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Lagos State goes live with Parametric Flood Insurance policy, Protecting up to 4 million people
The parametric flood-risk product was designed by a team of...
‘Polluter pays’ principle must not be reduced to ‘pollute and pay’, SC told
On November 18 last year, a three-judge bench headed by the then...
Govt asks insurers to pass on full benefits of 18% GST exemption to both existing and prospective retail Life and Health policyholders
M. Nagaraju, secretary, Department of Financial Services Further, the insurers have been directed M. Nagaraju, secretary, Department of Financial Services(DFS) to proactively undertake outreach campaigns to publicize the reforms and highlight their prospective...
India adopts techno legal approach for AI safety Vaishnaw
Ashwini Vaishnaw,Minister of Electronics and Information Technology "When there is a trade off between regulation and innovation, we tend to tilt more towards innovation. That's very different from Europe and many other parts of the world, where the tilt is more...
AI not static, regulation must match pace of tech advancement: Nirmala Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister "Artificial Intelligence is not static. It is a rapidly progressing, real-time and dynamic. Therefore, all of us will have to be conscious that we don't sit back on the ethics. We need to be clear that regulation has to run the...
PM Modi to launch ‘Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan’ on Sep 17
Narendra Modi,Prime Minister The campaign will cover specialist services in gynaecology, paediatrics, dental care, dermatology, eye and ENT care, and mental health, supported by AIIMS, defence and railway hospitals, ESIC centres, and private hospitals New Delhi: Prime...
Tobacco kills 1.35 million Indians every year, but quit rates remain very low despite widespread awareness
Dr Sunaina Soni, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, AIIMS-CAPFIMS Centre, said, "Traditional cessation tools often have limited success in India. Safer, tobacco-free nicotine alternatives, when strictly regulated, could support smokers in moving away from...
PSU banks ready to play a larger role towards Viksit Bharat 2047: DFS Secretary
M Nagaraju, Financial Services Secretary Key suggestions included adopting next-generation technologies, building common infrastructure, and designing hyper-personalized products. The discussions stressed the importance of modernising PSB technology by moving beyond...
New IRDAI chief Seth to meet insurance CEOs on Sept 17
Ajay Seth, chairman, IRDAI Though, basically it will be a welcome meeting for the insurers, Seth will use the forum to discuss a few things including the action plan by the insurers to implement the new goods and services tax (GST) plans announced by the government on...
FinMin for creation of two globally competitive banks as part of Viksit Bharat vision
The issue of globally competitive banks was deliberated during the first day of the two-day-long PSB Manthan 2025, organised by the Department of Financial Services here, One of the key points discussed was how to make at least two banks globally competitive and that...
Fossil-Fuel Demand: Myth of peak is crumbling
For now, the world isn’t performing an “energy transition” but an “energy addition,” where renewables top up oil, gas and coal. Regardless of well-intended green aspirations, that will remain the case for years, if not decades, unless governments impose significant...
Par panel recommends amending penal provision, mandatory fact-checking system to crack down on fake news
The Committee desire the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to ensure that fact-checking mechanism and internal ombudsman should be made mandatory in all print, digital and electronic media organisations of the country," one of its recommendations said Most of...