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India’s insurance penetration falls further from 4% to 3.7% in FY 24
According to the latest IRDAI annual report for Fy 23-24, released...
Over 71.81 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Account numbers generated: Centre
Gender-wise utilisation shows that women account for 49 per cent of...
Australian watchdog sues supermarket chain Coles over staff underpayments
In a raft of allegations against one of the country's biggest employers, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) said Coles underpaid 7,812 employees by A$115.2 million ($81.99 million) between January 2017 and March 2020. "Businesses paying annual salaries cannot take a...
BMC asks Mumbai airport authorities to follow Maha govt’s revised guidelines for travellers
The state government's amended air travel rules mandates seven-day institutional quarantine of passengers from only three ''high-risk'' countries - South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe, while for domestic travel, passengers will either have to be fully vaccinated, or...
SC sets 24-hr deadline for Centre, states to act on Delhi air pollution
The top court made it crystal clear that it needs to take action within 24 hours to curb air pollution in the capital. The bench said: "If you do not act, we will step in…we have extraordinary steps in mind. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday minced no words to...
China updates risk management rules for insurance groups
The move is aimed at curbing risk in the sector and pushing insurance groups "to focus on the core business, strengthen their equity investment management … and to curb disorderly expansion of capital," the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC)...
Despite COVID-19 connectivity boost, world’s poorest left far behind
``While almost two-thirds of the world's population is now online, there is a lot more to do to get everyone connected to the Internet," Houlin Zhao, ITU Secretary-General said. Some 2.9 billion people still have never used the internet, and 96 per cent live in...
Govt must ensure code of ethics are followed in digital media space: Parl panel
The panel observed that social media platforms, like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, etc. have placed journalism in the hands of the citizens. Citizens use their personal recording devices including cell phones to capture events and post them on the internet,...
Globally, 300,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2020: UNICEF
Alarmingly, 2 in 5 children living with HIV worldwide do not know their status, and just over half of children with HIV are receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART). Some barriers to adequate access to HIV services are longstanding and familiar, including...
Banks to reach out to anchor investors for LIC IPO after Paytm delay
The 10 underwriters will reach out to as many as 40 global firms about two weeks later than planned, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private details. That’s because several of these firms were key investors in the IPO of fintech giant Paytm,...
PSU gen insurers comply with Delhi HC order, withdraw directors selected by BBB
In another case which may look into selections of CMDs of PSU general insurers by the BBB, after being denied posting as CMD of Chennai based United India Insurance, Inderjeet Singh, general manger, New India Assurance, had challenged the government decision on the...
iNDIA’S resilient cOVID-19 PANDEMIC strategies
The South Asian nation is now ranked twenty sixth in the month-to-month snapshot, which measures the place the virus is being dealt with the most successfully with the least social and financial upheaval. The league desk assesses 53 main economies on 12 data points...