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Fintech body flags UPI dominance by American companies, seeks measures for fair competition
In its letter, IFF said the current structure poses "systemic...
UIDAI unveils ‘Aadhaar Vision 2032’ framework to strengthen digital identity through AI, advanced encryption
"The Aadhaar Vision 2032 framework will focus on leveraging...
Severe thunderstorms drive insured losses to $ 60 billion in first half of 2024, Swiss Re
Balz Grollimund, Head of Catastrophe Perils at Swiss Re, said: "In recent years, severe thunderstorms have emerged as a main driver of a significant increase in insured losses. This is due to growing populations and higher property values in urban areas, along with...
Explainer: Why does Nepal suffer so many air crashes?
In a 2023 safety report, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) said collision with terrain or another obstacle was the main risk, accounting for 93% of deaths in air accidents in the prior decade On July 22, 2024, eighteen people were killed in Nepal when a...
Helicopter with 5 people on board crashes in the mountains northwest of Nepal’s capital
The four passengers are Chinese nationals, and the pilot is a Nepali man, police said. No further details were immediately available KATHMANDU: A helicopter crashed in a forest outside Nepal's capital Kathmandu shortly after takeoff on Wednesday, killing all five...
Global selloff: Sensex and Nifty nosedive, Investors’ wealth eroded by Rs 17.11 lakh crore
Global markets were in the deep red on Monday as the US economic slowdown weighed heavily on the financial markets Mumbai: Equity market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty crashed over 3 per cent each on Monday in line with extremely weak trends in global markets amid...
Concretisation of roadsides in Ghaziabad NGT issues notices to MoEF others
The NGT was hearing a plea claiming "vast-scale, mindless and indiscriminate concretisation or paving, which was the biggest cause of water-logging, urban flooding and loss of biodiversity in cities and towns." New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has sought a reply...
Missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels hits container ship in first attack in 2 weeks
The killing of Haniyeh in Tehran has sparked concerns of a new escalation in the Israel-Hamas war. Already, the U.S. military says it will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and keep an aircraft carrier in the region DUBAI, United Arab Emirates : A missile...
World’s richest lose $134 billion in stock slump, led by Amazon’s Bezos
Jeff Bezos, founder,Amazon Investors have also become jittery over fears that this year’s AI-fueled gains are overdone or the market is too concentrated Jeff Bezos’s net worth shrank by $15.2 billion Friday, leading a wide-ranging slump that erased $134 billion from...
How missed warnings, ‘over-tourism’ aggravated deadly India landslides
Local authorities are now counting the cost of the disaster and questioning whether the rapid development of a tourism industry was to blame for the tragedy. Weather-related disasters are not unusual in India, but the landslides in Kerala state this week were the...
TikTok’s practices endangered children’s safety, US alleges in lawsuit
"TikTok knowingly and repeatedly violated kids' privacy, threatening the safety of millions of children across the country," said Lina Khan, the head of the Federal Trade Commission, which joined the Justice Department in suing the short video behemoth. New York: The...
Hong Kong slaps AIA with record fine for anti-laundering lapses
The lapses resulted in some customers who were “politically exposed persons” failing to be picked up during the screening process. That led to delays in identifying their source of money and wealth, it added. However, no policies were sold to clients who should not...