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LIC intends to set up office in GIFT City during this financial year
"We are going to open our branch very soon in the GIFT City. It should happen during the current financial year itself. This will enhance our foreign operations," LIC Chairman Siddhartha Mohanty . New Delhi: Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is planning to open office...
Use of social media among youth is linked with unhealthy behaviours
The strongest evidence of harm was seen when individuals were exposed to risky health behaviour content on social media, such as alcohol advertisements, especially when it came to alcohol consumption and poor eating Researchers found that youths who use social media...
Strong quake in Philippines triggers tsunami warnings and evacuations
The U.S. Tsunami Warning System, which initially warned of waves of up to 3 metres (10 feet) above the usual high tide level, later said there was no longer a tsunami threat The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Phivolcs, maintained that the risk of...
Festive demand, better production lead to highest-ever November PV wholesales
''It is the highest-ever November wholesale figure for the passenger vehicle segment,'' Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Senior Executive Officer (Marketing and Sales) Shashank Srivastava told reporters in a virtual call New Delhi: Passenger vehicle (PV) dispatches rose to...
India’s emission intensity reduced by 33 per cent between 2005 and 2019: Govt report
Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said that India reduced its GDP emission intensity by 33 per cent between 2005 and 2019, achieving the target 11 years in advance. India created an additional carbon sink of 1.97 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent during this period...
Govt has no plans to table `The Insurance Bill, 2023 during Winter Session of Parliament
``By all means, the fate of the `The Insurance Bill, 2023’ is now sealed and it depends upon the next government, which will be in place by June 2024, to take a call on this legislative document,’’ said government sources New Delhi: Any hope of `The...
LIC amends norms for inclusion of shareholders’ directors on its board
The person elected as a shareholders' director would be appointed by the board for a term of 4 years and eligible for re-election and re-appointment for another term of 4 years, it added New Delhi: State-owned insurer LIC on Saturday said it has amended a framework to...
Attacks on doctors, nurses becoming trend in Bengal: Governor
CV Ananda Bose, Governor,West Bengal The Governor said that this trend of attacks on doctors, nurses and other hospital staff by aggrieved friends and relations of the patients should be checked at any cost Kolkata: Physical harassment and assaults on doctors, nurses...
Over 120 countries back COP28 UAE Climate and Health Declaration
"The climate crisis is a health crisis, but for too long, health has been a footnote in climate discussions," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization Dubai: Over 120 countries backed the COP28 UAE Declaration on Climate and Health...
World Bank to boost climate financing share to 45%, broaden climate debt clauses
World Bank President Ajay Banga also said that the World Bank would broaden the scope of Climate Resilient Debt Clauses in its loans to cover all existing World Bank loans for the most vulnerable countries. The clauses provide for a suspension of repayments in the...
Government bans “dark patterns” on ecommerce platforms; notifies guidelines
The notified guidelines will ensure clarity in the minds of all stakeholders -- buyers, sellers, marketplaces and regulators - as to what is not acceptable as unfair trading practices, the latter being liable under the Consumer Protection Act, Consumer Affairs...
Kenya could lose up to 7.25% of GDP to climate change, World Bank says
Kenya could lose up to 7.25% of economic output by 2050 if it does not take strong action to adapt to climate change and mitigate its effects, the World Bank said on Friday. Like other so-called frontier economies, the East African nation has been suffering from the...
Europe agrees on rules to protect smart devices from cyber threats
Manufacturers will have to assess the cybersecurity risks of their products, provide declarations of conformity and take appropriate action to fix problems during the expected lifetime of the product or for at least five years EU countries and EU lawmakers on Thursday...
India turns to coal as hydro generation falls
Coal satisfied 80% of electricity demand up from 73% a year earlier, while the hydro share fell to 9% from more than 15% LONDON: India produced a record amount of electricity from coal in October to make up for a shortfall in hydro generation following...
Meta is expanding child safety measures as government and press reports mount
"Predators don't limit their attempts to harm children to online spaces, so it's vital that we work together to stop predators and prevent child exploitation," the company said in a statement late on Friday New Delhi: Amid an increased scrutiny over the alleged...
Steps being taken to embrace AI for cutting edge medical research: DGAFMS
Explaining how the centre will work, Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) Lieutenant General Daljit Singh said, “Be it chest X-ray, CT scan, MRI, the images will be put together in a database. Suppose, there is no radiologist available but there is...
Pfizer is sued by Texas over COVID vaccine claims
"Pfizer intentionally misrepresented the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine and censored persons who threatened to disseminate the truth in order to facilitate fast adoption of the product and expand its commercial opportunity," the complaint said Pfizer has been sued...
134 countries sign declaration to address global emissions, protect farmer lives
The 134 signatory countries to the Declaration are home to over 5.7 billion people and almost 500 million farmers, produce 70 per cent of the food, and are responsible for 76 percent all emissions from global food systems or 25 per cent of total emissions globally...