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European Central Bank plans insurance for climate risks
One part of the plan is a voluntary public-private reinsurance...
Catastrophic Insurance: Shielding China’s Uninsured Economy
“Catastrophe risk management falls within the realm of public...
India set to become world’s fastest-growing economy, Finance Ministry report says
The report said, softening retail inflation and adequate liquidity in the market are also reflected in largely stable G-Sec and corporate bond yields since July 2021. New Delhi: Armed with necessary macro and micro growth drivers, India is on its way to becoming the...
Heat waves kill thousands of Indians every decade
Heat waves kill thousands of people every decade. Ahmedabad, a city in the western state of Gujarat, lost more than 1,300 people in 2010 when temperatures hit 47 degrees Celsius. In India’s desert state of Rajasthan, where temperatures frequently reach 40 degrees...
APEC leaders meeting to chart path forward from pandemic
In all, APEC members account for nearly 3 billion people and about 60% of the world's GDP. They span the Pacific rim, from Chile to Russia to Thailand to Australia. Wellington:U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will have a rare virtual...
Installation of electric vehicle charger will cost Delhi residents Rs 2,500
Delhi government is providing a subsidy of Rs 6,000 to the first 30,000 applicants for charging stations bringing down effective cost of each charger to just around Rs 2,500. The incentives provided by Delhi government will reduce the cost of chargers by up to 70 per...
B C Patnaik takes charge as MD of LIC, new top team to oversee its IPO
The government in a major change, recently, had extended the retirement age of chairman of LIC to 62 and had given the current chairman MR Kumar, who was supposed to retire in June 2021, nine months of extension till March 2022.
Mohanty,59, is likely to succeed Kumar as the chairman of the corporation.
Flood-prone Mumbai digs in to tackle warming-worsened ‘monsoon mayhem’
Mumbai is part of the C40 Cities network, a group of nearly 100 major cities globally working to drive faster action on climate change. Each has committed to delivering a climate action plan designed to spur uptake of clean energy, boost adaptation to climate shifts and turn the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change into an on-the-ground reality.
Mumbai launched its first Climate Action Plan (known as MCAP) this month. Amid dire predictions that large parts of the city could face inundation by 2050, it brings together different arms of the administration to try to fast-track solutions.
SC notice to Centre on PIL against Aadhar as mandatory ID proof for vaccination
The plea urged that authorities should not insist on the production of the Aadhar card as the only proof of identification for the purpose of administering COVID-19 vaccination.
The plea said that contrary to the practical actions of MoHFW, recently another Standard operating procedure (SOP) guideline has been issued by it wherein it directs the provision of vaccination for even those persons who do not possess any of the seven prescribed photo ID cards as mentioned in the CoWIN portal.
PM launches second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, AMRUT
India is processing about one lakh tonne of waste every day, he said, adding that garbage mountains in cities will be processed and removed completely under the new phases of the two missions.
In line with the vision of the prime minister, SBM-U 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0 have been designed to realize the aspiration to make all cities garbage-free and water-secure, according to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
With IPO and capital infusion ECGC to double its covers to 25,000 exporters, to support additional exports of Rs 5.28 trillion
The approved amount will be infused in instalments, thereby increasing the capacity to underwrite risks up to Rs 88,000 crore and this will enable ECGC to issue covers that can support additional exports of Rs 5.28 lakh crore over the five-year period, said M Senthilnathan,its Chairman and Managing Director .
Govt ready with the blueprint to manage disasters in India: Amit Shah
Now, the government has also prepared a plan to integrate all the agencies and departments, even the smallest of the units. Whether it is a small village or a big metro city or a remote district, or a coastal city, every place has a plan ready to respond to the disaster.
The change in approach has yielded very good results, the 1999 cyclone alone killed 10,000 people and this year there have been three cyclones but the death toll is not more than 50.