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Crop insurance scheme should cover damages caused by stray animals Par Panel
It also recommended free compulsory crop insurance to small farmers...
NCLT gives all parties 8 days to complete procedural issues for ownership transfer of RCAP to IIHL
The procedural documentation and filings for the last leg of the...
EV fire incidents will be probed; industry bound to grow beyond our imagination: Transport Secy
Recently, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, who is known for his frank views, had said the companies found negligent will be penalized and a recall of all defective vehicles will be ordered after the expert panel submits its report. New Delhi: Amid...
Go Digit clocks Rs 5,000 cr premium in FY22 on strong growth in motor, health insurance
Further, the company settled over 6.79 lakh claims worth Rs 2,186 crore during the year. Digit said it has insured over 3.85 lakh electric vehicles in the fiscal ended March 2022 and insured nearly 40,000 corporates under its group health business. Also, as many as 10...
Supply chains continue to face hurdles, global economy faces recovery challenges
The Swiss company has developed its own disruption indicator called Seaexplorer. At its peak the end of February, the measure showed about 17 million container waiting days — essentially cargo that’s bogged down in congestion globally Global supply chains are knotting...
Premature to attribute extreme heat in India, Pakistan solely to climate change but heatwaves more intense: WMO
Heatwaves have multiple and cascading impacts not just on human health, but also on ecosystems, agriculture, water and energy supplies and key sectors of the economy,” the WMO said adding that the risks to society underline why it is committed to ensuring that...
Some Indian regions have hottest April in 122 years, no respite in May: IMD
Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general of India Meteorological Department (IMD), said parts of northwest and west central India--Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana--will continue having normal temperatures in May as well The heatwave could affect agriculture by...
Indian Inc mandatorily has to report all cyber incidents to CERT-In: Govt
.“To effectvly fight cybercrime, all companies n enterprises must mandatorily report cyber incidents to @IndianCERT, New #CyberSecurity directions for a #SafeAndTrusted Internet issued under Sec 70b of IT Act,” said Union Minister of state for Electronics and IT...
Generali CEO Donnet survives but faces rebel pressure
Philippe Donnet, CEO,Generali, “The unambiguous choice of a majority of shareholders is proof of the confidence they have in our management team and strategic plan,” said Donnet, who enjoyed the backing of leading investor Mediobanca and Generali’s institutional...
Allianz toughens oil & gas policy to help meet climate goal
With pressure mounting to accelerate corporate efforts to reduce emissions, Allianz announced that beginning in 2023, it would cease issuing new property and casualty insurance to fund new oil and gas projects and would cease renewing existing contracts in July 2023...
Gujarat: 3 Officials, Surveyor, Private Firm Owner Convicted for Insurance Fraud
As per the case registered by the CBI in January 2003 on a complaint from NIACL's Mumbai office, the accused, in conspiracy with the private persons and surveyors, had issued open marine policies in the name of a non-existing firm called Falcon Industries, Vadodara,...
Climate change: 4% of global GDP could be lost by 2050, Indian subcontinent to be badly hit
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka's exposure to wildfires, floods, major storms and also water shortages mean South Asia has 10%-18% of GDP at risk, roughly treble that of North America and 10 times more than the least-affected region, Europe Climate change...