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The attractiveness of airborne missions on Mars has been amply demonstrated by the Ingenuity helicopter, which landed on the Red Planet in February 2021 attached to the belly of NASA's Mars Perseverance rover Washington: US space agency NASA has proposed to develop a...
US re/insurance broker Lockton sets up operation in India
Sources point out that some of the employees of Aditya Birla Insurance Brokers, whose acquisition by a private equity fund -Samara Capital- has not been approved by the Indian insurance regulator IRDAI yet, have also joined Lockton’s India operation Singapore: US...
Panda to address 2-day Bima Manthan for insurers
Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI The 2-day meet on Jan 23rd and 25th will be participated by CEOs of life and general insurance industry respectively Hyderabad: Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI, will be addressing the last Bima Manthan meet of FY 2023-24 on Thursday in...
India records 203 fresh Covid cases, two deaths in 24 hours
Two deaths -- one each in Kerala and Maharashtra -- have been reported in 24 hours, according to the data updated at 8 am New Delhi: India reported a single-day rise of 203 Covid cases while the active caseload was recorded at 2,034, the Union Health Ministry said on...
Spanish court rules Facebook moderator suffered work-related mental trauma
It is the first time in Spain that a court has recognized a content moderator’s sick leave was caused by their job, said Francesc Feliu, the worker’s lawyer who is also representing around 20 other former and current content moderators at CCC on similar legal grounds...
Near record jump in CO2 emissions expected in 2024 risks climate goal
The jump is the result human-induced pollution, plus the El Niño weather pattern, which weakens the ability of the world’s natural carbon sinks to absorb CO2, according to a forecast by the UK’s Met Office Carbon dioxide emissions are on track for one of the biggest...
Hedge funds rake in huge profits betting on catastrophe risk
The best hedge fund strategy of 2023 was a bet on insurance-linked securities (of which catastrophe bonds are the dominant sub-category), which generated over 14%, according to Preqin, a consultancy that provides data on the alternative asset management industry....
MHA think tank alerts against ‘hijack’, sextortion, impersonation scams on WhatsApp
The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) has identified seven types of such frauds that includes tricking through missed calls, video calls, in the name of job offers and investment plans, impersonation, hijacking and screen share New Delhi: A police think...
Sanlam banks on India as its home market reels
Paul Hanratty,Chief Executive Officer, Sanlam “If you ask where our real short-term upside is, it’s India. We’ve got a great business with them, growing tremendously. That is our fast-growth outlet” Paul Hanratty, 62 Sanlam Ltd., Africa’s biggest insurer, is banking...
Sitting at work for long? 15-30 mins of extra exercise can cut high death risk
The study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, suggests that reducing prolonged sitting in the workplace and/or increasing the volume or intensity of daily physical activity may be beneficial in mitigating the elevated risks of all-cause mortality and...
Only zero-emission cars can help tackle air pollution, reduce oil imports: Tata Motors
Shailesh Chandra, MD of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles and Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Chandra noted that around 45-50 per cent of its EV customers in Rajasthan and Gujarat were using rooftop solar units to charge their cars thus utilising renewable sources of...
Yet to finalise mechanism for regulating cryptocurrencies: Centre to SC
A bench of justices Surya Kant and K.V. Viswanathan was told by Additional Solicitor General Vikramjit Banerjee, appearing for the Centre, that the issues related to the digital currency are continuously evolving and the government is deliberating on the mechanism to...
Russian charter flight with 6 people disappears over Afghanistan; crash reported
Russian aviation authorities said in a statement the plane was a charter ambulance flight traveling from India, via Uzbekistan to Moscow on a French-made Dassault Falcon 10 jet manufactured in 1978 Russian aviation authorities said on Sunday a Russian-registered...
Zuckerberg’s firms fined $2.8bn for wrongful user data processing in last 4 yrs: Report
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook "The fines levied on Meta are mainly based on the requirement for companies to store data in the country where it is collected rather than permitting unrestricted movement to global data centres," the report said New Delhi: Mark...
Power capacity from non-fossil fuels to touch 65% by 2030: Minister
“We have about 99 GW of renewable energy capacity under construction and around 32 GW of renewables under bidding stage. We shall be bidding around 40 – 50 GW of renewable capacity every year'' Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy R. K. Singh New Delhi:...
GenAI-based tools to write 70% of software tests by 2028
"The Asia-Pacific market for generative AI assisted software development, including code generation, user interface, testing, and other use cases, is rapidly growing. China, India, and Japan are investing significantly on this to enhance software testing...
Who really invented Butter Chicken and Dal Makhani? Delhi HC to decide
The case was heard by a bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula, who issued summons to the owners of Daryaganj, directing them to file a written response to the suit within a month. Additionally, he issued notice on Moti Mahal's application for an interim injunction,...
“NSDC is looking to expand its involvement in the Indian Insurance sector”
Ved Mani Tiwari, CEO, National Skill Development Development Council National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), set up by Ministry of Finance as Public Private Partnership (PPP) model, acts as a catalyst in skill development by providing funding to enterprises,...