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Chinese automakers redefine the car as a living space at Beijing Auto Show
Tang Daosheng, a senior executive from Chinese tech giant Tencent, joined Toyota's presentation at the auto show, saying the company would provide big data and cloud computing services for Toyota vehicles and connect its ubiquitous WeChat messaging and e-payment...
Centre wants electronic component makers to ensure nation’s security interests: IT Secy
S Krishnan,Secretary,Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology "With this space (cyber security) getting critical, national risks are also huge. It is not at the individual level but even at the national level, the cyber security risks are huge. What we...
SBI General reports a 30.4% rise in net profit at Rs 240 crore in FY 24
Kishore Kumar Poludasu,MD and CEO,SBI General Insurance "The retail business led by Motor and Health have shown strong growth. SBI General Insurance continues to be No. 1 in the Personal Accident segment in the private market, along with its strong presence in various...
US food regulator gathering information on Indian spices after alleged contamination
MDH and Everest spices are among the most popular in India and are also sold in Europe, Asia and North America. India's food regulator, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), is now checking the quality standards of the two companies, following the...
Houthi leader vows to continue maritime attacks, calls Indian Ocean ‘new theatre of confrontation’
Al-Houthi also claimed that his group had attacked 102 vessels linked to Israel since the onset of the Israel-Hamas conflict on October 7, 2023, adding that "successful strikes against Israeli-affiliated ships, occurring at a rate of approximately one every two days",...
6th Bima Manthan: Panda and insurance CEOs brainstorm on Bima Trinity, new products and data
Debasish Panda,chairman,IRDAI The industry's preparedness for transitioning towards Risk-Based Supervision, Risk Based Capital frameworks and convergence to International Financial Reporting Standards (Ind-AS) took center stage of the latest Bima Manthan, with...
An emergency slide falls off a Delta Air Lines plane, forcing pilots to return to JFK in New York
Pilots declared an emergency so the flight could be be routed quickly back to the airport, and the plane landed and taxied to a gate under its own power, according to the airline.There were 176 passengers, two pilots and five flight attendants on board the flight,...
Bird flu: US tests show pasteurized milk is safe
One person, a Texas farm worker, has been confirmed to have bird flu and suffered conjunctivitis in the current outbreak following exposure to dairy cows. Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization said on Friday the current...
US probes Tesla recall of 2 million vehicles over Autopilot, citing concerns
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed its nearly three-year defect investigation into Autopilot, saying it found evidence that "Tesla's weak driver engagement system was not appropriate for Autopilot's permissive operating capabilities" that result...
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...