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FPIs withdraw Rs 34,574 cr from equities in Feb; total outflow hits Rs 1.12 lakh cr in 2025
"Elevated valuations of Indian equities, alongside concerns about...
Compensate construction workers affected by Grap even if no court order: SC
The bench said, "As far as 2024 and 2025 are concerned we have...
Govt to press ahead with strict cybersecurity rules despite industry concerns
New Delhi has said the new rules were needed as cybersecurity incidents were reported regularly but the requisite information needed to investigate them was not always readily available from the service providers NEW DELHI: India will not change upcoming cybersecurity...
EAC-PM recommends a guaranteed employment scheme and universal basic income to reduce inequality in India
The report also noted that raising minimum income and introducing universal basic income are some of the recommendations that can reduce the income gap and equal distribution of earnings in the labour market "Most importantly, the government must allocate more...
Drones to save lives by providing urban-grade healthcare in India’s rural areas: WEF
Eight healthcare centres covering a population of over 3,00,000 people took part in the 45-day trial in which health workers delivered vital vaccines and medicines by drone It was conducted as part of a wider programme, Medicine from the Sky, led by the WEF's Centre...
Global food safety net: Getting Thinner
So-called “multiple breadbasket failures” are likely to become sharply more likely at higher levels of global warming. At 2 degrees of warming, the risk that five of the world’s corn-producing regions fail simultaneously goes from a once-in-16-years to a...
After muted debut, LIC investors seek Aramco-style dividend
Ashishkumar Chauhan, MD and CEO, BSE, MR Kumar, Chairperson, Life Insurance Corporation and Tuhin Kanta Pandey, DIPAM Secretary pose after the company's IPO listing ceremony at the BSE in Mumbai With the demand for a handsome payout, LIC investors are taking a leaf...
Costa Rica Cyber ransomware highlights sovereign cyber-risk: Fitch
Newly inaugurated President Rodrigo Chaves Robles declared a national emergency on 8 May in response to the continuing ransomware attack, for which Russia-based international criminal group Conti has claimed responsibility The number of ransomware attacks more than...
Poor workers bear the brunt of India’s heatwave
More than two dozen people have died of suspected heat strokes since late March, and power demand has hit multi-year highs Federal government data showed that heat stress was the most-common cause of death, after lightning, from forces of nature in the last twenty...
Cryptos pose a bigger threat to the stability of country’s financial system, say RBI officials to Parliamentary panel
Pointing out that cryptocurrencies have the potential to be a medium of exchange and replace the rupee in financial transactions both domestic and cross border, central bank officials said these currencies "can replace a part of monetary system it will also undermine...
Govt to soon approve recast of Banks Board Bureau
The Delhi High Court(Delhi HC), while disposing one of the cases , has already disapproved BBB's power to select directors of public sector insurance companies while another case questioning the BBB's power to appoint CMDS of PSU general insurance companies will come...
More lives are lost in road accidents than in war: MoS Gen VK Singh
According to recent government data, total 3,66,138 road accidents occurred in India during 2020, causing 1,31,714 deaths New Delhi: India loses more people in road accidents than in a war, Union Minister General (retd) V K Singh said on Friday. Addressing an event...