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China guides mutual funds, insurers to invest more in stocks
China will commence the second stage of a trial program for...
MFs, insurers and retail investors buy $8 billion of Indian equities in Jan as FIIs sell
A greater participation of mutual funds, insurance firms and retail...
Govt working on digitisation of healthcare services under ‘One Nation, One Health’: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi PM Modi said the government focused on seven things in terms of health including preventive healthcare including through yoga and swachhta campaigns, early detection through new testing centres, primary healthcare centres in every...
Swiss Re forecasts a “stagflation-like” environment with slower growth and higher inflation
Jerome Haegeli,Swiss Re Group chief economist Stagflation is fully back on the radar and we now need to be particularly disciplined. 2022 will be a challenging year for insurers with both sides of the balance sheet under pressure" Swiss Re Group chief economist Jerome...
IP protection: India among most challenging economies, says USTR
While India made meaningful progress to promote IP protection and enforcement in some areas over the past year, it failed to resolve recent and long-standing challenges and it created new concerns for right holders, the report by US Trade Representative said...
SC says LIC bound by Constitution, directs fresh verification of claims of temporary workers
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant, and Vikram Nath made the remarks while deciding a four-decades-old dispute of temporary/badli/ part-time workers who were engaged by the LIC to discharge its functions on a batch of pleas for their claims of absorption...
PM Modi to chair COVID review meeting with CMs on April 27
Prime Minister Narendra Modi As per data available with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, today India's Cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 187.67 crores, with over 2.65 crore first doses of COVID vaccines administered for the age group 12-14...
Govt to release framework on non-personal data use in 10 days: Vaishnaw
''Government is now planning to create public digital platforms on the lines of UPI, Cowin. Such digital platforms will then be opened up to the start up community and industry. Please come, create your consumer-facing applications. Grow with us '' Ashwini Vaishnaw...
Centre to sell 3.5% stake in LIC, IPO to fetch Rs 21,000 crore
The issue size is expected to be worth Rs 21,000 crore, valuing the country's largest insurer at Rs 6 lakh crore LIC board had met on Saturday to approve the modified IPO LIC is likely to file the red herring prospectus with market regulator Sebi by Wednesday New...
Biodiversity and ecosystem protection highlighted on Mother Earth Day
Climate change, man-made changes to nature as well as crimes that disrupt biodiversity, such as deforestation, land-use change, intensified agriculture and livestock production or the growing illegal wildlife trade, can accelerate the speed of destruction of the...
EU reaches landmark deal on hate speech, disinformation
The EU's new rules, which are designed to protect internet users and their "fundamental rights online," should make tech companies more accountable for content created by users and amplified by their platforms' algorithms The European Union reached a landmark deal...
Sustainable development hinges on fate of world’s cities
“Sustainable development will hinge on how we manage urbanization,” he said, adding that current discussions should be framed in the context of responding to COVID-19 response and the climate crisis Noting that 1.2 billion people in the global South currently live in...