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Sebi to review ESG disclosures for listed firms: Chairman
Tuhin Kanta Pandey, chairman, Sebi The review, which follows concerns raised by Indian industry on reporting requirements on environment, labour and other issues that it believes are onerous, could focus on easing disclosures for smaller firms, a source familiar with...
Financial Preparedness: Health Insurance gains ground
Indians continue to favor traditional financial investments such as gold, fixed deposits, insurance-linked savings schemes, and real estate. However, health insurance has now joined this list, finds out a survey by Policybazaar Policybazaar.com, India’s leading online...
Over 1.3 crore get insurance cover through GeM in 2024-25
“GeM remains committed to continuously enhancing its platform to provide seamless, secure and cost-effective procurement solutions. The milestone of 1.3 crore insured persons reflects the growing confidence of government organizations in leveraging GeM for their...
Landmark agreement reached at WHO over tackling future pandemics
"In reaching consensus on the Pandemic Agreement, not only did they put in place a generational accord to make the world safer, they have also demonstrated that multilateralism is alive and well, and that in our divided world, nations can still work together to find...
China accuses a US spy agency of hacking Asian Winter Games
China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center said this month that more than 270,000 foreign cyberattacks were recorded on computer networks associated with the Asian Winter Games between Feb. 7 and Feb. 14. About two-thirds of the attacks were traced to...
China’s murky bankruptcies expose hazards for foreign investors
Gaps in enforcement of China's insolvency laws can leave creditors vulnerable to opaque dealings and malicious bankruptcy filings by firms seeking to evade payment obligations, or by individuals trying to appropriate company assets DALIAN: When a Chinese pork producer...
Indian consumers warming up to data-driven mobility solutions Report
Indian customers are also optimistic about tech, with 82 per cent of the people surveyed viewing AI as beneficial, and they prioritise vehicle-smartphone connectivity, as per the study. New Delhi: Indian consumers are willing to share personal information with...
PB Fintech arm gets payment aggregator licence from RBI
The paid-up share capital of the proposed company will be Rs 27 crore New Delhi: PB Fintech, the parent entity of Policybazaar, on Tuesday said its subsidiary had secured payment aggregator licence from the RBI. Last year, the company had announced setting up a...
ICICI Lombard’s net profit slips 2% to Rs 510 crore in Q4FY 25
Sanjiv Mantri, MD &CEO, ICICI Lombard General Insurance. The insurer’s combined ratio was at 102.5 per cent in Q4 FY2025 as compared to 102.3 per cent in Q4 FY2024. Its underwriting losses have swelled up by 38 per cent year-on-year(Y-o-Y) to Rs 209 crore from Rs...
ICICI Pru Life’s net profit more than doubled to Rs 386 crore in Q4
ICICI Prudential's value of new business (VNB), or expected profit from new policies, rose 2.5 per cent to Rs 7.95 billion for the quarter, according to Reuters calculations. ICICI Prudential's VNB margins for the full year deteriorated to 22.8 per cent from 24.6 per...
Fake payment apps: How to identify and stay safe
Fraudsters use fake payment apps to convince innocent victims that they have completed a transaction. In reality, they use a fake app that only simulates the payment transaction flow, leaving the victim to realise only later that the transaction was fabricated Fake...
India to see above-normal cumulative rainfall this monsoon, El Nino conditions unlikely, says IMD
El Nino conditions, associated with below-normal monsoon rainfall in the Indian subcontinent, are unlikely to develop this time, India Meteorological Department (IMD) chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said Parts of the country are already battling extreme heat and a...
Risks and Opportunities: Impact of U.S. Tariffs on Asian businesses
Trade credit, political risk insurance and surety to secure non-payment risk, enhance finance and protect investments are some of the mitigation solutions businesses may seek to explore By Steve Taylor, Head of Credit Solutions, Asia, Aon The recently announced U.S....
Electric vehicle registrations rise 17 pc in FY25: SIAM
Total electric vehicle (EV) registrations in the country reached 1.97 million units in FY25 against 1.68 million units in FY2023-24, posting a growth of 17 per cent New Delhi: Electric vehicle registrations in the country increased 17 per cent to 19.7 lakh units last...
Bima Sugam achieves financial closure, mops up Rs 340 crore from insurers and GIC Re
The Ministry of Finance has prohibited three PSU general insurers- Oriental Insurance Company , National Insurance Company and United India Insurance- from providing any capital to Bima Sugam as currently, they lack shareholders’ capital and they are not permitted use...
AI makes weather forecasting more cost effective and accurate
This is the first time Taiping Reinsurance is bringing high-resolution flood modeling in-house, instead of relying on coarser models developed by US risk analytics companies, said Sheldon Yu, chief executive officer at the Hong Kong-based reinsurer The weather...
Delhi’s ‘old car no fuel’ policy to kick in soon, fuel stations get cameras to scan vehicles
In March, the Delhi government unveiled its plans that fuel pumps in the national capital will not provide petrol and diesel to vehicles older than 15 and 10 years, respectively. The city has 500 fuel refilling stations New Delhi: With 477 fuel refilling stations in...
AAIB plans granular analysis of data related to incidents involving aircraft in Indian airspace
Coming under the civil aviation ministry, AAIB is responsible for classification of safety occurrences involving aircraft operating in the Indian airspace into accidents, serious incidents, and incidents New Delhi: Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) plans...