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The deadly blast at a furnace run by PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel — which is controlled by the Chinese group — has triggered a police investigation and a halt to the firm’s operations. Tsingshan is the world’s biggest nickel producer and one of Indonesia’s...
Japan asks four non-life insurers to stop anti-competitive business practices
The order was issued to Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance, Sompo Japan Insurance, Tokio Marine & Nichido and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance.The four had been asked to report to the regulator on whether they engaged in prior consultations with each other when preparing...
LIC wants more investment avenues, ‘in active discussion’ with RBI for access to debt data via CRILIC: Chairman
Siddhartha Mohanty,chairman,Life Insurance Corporation According to the LIC chairman, so far as investment scope for insurance companies are concerned, it is highly regulated. So, new asset class should also be allowed, like your sovereign gold bond, equity...
About 60 hospitalised in India after ammonia leak at fertiliser plant
The leak took place when Coromandel's fertiliser manufacturing unit was preparing to receive an ammonia shipment through its 2.5 kilometre-long (1.5 mile) undersea pipeline. CHENNAI/BENGALURU: About 60 people have been hospitalised after an ammonia leak from a...
India records six Covid-19 deaths, 692 new cases in 24 hrs; total active caseload at 4,097
A total of 109 cases of the JN.1 sub-variant have been detected in India until Wednesday, as per Health Ministry sources New Delhi: India records six Covid-19 deaths, 692 new cases in 24 hrs; total active caseload at 4,097India recorded 692 fresh cases of COVID-19 in...
Govt asks platforms not to carry ads of fraudulent loan apps; seeks swift removal of such apps
''One of the areas we are now cracking down on is advertising of fraudulent loan apps that many platforms are carrying and we have, through yesterday's advisory, made it clear that no intermediary can carry advertisements of fraudulent loan apps because it will be...
Fraud cases in banking sector rises in first half of FY24: RBI report
With the adoption of new technology, it said, the risks of cyberattacks, data breaches and operational failures have also increased. Frauds lead to reputational, operational and business risk for banks and undermine customers' trust in the banking system with...
CCI clears Hinduja group owned entities’ acquisition of controlling stake in Reliance Capital
Reliance Capital's subsidiaries and associates are engaged in various businesses in the financial service sector including insurance New Delhi: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved acquisition of controlling stake in Reliance Capital Ltd by Hinduja...
New York Times sues Microsoft, Open AI over copyright infringement
OpenAI has faced criticism for scraping text widely from the web to train its popular chatbot since it debuted a year ago, and this is the first lawsuit by a major media organization challenging the practice. The startup has sought licensing deals with publishers,...
Indian general insurers see record underwriting losses of Rs31,810 crore in Fy 2022-23, PSU general insurers shut 1,148 offices
The public sector insurers' underwriting losses, with OIC's largest losses of Rs 7,500 crore, constituted 77 per cent of non-life industry losses amounting to Rs 25,317 crore and remaining by private sector insurers amounting to Rs 8,699 crore, said Irda's annual...
Arsenic and fluoride in groundwater: NGT issues notices to 24 states, 4 UTs
The report stated that arsenic was detected in groundwater in parts of 230 districts across 25 states while fluoride was found in some pockets of 469 districts in 27 states, the tribunal noted in a recent order New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has issued notices...
Indian life insurers’ net profit zoom 500 % to Rs 42,788 cr, lower claim settlement ratio at 98.45% in FY 2022-23
During 2022-23, the life insurance industry recorded premium income of Rs 7.83 lakh crore registering 12.98 per cent growth De-growth of 2.21 per cent in the number of new policies issued Benefits paid on account of surrenders /withdrawals increased by 25.62 per cent...
Indian insurance penetration falls marginally to 4% in FY 2022-23: Irdai report
The country’s insurance penetration has fallen as the insurance penetration of domestic life insurance sector is reduced from 3.2 per cent in 2021-22 to 3 per cent in 2022-23 and the same for non-life Insurance sector remained at 1 per cent in both these years, said...
LIC board clears proposal to setup branch office in GIFT City
Many insurers have set up operations in the GIFT City. HDFC Life International, India First Life and Tata AIA Life have already ventured into the City while SUD Life, ICICI Pru Life Insurance, Care Health and Star Health Insurance have sought licenses to operate from...
Centre issues advisory to social media intermediaries with focus on curbing deepfakes
"A formal advisory has been issued incorporating the ‘agreed to’ procedures to ensure that users on these platforms do not violate the prohibited content in Rule 3(1)(b)," Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandradekhar said New Delhi: The government on...
No one wants used EVs, making new ones a tougher sell too
The problems are expected to intensify in 2024, when many of the 1.2 million EVs sold in Europe in 2021 will come off their three-year leasing contracts and enter the second-hand market. How companies tackle this problem will be key for their bottom lines, consumer...
Hapag-Lloyd to decide on Wednesday about Red Sea routes
The world's top shipping firms, including Maersk and Hapag Lloyds, stopped transiting the Red Sea after Yemen's Houthi militant group starting targeting vessels earlier in December, disrupting global trade through the Suez Canal Germany's Hapag-Lloyd will decide on...
‘Will find attackers of merchant navy ships even from depths of seas’, says Defence Min Rajnath Singh
"The Indian government has taken the drone attack on MV Chem Pluto and attack on MV Sai Baba in the Red Sea seriously. We will find those who executed the recent attacks on merchant navy ships even from the depths of the seas and take strict action against them,"...