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New research by the Geneva Association analyses the effects of ‘slowbalisation’ on the insurance industry
Jad Ariss, Managing Director of the Geneva Association, said: “The...
Trump signs executive order directing US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement — again
US President Donald Trump Trump also signed a letter to the United...
Postgraduate course in Family Medicine at six AIIMS on anvil
The post graduate course in Family Medicine would include studying general medicine, basic surgery, gynaecology, paediatrics etc To begin with, the PG course in Family Medicine will be started at AIIMS Raipur, Rishikesh, Jodhpur, Patna, Bhubaneswar and Bhopal...
34 per cent of Pakistan’s population lives on just Rs 588 a day income: World Bank
The poor spend around 50 per cent of their total consumption on food items, the World Bank said in the report released on Tuesday, the day Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appointed Isamil as the finance minister. Around 34 per cent of Pakistan's population lives on just...
Govt appoints Mandakini Balodhi as its nominee director in New India Assurance
The government has appointed Mandakini Balodhi, director, ministry of finance, as one of its nominee directors with effect from April 18, 2022. Balodhi has joined NIA in place of Vandita Kaul, additional secretary, ministry of finance. Sanjeev Kaushik, additional...
Bangladesh, World Bank sign $250m to enhance resilience to future shocks
It will also support the coverage, speed, and efficiency of social protection programs to help the government rapidly respond to extreme climate events such as floods and cyclones Dhaka; The Government of Bangladesh and the World Bank yesterday signed a $250 million...
Money laundering, terror financing biggest risks of crypto: Sitharaman
India's finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman "If I use 2019 data, the digital adoption rate in India is about 85 per cent. But globally that same year it was only somewhere near 64 per cent. So the pandemic time actually helped us to test and prove for ourselves that...
Global investors flee China fearing that risks eclipse rewards
Some international investors are finding an aggressive allocation to China increasingly unpalatable. Outflows from the country’s stocks, bonds and mutual funds accelerated after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while Norway’s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund has...
EU sanctions tweak allows some plane owners to sell to Russia
Under the amended provision, no economic resources can be made available to the Russian counterpart, except to transfer ownership of the plane after the EU company has been fully reimbursed An amendment to European Union sanctions last week created a potential path...
48% rise in home isolation cases of Covid in last one week in Delhi: Data
As the Covid positivity rate in the national capital has jumped from 0.57 per cent on April 1 to 2.39 per cent on April 14, the number of home isolation cases has shown an upward trend in the last one week. Amid an uptick in daily cases of COVID-19 in Delhi and the...
Afghanistan’s per capita income falls by one-third in last months of 2021: World Bank
The political crisis has put the gains of around two decades in Afghanistan at risk and will lead the country to grave poverty, the World Bank said. According to the statement, if the current condition continues, the Gross Domestic Product per capita will decline by...
E-cigs using synthetic nicotine come under FDA oversight
Under a law taking effect Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration can regulate e-cigarettes and similar products that use synthetic nicotine. The action targets Puff Bar and several other vaping companies that recently switched their formulas to laboratory-made...