedite Rs 540 cr crop insurance claim of kharif 2021 season to Barmer farmers
On the central government's initiative, AIC had last week said it has settled partial claims amounting to Rs 311 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). ''Following the review meeting held today, the insurance company will pay an additional claim...
WHO backs mask wearing on long flights as new Omicron variant spreads
Passengers should be advised to wear masks in high-risk settings such as long-haul flights, said the WHO's senior emergency officer for Europe, Catherine Smallwood, adding: "this should be a recommendation issued to passengers arriving from anywhere where there is...