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FPIs withdraw nearly Rs 18K cr from equities in August on trade tension
With this, the total outflow by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs)...
Maruti Suzuki raises bar on safety, unveils new advanced features for both NEXA and ARENA
Recent innovations include a 360-degree camera, heads-up display,...
2023: AI becomes hashtag, goes mainstream; India sets guardrails for data privacy, user safety
India’s resolve to safeguard netizens from new kinds of user harms emerging in the digital space was clear, as the government moved decisively to craft regulations and laws. It crafted a future-ready framework that would not just protect digital personal data but also...
Researchers discover wide range of risk factors for young-onset dementia
Dr Leah Mursaleen, Head of Clinical Research at Alzheimer's Research UK, which co-funded the study, said: "We're witnessing a transformation in understanding of dementia risk and, potentially, how to reduce it on both an individual and societal level. In recent years,...
China revises company law to tighten capital contribution rules
PricewaterhouseCoopers said on its social media account last month that the change appears to be aimed at better protecting creditors, although it’s also likely to “lower investors’ enthusiasm to start new businesses.” Chinese lawmakers changed the country’s Company...
Google settles $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit
The plaintiffs alleged that Google’s analytics, cookies and apps let the Alphabet unit track their activity even when they set Google’s Chrome browser to “Incognito” mode and other browsers to “private” browsing mode Alphabet’s Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit...
Jan 1 renewals: Orderly reinsurance market with increasing capital, says Guy Carpenter
Global property catastrophe reinsurance risk-adjusted rate changes averaged from near-flat to single-digits up for non-loss impacted and 10%-30% up for loss-impacted programs, with a wide range of outcomes around these averages Guy Carpenter and AM Best’s 2023...
Risk Report: Building Risk Culture for India Inc
Sanjeev Mantri, MD & CEO, ICICI General Insurance Profound urgency of Climate Change continues to be undervalued among India Inc. Only Energy and Utilities, Hospitality, Infrastructure and Real Estate and FMCG sectors identified Climate Change and Natural...
Tokyo court only holds utility responsible to compensate Fukushima evacuees and reduces damages
The decision is among the four rulings that apparently came in line with the June 2022 Supreme Court decision that said the government wasn't liable for the disaster and that the disaster from a tsunami that high wasn't foreseeable or preventable A Tokyo court has...
China metals giant faces protest in Indonesia after fatal blast
The deadly blast at a furnace run by PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel — which is controlled by the Chinese group — has triggered a police investigation and a halt to the firm’s operations. Tsingshan is the world’s biggest nickel producer and one of Indonesia’s...
About 60 hospitalised in India after ammonia leak at fertiliser plant
The leak took place when Coromandel's fertiliser manufacturing unit was preparing to receive an ammonia shipment through its 2.5 kilometre-long (1.5 mile) undersea pipeline. CHENNAI/BENGALURU: About 60 people have been hospitalised after an ammonia leak from a...
Govt asks platforms not to carry ads of fraudulent loan apps; seeks swift removal of such apps
''One of the areas we are now cracking down on is advertising of fraudulent loan apps that many platforms are carrying and we have, through yesterday's advisory, made it clear that no intermediary can carry advertisements of fraudulent loan apps because it will be...