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Indian airlines complete software upgrade for 80 pc of 338 affected A320 family planes
A total of 200 IndiGo planes have been affected, and software...
Life Insurance:Driving Product Innovation and Long-Term Sustainability
Along with changing customer needs, expanded datasets and...
Global insured cat losses to exceed $102 billion: Aon
The report highlights that insured losses from primary perils during the first nine months of 2024 were relatively low, with no event exhibiting the potential to significantly impact the broader reinsurance market LONDON: A report by Aon plc reveals that there were at...
India updates biodiversity action plan, to conserve 30pc areas by 2030
Reducing threats includes eight targets focused on major biodiversity threats, such as land and sea use changes, pollution, overuse of species, climate change, and invasive species, as well as restoring ecosystems, conserving species diversity, and enabling the...
Muhurat trading signifies positive investor sentiment for Indian markets
Despite the recent fall in the markets, the optimism during the muhurat trading on Friday signified positive investor sentiment New Delhi: The Indian benchmark indices exhibited initial signs of a positive reversal this week, coinciding with the festive season....
India records warmest temperature since 1901 in October
The minimum temperature in Oct also clocked 21.85 degrees Celsius against the normal of 20.01 degrees Celsius for the country as a whole New India: India experienced its warmest October since 1901 with mean temperature recording 1.23 degrees Celsius above normal, the...
Toxic waste that set off global outcry seized by Albania
The shipments attracted international scrutiny because Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries have seen an influx of trash from developed countries, from dirty plastic to industrial and electronic waste. The illegal trafficking of waste worldwide generates as...
India faces 24.7 pc GDP loss by 2070 due to climate change: ADB report
"India is reported to have the highest number of affected individuals and damage costs, with residential losses being predominant," the report said New Delhi: Climate change under a high-end emissions scenario could lead to a 16.9 per cent loss in GDP by 2070 across...
Star Health communications focus on leak distribution instead of potential vulnerabilities Telegram
"The more pressing question that remains largely unaddressed is how this sensitive customer data was compromised in the first place. While Star Health has been quick to initiate legal proceedings against Telegram, there has been notably less transparency about the...
World emission cut target will be missed by an overwhelming amount, UN climate chief warns
Total emissions of CO2 into the atmosphere in 2030 will only be 2.6% lower than in 2019, according to the latest climate plans put forward by countries, a synthesis compiled by UN Climate Change said Monday. To be consistent with a goal for a 1.5C warming limit, the...
Updated regulation on curbing spam calls likely by Jan, says Trai chairman
The Trai Chief said series of measures taken over the past months by the regulator to combat spam calls and malicious/fraudulent messages is leading to "significant and perceptible clean up of the system" but noted that "more needs to be done" New Delhi: The Telecom...
Star Health absolves security chief in data leak incident
The company said that alleged communication between a hacker and the security officer were fabricated by the hacker. In August, Star Health faced a data leak, where stolen customer data including medical reports, were publicly accessible via chatbots on messaging app...