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Here’s why experts don’t think cloud seeding played a role in Dubai’s downpour
“When we talk about heavy rainfall, we need to talk about climate change. Focusing on cloud seeding is misleading,” said Imperial College of London climate scientist Friederike Otto, who heads a team that does rapid attribution of weather extremes to see if they were...
South India faces water crisis as reservoir levels plunge to just 17 pc: CWC
The reduced storage levels in the southern region are indicative of worsening water scarcity and potential challenges for irrigation, drinking water supply and hydroelectric power generation in these states New Delhi: The southern region, encompassing states of Andhra...
India hits record, grants over 1 lakh patents in FY24
''Year over year, the IP filing is increasing, in 2023-24 we got 90,300 patent filings. There is enough traction on not just development of science and technology but equally protection and this high number of patent filing shows the confidence of research on getting...
SBI Life Q4 net profit grows by 4% to Rs 811 crore
SBI Life said it registered a growth of 9 per cent in the value of new business (VoNB) to Rs 5,550 crore in FY24.VoNB is the present value of expected future earnings from new policies written during a specified period. Mumbai: SBI Life Insurance, the second largest...
BAGIC’s net profit jumps 18% to Rs 380 crore in Q4FY24
BAGIC’S underwriting loss stood at Rs 76 crore for 04 FY24 as compared to a loss of Rs 2 crore in 04 FY23.The insurer’s combined ratio stood at 101.6 per cent in Q4 FY24 over 97.3 per cent in 04 FY23. Pune: Bajaj Allianz General Insurance...
Tarun Bajaj appointed as independent director at Bajaj Finance
Tarun Bajaj, former revenue secretary, ministry of finance, has been appointed as an independent directors of Bajaj Finance, a subsidiary of Bajaj Finserv, the holding company of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance and Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance. He has spent over 34...
Cervical Cancer Awareness: Emphasize prevention and early detection over sensationalism
Even though there are more than 1.27 lakh reported cases of cervical cancer and approximately 80,000 deaths among women reported in 2022 in India, awareness of this disease at the ground level remains alarmingly low, the doctors highlighted Medical experts have...
Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries faced acute hunger in 2023: UN Report
Extreme weather events were the primary drivers in 18 countries where over 77 million people faced high levels of acute food insecurity, up from 12 countries with 57 million people in 2022. In 2023, the world experienced its hottest year on record and climate related...
Oil, chemical industry lobbyists flood UN talks on cutting plastic pollution
The aim of this week's United Nations negotiations is to create a legally binding treaty that would cover the entire lifecycle of plastic, from production to disposal or reuse. But some fossil fuel and petrochemical industry groups, as well as countries that rely on...
Bima Vistaar: IRDAI unveils premium for its mass combo cover at Rs 1500, for a family at Rs 2420
Debasish Panda, chairman,IRDAI Bima Vistaar will have a combined features of Life, Health, Personal accident and Property. For Life cover a premium of Rs 820 has to be paid while Health, Personal accident, Property have been priced at Rs 500, Rs 100 and Rs 80...
RBI plans curbs on suspect bank accounts to fight cyber frauds
The plans come as internal government data shows individuals have lost funds of nearly $1.26 billion in financial institutions to cyber fraud since 2021, with one of the sources saying about 4,000 fraudulent accounts are opened every day Tens of thousands of Indians...
Russia reinsurer backs firms to get India marine insurance permit
Russian companies Sogaz Insurance, Alfastrakhovanie, and VSK Insurance, have joined Ingosstrakh as insurers approved by India for providing marine insurance cover, an order posted on Indian shipping regulator's website showed "With the backing of the Russian National...
Credit card data of 17K ICICI Bank users exposed; bank blocks cards, assures compensation
In a statement the ICICI Bank spokesperson said that it came to their notice that "about 17,000 new credit cards which were issued in the past few days were erroneously mapped in our digital channels to wrong users". "No instance of misuse of a card from this set has...
CRISIL subsidiary gets SEBI nod to offer ESG ratings
Gurpreet Chhatwal, Managing Director, CRISIL Ratings, “The ESG scores, which will henceforth be called ‘ESG ratings’, have already found traction among market participants. These are based on a unique India specific framework that factors in nuances at the sectoral...
82% of Singaporean business leaders fear elections across the globe impacting international trade: Beazley report
Jack Suk, Underwriter, Political Risks & Trade Credit, Asia Pacific, Beazley said: “Materials vital to the energy transition and development of electric goods are an increased focus for companies. As some developed countries look to move their supply chains away...
Resilient economy, price stability to support India’s promising growth story: FinMin report
Overall, India continues to be the fastest-growing major economy, with positive assessments of the growth outlook for the current financial year for India by international organisations and the RBI, the Monthly Economic Review for March said New Delhi: Resilient...
SC to share cause lists, info about filing of cases through WhatsApp: CJI
Now, litigants, parties in-person and advocates-on-record (AoRs) will receive automated messages regarding e-filing, objections raised by the registry, causelist and uploading of orders and judgments, CJI Chandrachud told the members of the bar in open court New...
Yamuna pollution NGT imposes Rs 65 crore environment compensation on two UP civic bodies
It said based on the "polluter pays principle", the Agra nagar nigam is liable to pay environment compensation of Rs 58,39,20,000 (Rs 58.39 crore) while the Mathura-Vrindavan nagar nigam is liable to pay Rs.7,20,10,000 (Rs 7.20 crore) In a 200-page judgment, the bench...