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India eliminates extreme poverty: Brookings article
Report said India should now graduate to a higher poverty line, which would then provide an opportunity to redefine existing social protection programs in order to give greater support to the genuine poor New Delhi: India has now officially eliminated ‘extreme...
Strong GDP growth, weak monsoon drove up India’s energy-related carbon emissions in 2023: IEA
''In India, strong GDP growth drove up emissions by around 190 Mt. But a weak monsoon increased demand for electricity and cut hydro production, contributing around one-quarter of the increase in its total emissions in 2023. Per capita emissions in India remain far...
App delisting cannot be permitted: Minister Vaishnaw on Google-Indian startups row
"I have already called Google…I have already called the app developers who have been delisted, we will be meeting them next week. This cannot be permitted..This kind of delisting cannot be permitted," IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw asserted New Delhi: Taking...
India to see warmer summer, more heatwave days this year: IMD
More heatwave days than normal are predicted over northeast peninsular India -- Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and north interior Karnataka -- and many parts of Maharashtra and Odisha, it said New Delhi: India is likely to experience a warmer summer and more heatwave days...
Only grain ships from Black Sea and for Iran still crossing Red Sea
“Just about all (dry bulk grain) vessels going from the Americas and western Europe are avoiding the Red Sea, the only exception is vessels going to Iran, they’re still taking the Red Sea route when shorter.All vessels we are tracking going from the Black Sea to Asia...
AI: Firms face growing list of lawsuits
Elon Musk,CEO, Tesla Elon Musk became the latest power player to sue OpenAI, alleging the company and its chief executive officer, Sam Altman, have strayed from their original mission by prioritizing profit over the benefit of humanity. Artificial intelligence firms...
Telangana govt rejoins PM Fasal Bima Yojana scheme to safeguard farmers
A Revanth Reddy,Chief Minister, Telanngana ''The state government adopted the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) again to safeguard the farmers from the hardships in farming,'' a state government release said Friday night Hyderabad: The Telangana government has...
Sebi clears Fairfax-backed Digit’s IPO after delay
Prem Watsa, CEO, Fairfax Financial Digit now plans to market its IPO to prospective investors over the next month and targets a listing by May, said a person with direct knowledge of the matter It plans to raise Rs 12.5 billion rupees ($151 million) through its...
AM Best’s first ever credit ratings for ICICI Lombard, affirms financial strength rating of B++ (Good)
Although the company’s five-year average combined ratio was 104.8%, it has consistently outperformed the domestic general insurance market in India SINGAPORE: Announcing its ratings for the first ever Indian private sector general insurance company, international...
12.5 mn children, teens in India obese in 2022: Lancet study
The impact of issues such as climate change, disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the war in Ukraine risk worsening both rates of obesity and underweight, by increasing poverty and the cost of nutrient-rich foods," said Guha Pradeepa, study co-author from...
LIC pays Rs 2,441 crore as an interim dividend to government
From (Lto R), Siddhartha Mohanty, chairperson handing over a cheque of Rs Rs 2,441.44 crore to Nirmala Sitharaman, finance minister, as an interim dividend to the government. Vivek Joshi, Secretary, Financial Services and M P Tangirala, additional secretary,...
ICICI Bank buys 25 lakh shares to make ICICI Lombard Gen Insurance subsidiary co
The move follows a May 2023 resolution by the bank's board to increase the bank's holding ICICI Lombard by another 4 per cent in multiple tranches Mumbai: Private sector lender ICICI Bank on Thursday said it has bought an additional 25.14 lakh shares of ICICI Lombard...
Govt shortlists 5 GMs for selecting a CMD of United India Insurance
The new head office of Chennai based United India Insurance, which was inaugurated by Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, virtually, on Friday The DFS now has prepared a new list of five general managers(GMs)- BS Rahul, Agriculture Insurance...
32 European major media groups sue Google for $2.3 bln
“The media companies involved have incurred losses due to a less competitive market, which is a direct result of Google’s misconduct,” a statement issued by their lawyers Geradin Partners and Stek said BRUSSELS: Alphabet’s Google was hit with a 2.1-billion-euro ($2.3...
European reinsurers’ renewals indicate peaking underwriting margins: Fitch
``We expect strong underwriting profitability to continue supporting the reinsurers’ ratings this year, with price levels and favourable terms and conditions adequately compensating for high claims inflation. Investment income will continue to bolster earnings as...
Meta targeted in privacy complaints by EU consumer groups
"Surveillance-based business models pose all kinds of problems under the GDPR and it's time for data protection authorities to stop Meta's unfair data processing and its infringing of people's fundamental rights," Ursula Pachl, deputy director general of the European...
US says to investigate national security data risks from Chinese vehicles
"China's policies could flood our market with its vehicles, posing risks to our national security," President Joe Biden said in a statement. "I'm not going to let that happen on my watch." The Commerce Department will seek comments for 60 days on the potential risks...
SC upholds Rajasthan’s 2-child norm for govt jobs
“This court held that the classification, which disqualifies candidates for having more than two living children, was non-discriminatory and intra-vires the Constitution, since the objective behind the provision was to promote family planning,” the bench, also...