Welcome to My Blog
Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebar
SC asks Centre to consider enhancing compensation in hit-and-run accidents
The bench noted that in the last five years, there were 660 deaths in hit and run cases and 113 injury cases, while only 205 claims were received under the Scheme during the financial year 2022-23 New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to consider...
In Asia and the Pacific, GDP is estimated to have grown by 4.3 per cent in 2023. Reopenings of the economy from COVID-19 restrictions, including the removal of lockdown measures in China, contributed to stronger growth in 2023 (compared with 3.9 per cent in 2022). In...
Global unemployment to rise in 2024, and growing inequalities cause for concern: ILO report
Despite quickly declining after 2020, the number of workers living in extreme poverty (earning less than US$2.15 per person per day in purchasing power parity terms) grew by about 1 million in 2023. the number of workers living in moderate poverty (earning less than...
Nagaland’s population likely to be 23.67 lakh by 2030: govt
The importance and requirement of the district-wise population is for planning and policy formulation for distribution or allocation of funds for development purposes or for development of infrastructure like roads, electricity, hospitals, schools, etc for...
Ahead of IPO, Medi Assist mobilises Rs 351 crore from anchor investors
Those who participated in the anchor bidding include Goldman Sachs, Nomura, Jupiter India Fund, Pinebridge Global Funds, SBI Life Insurance Company, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company, and Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Company New Delhi: Medi Assist Healthcare...
Not every fingerprint is unique, reveals AI
It’s a well-accepted fact in the forensics community that fingerprints of different fingers of the same person are unique, and therefore, unmatchable. “This discovery is an example of more surprising things to come from AI,” said Hod Lipson New York: Engineers from...
Number of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 cases crosses 1,000 mark in India
Data compiled by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) showed that Karnataka has reported the highest number of 214 cases among the 16 states and UTs, followed by Andhra Pradesh (189), Maharashtra (170), Kerala (154), Goa (90), Tamil Nadu (88) and...
How Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea are affecting global trade
In fact, 40% of Asia-Europe trade normally goes through the area, including a huge amount of energy supplies like oil and diesel fuel for import-dependent Europe, said John Stawpert, senior manager of environment and trade for the International Chamber of Shipping,...
Crude oil prices rise after US, UK attack Houthis
The Houthis attack is forcing ships to take a far longer route around Africa and can cause insurance costs to rocket. Companies can pass on the increased cost of moving their goods to consumers, raising prices again at a time when governments around the world have...
Odisha govt asks docs to write prescription, post mortem report in proper handwriting
“In many cases, the casual approach of most of the doctors while writing the post- mortem report is affecting the comprehension medico-legal documents badly and the judicial system finds it very difficult to read those letters and come to a definite conclusion,” the...
LIC receives IT refund of Rs 25,464 crore relating to interim bonus
For LIC, this is second time in recent years large IT refund has happened. Earlier it had received a IT refund of Rs 6000 crore Mumbai: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) said it has received an income tax refund of Rs 25,464 crore relating to interim bonus to...
Investors richer by Rs 6.88 lakh cr in 4 days; mcap of BSE-listed cos at new peak of Rs 373 lakh cr
"Noteworthy is the fact that this upward surge remained resilient amid mixed global cues on account of higher-than-expected US inflation and positive job data, which tempered expectations for an imminent rate cut by the US Fed," said Vinod Nair, Head of Research,...
HDFC Life Q3 profit rises 16% to Rs 365 crore
Vibha Padalkar,MD & CEO, HDFC Life On the Irdai plans to massively hike the surrender value of policies mid-way, Padilkar said that conceptually she agrees with the proposal, as policyholders should not be losing their money if on surrender. However, the industry...
Asia’s richest person re-joins $100 billion club as stock surges
Mukesh Ambani, chairman, Reliance Industries Ambani, Reliance’s chairman, owns 42% of the company, which has businesses in the energy, telecommunications and retail sectors, among others. Its shares have climbed 22% from a low in October after the firm reported a jump...
Max Life ventures into the United Arab Emirates
Prashant Tripathy, CEO and Managing Director, Max Life said “ With our presence in Dubai, we are not only extending our reach to the Gulf region and enhancing our brand awareness, but also bridging the geographical gap to ensure that our NRI customers experience a...
Higher shipping freight rates to offset costs of re-routing from Suez:Fitch
The Red Sea disruptions amplify the impact on global trade from the Panama Canal congestion, caused by drought conditions that have almost halved the number of vessels using the waterway. Bulkers carrying agricultural commodities and tankers are most affected by the...
London mayor says Brexit has cost UK over $178 billion so far
Britain's National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) estimated in November that Brexit had reduced the size of the economy by 2%-3%, with the impact expected to rise to 5%-6% by 2035 LONDON: Britain's departure from the European Union has reduced the...
Govt cracking down on firms making false eco-friendly claims on products
All environmental claims shall be backed by verifiable evidence, and while making disclosures in relation to environmental claims, data from research shall not be cherry picked to highlight only favourable observations while obscuring others that are unfavourable New...