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Still, threat levels for shipping remained high given the Houthis' confirmation that Israeli-related assets remained open to attack and the attendant risks to broader shipping, maritime officials said. Ships with no connection to Israel had been targeted in the past...
Trade War: Container liners sever US-China shipping routes across the Pacific
As a result, fees are plunging. The cost of shipping a 40-foot box from Shanghai to Los Angeles — port nodes on either side of the Pacific — hit the lowest since 2023 in late March, according to the data from Drewry Shipping Consultants, a maritime advisory firm. A...
32 airports shut till May 15 as tensions escalate between India-Pakistan
All civil flight activities at these airports will remain suspended during this period. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has also extended the temporary closure of 25 segments of Air Traffic Service (ATS) routes within the Delhi and Mumbai Flight Information...
Emirate royal family’s International Holding Co and Black Rock Inc float a $ 1 billion reinsurance co
The new firm will make use of AI as a core part of the strategy, enhancing underwriting capabilities by improving the quality and speed of risk assessments. International Holding Co., Abu Dhabi’s largest listed company that’s overseen by a key member of the emirate’s...
IPL suspended indefinitely as India-Pak clashes soar
"It does not look nice that cricket goes on while the country is at war," a BCCI official told PTI, confirming the suspension of the league, which was to wind up on May 25 in Kolkata Mumbai: The Indian Premier League (IPL) was on Friday suspended indefinitely due to...
Star Health hacker says death threats and bullets sent to executives at India’s biggest health insurer
Star Health, India's biggest health insurer, has faced criticism from customers and data security experts since Reuters reported last September that xenZen had leaked sensitive client data, including medical reports. At the time, xenZen told Reuters in an email they...
PMJJBY’s cumulative enrollments surge to 23.64 cr till Apr,25: Centre
“PMJJBY cumulative enrolments surged by 699 per cent, from 2.96 Cr (March 2016) to 23.64 Cr (April 2025), securing millions of lives under the Jansuraksha umbrella,” the Ministry of Finance said in a post on social media platform X. New Delhi: The cumulative...
Re/insurers invoke force majeure, not to pay travel claims triggered by airport shutdown and flight cancellation
``Most of our travel policies have an exclusion that doesn’t cover situations arising due to acts of any public authority like governments forcing airports to shut down,’’ said a senior official of New India Assurance Mumbai: With major escalation of Indo-Pak tension...
PB Fintech raises $218 million for its new healthcare venture
Yashish Dahiya, chairman, PB Fintech The venture, PB Health, will use the funds to set up four to five hospitals in and around New Delhi by 2027, with a long-term plan to build a 25-30 hospital network across 10 Indian cities, PB Fintech chairman Yashish Dahiya told...
UK names China as dominant threat to its national cybersecurity
Richard Horne, chief of Britain’s National Cyber Security Center “China remains the pacing threat in the cyber realm,” Richard Horne, the chief of Britain’s National Cyber Security Center, said in a rare speech on Wednesday. “The continued activity that we’re seeing...
Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by 2045, says Musk is ‘killing’ world’s poorest children
Bill Gates,co-founder of Microsoft Gates warned of a stark reversal to decades of progress in reducing mortality over the next four to six years due to the funding cuts by governments worldwide. "The number of deaths will start going up for the first time … it's going...
Need of regular fire safety audits of healthcare institutions to prevent disasters: Nadda
Underlining the increased responsibility of healthcare facilities, Nadda added that “since we work with high-load equipment and highly inflammable materials like oxygen and chemicals that not only save lives, but also are inflammable and might cause a hazard....
Liberal approach must be adopted while considering disability pension to army men: SC
"We must appreciate the fact that the provisions for grant of disability pension are in the nature of a beneficial scheme intended to provide succour to servicemen in hard times who have been discharged from service after having served the nation with dedication. New...
Domestic investors invested 3.7 times more than foreign inflows in equities over last decade: Report
According to a report by Motilal Oswal, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) have invested $195 billion in Indian equities between FY15 and FY25.This is 3.7 times higher than foreign institutional investor (FII) inflows of $53 billion during the same period New...
BSE asks trading members to take measures to ward off any cyber threat
This directive comes after an advisory was received from the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) highlighting a cyber threat campaign specifically targeting Indian organisations operating within the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI)...
IFFCO-Tokio General Insurance launches surety bond insurance
To make these projects a reality, India needs to widen the contactors' pool, who face fund issues, especially with regard to limits that are required under India's bidding and other processes, said IFFCO-Tokio General Insurance MD and CEO Subrata Mondal New Delhi:...
AAIB to probe helicopter crash in Uttarakhand
Five people were killed and two others injured in the helicopter crash that happened near Gangnani in Uttarkashi district.Seven people, including the pilot, were on board the helicopter of Ahmedabad-based private company AeroTrans Services Pvt Ltd, one of the...
Patrick Tiernan appointed as Lloyd’s CEO
Patrick Tiernan, CEO-designate, Lloyd's “My primary focus will be supporting the commercial success of our market participants while keeping an iron grip on underwriting discipline and safeguarding the financial strength of the Corporation. We will work at pace to...