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''Physical activity reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease associated with sugar-sweetened beverages by half, but it does not fully eliminate it,'' said Jean-Philippe Drouin-Chartier, professor at Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Laval, Canada, and co-author of the...
MoS Health Bharati Pawar lists out measures taken to ensure quality of medicines
Bharati Pravin Pawar,Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare The Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, have been amended, making it mandatory that before the grant of manufacturing licence, the manufacturing establishment be inspected jointly by the Drugs...
India has nearly 97 crore voters now, says Poll body
The gender ratio has increased from 940 in 2023 to 948 in 2024, the poll panel said New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday said nearly 97 crore Indians will be eligible to vote in this year's Lok Sabha elections. It also said over two crore young electors in age...
ESIC extends medical benefits to superannuated insured persons with relaxed norms
The persons who were in the insurable employment for at least 5 years after April 1, 2012 and superannuated/voluntarily retired on or after April 1, 2017 with wages up to Rs 30,000 per month will be benefitted under the new scheme New Delhi: The Employees’ State...
Britain’s financial regulators need ‘ambitious mindset’, says industry leader
“At Lloyd’s, we have the capacity and expertise to evaluate and approve a new underwriting syndicate within 30 days, but the external regulators require many months more before making a decision, causing businesses to set up outside the UK,” said Carnegie-Brown,...
Brazil subsidised rural insurance for Amazon deforested land
Among the companies cited by Repórter Brasil was a unit of Japan’s Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. In 2020, it provided policies to landowners in Mato Grosso, Brazil’s largest crop-producing state. About 70% of the property covered by the insurance was embargoed due to...
Regularly monitoring compliances of intermediaries with new IT rules: MoS IT
Rajeev Chandrasekhar,Minister of State for Electronics and IT “Intermediaries should take additional measures to not permit any advertisements of illegal loan and betting apps. Intermediaries have been warned that non-compliance will lead to losing exemption from...
EPFO fixes 8.25 pc interest rate on employees’ provident fund for 2023-24
"The EPFO's apex decision making body Central Board of Trustees (CBT) has decided to provide 8.25 per cent rate of interest on EPF for 2023-24 at its meeting on Saturday,” a source said New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO on Saturday fixed a three-year high interest...
RBI raises ceiling on remuneration of non-executive directors to Rs 30 lakh
"Considering the crucial role of non-executive directors in efficient functioning of bank boards and its various committees and in order to further enable the banks to sufficiently attract qualified competent individuals on their boards, it has been decided to revise...
Govt formulating action plan to compensate victims of cyber financial frauds
Vivek Joshi, Secretary, Department of Financial Services Also discussed was the issue of integration of Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System platform with National Cybercrime Reporting Portal with the aim to centralise the platform that will...
Govt and ADB sign $200 million loan to tackle flood and erosion risk along Brahmaputra river
“Through the project, ADB continues to pursue its cost-effective, adaptive, and systematic river stabilisation approach to managing the Brahmaputra river. While deploying riverbank protection technology, ADB will also continue to build the capacity of state agencies...
New India’s net profit at Rs 713 crore in Q3FY24 despite large Nat Cat losses
"FY24 continues to be a challenging year for the company. In the third quarter, the country witnessed catastrophic events like cyclone Michaung and floods in South India, Sikkim West Bengal. The net impact of these events on the company's third-quarter results was...
The Agent Advantage: Fulfilling Financial Goals
Sameer Joshi, Chief Agency Officer, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance In this digital age, where information is at our fingertips, why should one buy life insurance from agents? As we embark on a new year filled with promises, resolutions, and aspirations, we often have a...
Govt, exporters, shippers discuss Red Sea crisis; commerce ministry asks FIEO to share specific issues
The exporting community has urged the commerce ministry to intervene in freight rates as the shippers are charging huge amounts.High freight rates are impacting the exporting community. We are at dis-advantageous position as compared to countries which are not getting...
Climate change drives world to first 12-month spell over 1.5C
Already 2023 was the planet's hottest year in global records going back to 1850, as human-caused climate change and El Nino, the weather pattern that warms the surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean, pushed temperatures higher "We are heading towards a...
LIC becomes fifth most valuable firm as stocks soar, GIC Re and New India hit record high
The company's market valuation went up by Rs 38,740.62 crore to Rs 6,99,702.87 crore. With this, the company became the fifth most valued firm by market capitalisation (mcap), beating ICICI Bank Mumbai: Though the sock market slided on Thursday , shares of Life...
Par panel asks ministries to work on mechanism to check virtual accounts misuse
The panel said that while being briefed about the various modes of cyber frauds, the MHA representatives submitted that a virtual account was one such issue that fraudsters were using for committing frauds. It was further submitted that these virtual accounts were...
Fosun said to revive sale of Hong Kong’s $1 billion Peak Re
Founded in 2012, Peak Re focuses on insurance including property and casualty, and life and health, its website shows. It has more than 580 clients across 60 markets in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. Fosun International Ltd. has...