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Regulatory violations: Ex-SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch, 5 others move Bombay High Court against order directing FIR
The bench said it would hear the pleas on Tuesday and added that...
EPFO retains 8.25 pc interest rate on employees’ provident fund deposits for 2024-25
The retirement body had paid 50.8 million claims worth Rs 2.05 lakh...
From crypto Picassos to frozen anthrax: Swiss Re scans horizon for emerging risks
The security of the new digital financial economy is also facing new risks. With quantum computing, for example, a new generation of computers is on the verge of completing tasks far beyond the reach of current machines These hyper-smart technologies offer significant...
Talent Hunt: IRDA offers Rs 1.5 crore of annual package to a new CEO of Insurance Information Bureau
New IRDAI chairman Debasish Panda has already made his intention public to broadbase the ownership of the Insurance Information Bureau of India and has suggested that instead of the IRDAI, let the insurers through their representative body General Insurance Council...
Gen Z, millennials and Gen X all basically agree on work from home
A recent study by consultants McKinsey & Co. found that workers aged 18 to 34 were 59% more likely to leave than 55- to 64-year-olds if their employer didn’t offer a hybrid work arrangement During the early days of the pandemic, the narrative was that...
Reducing the workweek to 32 hours
As chief executive officer of the nonprofit 4 Day Week Global, Joe O’Connor oversees six-month boot camps now helping 170 companies with 10,000 participating employees around the world to adopt more flexible work schedules He is capitalizing on a watershed moment in...
Equity MFs continue to see positive momentum; Rs 18,529-cr inflow recorded in May
''The consistent SIP flows are supporting the net positive sales numbers in equities. Through the ongoing volatility, we see continued interest amongst retail investors to allocate to equity MFs. The spread of new flows is well diversified across categories,'' Akhil...
49 killed in fire at Bangladesh chemical container depot
“The fire was caused by chemicals including hydrogen peroxide, making the situation difficult,” fire service chief Brigadier General Mohammad Mainuddin told reporters at the scene where the firefighters were trying to extinguish the blaze amid intermittent explosions...
Menopause discrimination cases are on a rise in UK Employment Courts
Employment tribunals involving menopause increased by 44% in 2021, with 23 cases referencing it compared to 16 the previous year, according to analysis of court data by Menopause Experts Group, a group that provides menopausal education services and information to...
12 people killed, 21 injured in explosion at a factory in UP’s Hapur
There were around 30 people in the affected area at the factory in the UPSIDC industrial area in Dholana, around 80 km from the national capital, when the incident occurred, they said Hapur (UP) At least 12 workers died and 21 were injured when a boiler exploded at...
PFRDA rejects Chhattisgarh’s request to refund Rs 17,240 cr collected under NPS, CM urges Modi to intervene
Bhupesh Baghel,Chief Minister,Chhattisgarh PFRDA in a letter dated May 26 replied that there is no such provision available under which the funds, which are deposited both in the form of the government contribution and employees' contribution towards NPS, along with...
Trillions at stake in India as women disappear from workforce
Closing the employment gap between men and women — a whopping 58 percentage points — could expand India’s GDP by close to a third by 2050. That equates to nearly $6 trillion in constant US dollar terms, according to a recent analysis from Bloomberg Economics The...