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Denmark plans $1 billion war insurance for its merchant fleet
Denmark plans to set aside almost $1 billion to insure its merchant...
FSIB selects United India’s Sanjay Joshi as new CMD of Oriental Insurance
Sanjay Joshi, selected CMD of Oriental Insurance Company The FSIB,...
Public sector banks’ total profit crosses Rs 1 lakh crore-mark in FY23
From posting a total net loss of Rs 85,390 crore in 2017-18, the Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have come a long way as their profit touched Rs 1,04,649 crore in 2022-23, according to an analysis of their financial results NEW DELHI: Public sector banks' cumulative profit...
CGHS beneficiaries to get cashless treatment at 6 AIIMS
According to the salient features of this initiative, the CGHS pensioners and other entitled categories of CGHS beneficiaries will be eligible for cashless treatment in OPD, investigations and indoor treatment at these six AIIMS New Delhi: Cashless treatment will now...
Re-thinking well-being : How outlooks on life are changing in Asia
Prudential commissioned Economist Impact to write a report exploring how people in Asia, at a time of heightened uncertainty, assess different aspects of their well-being, including their physical and mental health, personal finances, social lives, and interaction...
ANALYSIS-As world’s poor face ‘compounding crises’, what could curb risks?
The number of people in need of humanitarian aid globally has tripled in the last half-decade, to 340 million, said, David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee, a global humanitarian aid and development organisation About 90% of those live in just...
One billion people in 43 countries face cholera risk, amid ‘bleak’ outlook: UN health experts
Echoing the bleak outlook, WHO data indicates that by May last year, 15 countries had reported cases, but by mid-May this year “we already have 24 countries reporting and we anticipate more with the seasonal shift in cholera cases,” said Henry Gray, WHO's Incident...
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...
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...
Govt to screen, put 75 million people with hypertension and diabetes on standard care by 2025
India is making efforts to achieve results in social indicators like life expectancy, maternal mortality rate, and NCDs at par with developed nations,'' Dr V K Paul, NITI Aayog Member (Health) stressed New Delhi: The health ministry on Wednesday launched an ambitious...
India considers testing cough syrups before export, says report
The CDSCO has also proposed making it mandatory for exporters to produce a "certificate of analysis" of batches exported from an approved laboratory, the news outlet reported India's $41 billion pharmaceutical industry received a major jolt last year when cough syrups...
India says 50 million people directly dependent on coal mining, says India
"As per our estimation, about 50 lakh people are engaged directly or indirectly in coal mining activities, especially in eastern Indian states. So, just transition has to cater to that challenge," he said India will press for a "just energy transition" at the G-20...