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The EPFO net payroll addition stood at 1.47 crore members during FY24, amounting to a year-on-year rise of 6.3 per cent from 1.39 crore members in the corresponding period of the previous year New Delhi: There has been a decline in annual as well as quarterly...
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Losses from “grey zone” action prompt preparedness, cos expand political risk management capabilities: WTW report
Partly as a result of disruptions in the Red Sea, state-sponsored supply chain disruption appears as one of the main business concerns for 2024 and ‘grey zone aggression’, meaning any action used to weaken a country by any means short of war, has reached the top 10...
Warburg Pincus, Temasek buy insurance services firm SRG in £1 Billion Deal
The deal also comes amid increasing consolidation in the insurance space. Insurance giant Aviva Plc said this year that it would buy specialist insurer Probitas for £242 million. Over the past decade, larger insurers such as Catlin, Amlin and Novae have also been...
AI-intensive sectors are showing a productivity surge, PwC
The data suggested that the rise of artificial intelligence could help countries to break out of a rut of low productivity growth which would boost economic growth, wages and living standards, PwC said in a report published on Tuesday The types of business which are...
Delhi’s outdoor workers, low-income households bear brunt of deadly heat
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April Heatwave: Calls for comprehensive heat action plans
Extreme temperatures can also impact economies. People are less productive during hot weather, even if they work indoors, while children struggle to learn in extreme heat Annu Mishra kept her modest food stall shut as temperatures in Odisha's Bhubaneswar remained...
Asia’s extreme April heat worsened by climate change, scientists say
"Heatwaves have always happened. But the additional heat, driven by emissions from oil, gas and coal, is resulting in death for many people." In the Philippines, one of the worst-hit countries, authorities issued health warnings, shut down schools and rationed...
Bombay HC allows maternity benefits for third child
"The right to reproduction and childrearing has been recognised as an important facet of a person's right to privacy, dignity and bodily integrity under Article 21. Article 42 enjoins the State to make provisions for securing just and humane work conditions and...
The General Insurance Council (GI Council), guided by the Insurance Regulatory and DevelopmentAuthority of India (IRDAI), strives to ensure that health insurance serves as a crucial aspect offinancial security for individuals and families across India. Through...