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"Large Indian corporations are on to this carbon market development in India especially since they have assets in other places around the world and their customers in European markets would be demanding more and more cleaner products.," Dirk Forrister, President and...
Cloudburst in Shimla: Malana Hydropower project on Parvati River bursts, 36 missing
No loss of life has been reported in the Kullu and Mandi districts so far. Heavy damage to public and private property was reported on Thursday owing to the downpour that triggered a flash flood downstream in the Beas River from Palchan to Patlikuhal in Himachal...
Financial bids for IDBI bank likely this fiscal; PSU banks sale on hold: DIPAM Secretary
Tuhin Kant Pandey, Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) On the disinvestment of PSU banks, Pandey stated that the Department of Financial Services could provide more details, but he mentioned that it is not being pursued currently...
Women face bias at work: Aon Study
According to the study, working mothers had their own challenges, with 75 per cent responding that they faced a career setback of one-to-two years after maternity leave and close to 40 per cent said going on maternity leave had a negative impact on their pay and their...
Fed leaves rates unchanged, nods to possible September cut
Fed Chair Jerome Powell While Fed officials are wary of any actions that could mar their data-not-politics approach to setting monetary policy, the steady drop in inflation in recent months prompted a broad consensus that the inflation battle was near an end...
Spain fines Booking.com $448 million for abusing dominant position
Booking Holdings intends to appeal the fines as it strongly disagrees with the "outcome of CNMC's investigation", a company spokesperson said in an email, adding it considers the issue should be debated under the European Union's Digital Markets Act rules MADRID:...
Ransomware attack forces hundreds of small Indian banks offline, sources say
The attack affected C-Edge Technologies, a provider of banking technology systems to small banks across the country, they said MUMBAI: A ransomware attack on a technology service provider has forced payment systems across nearly 300 small Indian local banks to shut...
Centre alerted Kerala govt on July 23, Amit Shah tells RS on Wayanad disaster
Union Home Minister Amit Shah "Everyone is questioning the government, but I would like to ask what did the Kerala government do. It was a vulnerable situation, but why the people were not shifted to safer places? They were only shifted after the disaster," said HM...
Global accounting body wants more rigour in showing climate impacts
Investors have said they want to know whether assets will retain their value going forward as climate change impairs them, such as through flood damage London: The IASB launched a consultation on Wednesday on proposed guidance for companies to apply the board’s...
Meta to pay $1.4 billion to settle Texas facial recognition data lawsuit
The lawsuit, filed in 2022, was the first major case to be brought under Texas’ 2009 biometric privacy law, according to law firms tracking the litigation. A provision of the law provides damages of up to $25,000 per violation. Texas accused Facebook of capturing...
Global Nat Cat insured losses at $ 62bn in H1 24, significantly higher than 10-yr average of $ 37bn, Munich Re report
Thomas Blunck,Member of the Board of Management, Munich Re said,”Weather-related natural disasters, especially in North America, are prominent once again in the loss statistics for the first half-year. In addition, there has been flooding in regions where it is...
Six crore ITRs filed in 2023-24, 70 pc under new tax regime
Sanjay Malhotra,Revenue Secretary, Ministry of Finance Currently, the country has two personal income tax regimes. In the old income tax regime, the tax rates are higher but taxpayers can claim exemptions and deductions which is a relatively more complicated process....
Bill introduced in LS to replace 90-year-old Aircraft Act
The bill includes provisions to regulate the design and manufacturing of aircraft, supporting the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative for self-reliance New Delhi: A bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday to overhaul India's civil aviation regulations by replacing...
Gadkari urges FM to withdraw 18 pc GST on life and medical insurance premiums
"The 18 per cent GST on medical insurance premiums is proving to be a deterrent for the growth of this segment of business which is socially necessary."Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari New Delhi: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways...
SCOR sees first quarterly loss since 2022
Thierry Leger,Chief Executive Officer,SCOR SE The Paris-based reinsurer posted a loss of €308 million ($333 million) in the three months through June, missing analysts’ estimates. The result was driven by a €329 million operational loss in the life and health unit...
Companies ‘Paralyzed’ as Australia plans tough climate rules
Authorities estimate the average cost of compliance to be A$1 million ($655,550) but some large organizations calculate the total is likely to be above A$3 million, said Jillian Button, head of climate change at law firm Allens Australia’s plans to introduce stringent...
Global aviation insurance premium to hit a 20-year high of more than $8bn in 2024, says Allianz
Analysis of more than 32,000 industry claims from 2019 - 2024 with a total value of US$15bn (€14bn) shows that collision or crash incidents (63%) and faulty workmanship or defective products (22%) are accountable for 85% of the value. Other incidents like natural...
Swiss Re announces Group CFO succession as John Dacey retires in 2025
Anders Malmström from Athora Holdings, a leading European savings and retirement services group will succeed John Dacey as group chief financial officer as of 1 April 2025 Zurich: Swiss Re, the second largest globa reinsurer, announced today that Anders Malmström will...