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A top climate group for banks and asset managers is making changes
While GFANZ has grown in prominence — it now has more than 700...
Biden to permanently ban new offshore oil and gas exploration in some US coastal waters
US President Joe Biden The move is certain to complicate...
Households free to install rooftop solar by any vendor under govt scheme: MNRE
The distribution company will ensure that the net metering will be provided within 15 days of the information being received. The subsidy to be given by the government, which is 40 percent for rooftops of up to 3 KW capacity and 20 percent beyond that up to 10 KW will...
Healthcare likely to receive top priority in Budget: Assocham
The industry chamber noted that 47 per cent of the respondents in its survey pointed towards Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman according maximum attention to healthcare in the Budget. Besides, MSMEs, energy and infrastructure and technology were also on priority...
COVID-19 stalls growth in MENA insurance markets: AM Best
The report highlights some common themes as weaknesses, the most important of which is risk governance, with companies adopting basic or minimum requirements to run their businesses LONDON: Middle East and North Africa (MENA) insurance markets have seen robust growth...
Amazon’s legal woes are a cautionary tale for other investors in India
The long drawn-out saga has thrown up two questions for prospective investors, or those who already have business interests in India. First, what does a go-ahead from the country’s antitrust authority even mean if an entire chain of investment based on that approval...
Govt panel calls for regular market approval for Covishield, Covaxin
"The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on COVID-19 of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) which reviewed SII and Bharat Biotech's application for the second time on Wednesday has recommended granting regular market approval to Covishield and Covaxin...
Risk mitigation in insurance key to drive penetration: Official
Both the government and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India are working together on how to drive the penetration of products, innovation and distribution, he said. said Saurabh Mishra,Joint Secretary,Department of Financial Services New Delhi:...
India reports over 2.8 lakh new COVID-19 cases, daily positivity rate at 15.13 pc
As per the health ministry, there is an increase of 0.79 per cent in Omicron cases since yesterday. The daily positivity rate is at 15.13 per cent while the weekly positivity rate is 15.53 per cent. Meanwhile, the country's recovery rate stands at 93.88 per cent India...
Covid-19 health emergency could be over this year, says WHO
Dr. Michael Ryan said “we may never end the virus” because such pandemic viruses “end up becoming part of the ecosystem.” But “we have a chance to end the public health emergency this year if we do the things that we’ve been talking about,” he said. The worst of the...
After supply, logistics emerges as biggest threat to global vaccination programs
Developed countries are getting to the point where they are choosing to live with Covid and treat it as endemic, their hospital systems insulated by higher vaccination rates. But logistical issues continue to bedevil the rollouts of poorer countries, becoming one of...
LIC listing: Inside the all-out campaign to prepare India’s biggest IPO
A knock-out listing could see LIC raise as much as $10 billion from the IPO with a minimum dilution of 5%. That would make it the third biggest globally involving an insurer Mumbai:In Mumbai’s sleek skyscrapers, harried bankers race the clock to appraise a company...