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Legal battle with X: Centre shows fake ‘Supreme Court of Karnataka’ account in HC
Appearing for the Centre in its ongoing face-off with social media...
RBI to issue climate risk disclosure rules for banks soon
As part of the central bank's climate disclosure rules, banks will...
Higher reinsurance costs and growing catastrophe budgets to erode profits of Asia-Pacific insurers: S&P
"With central banks across Asia-Pacific looking to adjust interest rates at different times, relative value of assets and returns, as well as hedging costs, could move," said Craig Bennett, credit analyst at S&P Global Ratings Melbourne: International rating...
Alcohol policies need sharper focus on gender, WHO says
After broad successes in tackling the public health impact of other products like cigarettes, the WHO is increasingly turning its attention to addressing the harms linked to alcohol. It pointed studies that have found the industry increasingly targets women through...
Ship evacuated after first civilian fatalities in Houthis’ Red Sea attacks
War risk insurance rates have already reflected the sinking of the Rubymar cargo ship, days after being hit by a Houthi missile on Feb 18, and the first fatalities from the True Confidence, said Munro Anderson, head of operations at marine war risk and insurance...
Govt, exporters to discuss Red Sea crisis issue on March 8
After Yemen-based Houthi rebels have targeted ships in the Red Sea and surrounding waters over the Israel-Hamas war. the shipping costs have jumped and consignments are taking more time to reach Europe and the US as the ships are taking the Cape of Good Hope route,...
Number of farmers under PM’s crop insurance scheme rises by 27 pc in 2023-24: Govt
During this period, a total amount of nearly Rs 31,139 crore was paid by farmers as their share of premium against which claims of over Rs 1,55,977 crore have been paid to them. Thus, for every Rs100 of premium paid by farmers, they have received about Rs 500 as...
RBI directs credit card issuers to give users choice of other networks
"On a review, it is observed that some arrangements existing between card networks and card issuers are not conducive to the availability of choice for customers," the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in a circular Mumbai: India's central bank on Wednesday said...
Volkswagen faces lawsuits in Germany over Porsche EV battery triggering fire in cargo ship
The case was brought by half a dozen plaintiffs, including Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd., the ship’s operator, and Allianz SE, one of the insurers of the vessel, according to a spokesman for the tribunal. The plaintiffs claim that the fire originated from the lithium-ion...
Physician group asks US to make funds available to doctors hurt by Change hack
“Hospitals, pharmacies, and healthcare providers are facing an immediate – and rapidly intensifying – adverse impact on their cash flow and, ultimately, on their financial solvency,” Schumer wrote to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Influential U.S. doctors’...
Former Twitter execs sue Elon Musk for over $128 mln in severance
Elon Musk X is already facing a pair of proposed class actions claiming it owes rank-and-file workers who were laid off after Musk’s acquisition at least $500 million in severance, and a third lawsuit by six former senior managers making similar claims. X has denied...
Google apps, Facebook, Instagram face network outage
Users complained that they have been logged out of Facebook, Instagram, Gmail, YouTube accounts Many users of Gmail, YouTube and social networks Facebook and Instagram faced problems in logging into their accounts in several parts of the world, including India on...