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High interest rates declining export finance impacting exporters’ competitiveness CII’s Budhia
`` Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (ECGC) currently...
Commercial aviation suffers deadliest year since 2018
The spike in fatalities marks a reversal from 2023, which became...
Willis Towers Watson appoints Aon’s Hugo Wegbrans as Global Head of Broking and Broking Strategy
Hugo joins WTW from Aon, where he has most recently been Leader, Global Strategies, for its Commercial Risk Solutions business. Prior to that, he served as Global Chief Broking Officer. He has spent the majority of his 35-year career with Aon. LONDON: Willis Towers...
Health Minister suggests stickers be given to notify fully vaccinated status of families
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country have crossed 113 crores. The minister noted their contribution in ensuring that 80 percent of the population and 40 percent of the population received their first and second dose of the vaccine...
Big four global reinsurers improve earnings despite high nat cat losses:Fitch
Sharply lower non-life claims related to the coronavirus pandemic more than offset high, and above-budget, natural catastrophe losses, Fitch Ratings says. The pandemic had a strong impact on the life and health reinsurance activities of the major reinsurers, which had...
Combustion of coal has led to increase in premature mortality rate in India: Lancent Report
Data from the 2021 global Lancet Countdown report shows that there has been a nine-per cent increase in the number of deaths related to coal-derived PM2.5 in India in 2019 compared to 2015. New Delhi:The combustion of coal, mainly in power plants followed by...
US health agency eases Covid-19 travel advisory for India, Pakistan
In its advisory for India, the State Department urged US citizens not to travel to Jammu and Kashmir due to terrorism and civil unrest, and also within 10 kilometres of the India-Pakistan border due to the potential for armed conflict. "Indian authorities report rape...
Global Covid-19 Caseload Tops 253.8 Million, Deaths Over 5.10 Million
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 47,221,549 and 764,363, according to the CSSE.The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (34,447,536 infections and 463,655 deaths), followed by Brazil...
General insurance industry in China to reach US$313 billion in 2025, forecasts GlobalData
Deblina Mitra, Senior Insurance Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Despite being the second-largest general insurance industry globally, China’s general insurance penetration at 1.3% is way below the developed markets’ average of 4%. This is mainly because the general...
India resumes quarantine-free entry of foreign travellers from 99 countrie
Travellers from these 99 countries, including the US, the UK, France, Germany, Australia, the Netherlands and Russia, which have been listed under "Category A", have to submit a self-declaration form on the Air Suvidha portal (newdelhiairport.in) before the scheduled...
Every additional year of education in India increases person’s avg income by about 6.7 pc: Study
The study also found that every rupee invested towards the completion of school education is expected to bring an economic benefit between Rs 4.5 and Rs 8.2 in terms of future earnings of each individual The study pegs the total cost of establishing adequate mental...
Singapore to support development of iLS in Asia Pacific:FINANCE MINISTER Wong
Lawrence Wong ,minister for finance and deputy chairman of Monetary Authority of Singapore ``We have also introduced a grant scheme to reduce issuance costs. Over the past 3 years, 18 ILS have been issued in Singapore. These cover a range of natural catastrophes...