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The fund will co-invest in a portfolio of about 100 loans targeting the energy, financial and agribusiness sectors to help developing countries meet three SDGs – boosting economic growth, equality, and fighting climate change Allianz Global Investors and Dutch...
Indonesian court papers reveal chain of events that led to cough syrup deaths
Cough syrup contamination in several mostly developing countries has sparked criminal investigations, lawsuits and a surge in regulatory scrutiny worldwide Indonesian court documents have revealed for the first time the chain of events that led to toxic ingredients...
US warns of evolving threats to ships sailing in Red Sea
Most insurers already charge extra premiums for sailing through those waters and those charges could increase further if the attacks continue, according to Munro Anderson, head of operations at Vessel Protect, a specialist marine war risks underwriter A spate of...
US, Britain, other countries ink agreement to make AI ‘secure by design’
The agreement is non-binding and carries mostly general recommendations such as monitoring AI systems for abuse, protecting data from tampering and vetting software suppliers The United States, Britain and more than a dozen other countries on Sunday unveiled what a...
Govt disconnects 70 lakh mobile involved in financial frauds: DFS Secretary
Vivek Joshi, Secretary, Department of Financial Services About Rs 900 crore of defrauded money has been saved, benefitting 3.5 lakh victims, an official statement said New Delhi: To check digital frauds, the government has disconnected 70 lakh mobile numbers so far...
Rising heat stress poses grave occupational health risk for workers in Tamil Nadu Study
The workers reported symptoms of heat strain, dehydration, and urinary tract infection symptoms, likely due to excessive sweating, lack of toilet access and limited water consumption during their shifts. Of particular concern is the impact of heat stress on kidney...
Impact of climate change on health takes centre stage at COP28: WHO
7 million premature deaths annually are attributed to air pollution The health community recognizes the role health systems play in contributing to emissions, and advocates for greening the health sector. This involves decarbonizing health systems, digitalizing...
Automobile retail sales soar to record high in festive season this year: FADA
''Record-breaking sales were reported in several categories, with rural areas particularly contributing to the surge in two-wheeler purchases,'' Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) President Manish Raj Singhania said New Delhi: Driven by robust...
HDFC Life sets a Guinness world records™ title for its ‘Insure India’ campaign
HDFC Life has officially set a new Guinness World Records™ title for creating the largest online selfie mosaic made from 19,097 photos clicked by individuals for the ‘Insure India’ campaign. HDFC Life launched the ‘Insure India’ campaign to raise awareness on the...
Net zero goal calls for USD 5 trillion in annual green investments: IMF
Of the 50 per cent cut to emissions needed by 2030 to stay on track for the 1.5-degree target, more than 80 per cent can be achieved from technologies available today. Getting to net zero by 2050 will, however, require technologies that are still under development or...
Health experts decry New Zealand’s scrapping of world-first tobacco ban
The package of measures would have seen bans on selling tobacco to anyone born after Jan. 1, 2009, reduced the amount of nicotine allowed in smoked tobacco products and cut the number of retailers able to sell tobacco by over 90%. They marked some of the toughest...
Haryana formulates scheme for financial assistance to stage III, IV cancer patients
All age group stage III and IV patients will be eligible under the scheme, and patients whose family income is less than Rs 3 lakh per annum, except the amount of other social security pension schemes, will be eligible, it said Chandigarh: To lessen the financial...
Sitharaman to address global reinsurance meet in Mumbai on Thursday, to promote India as a global reinsurance hub
The power packed event will be addressed by Vivek Joshi, secretary, Department of Financial Services, Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI, K. Rajaraman, chairperson, IFSCA, Hasmukh Adhia, chairman, GIFT City, Siddhartha Mohanty, chairman, Life Insurance Corporation New...
Spiraling climate costs make insurance unaffordable for some Australians
Over a million households now face home insurance affordability stress, As a growing number of people dump or scale back their insurance, a “protection gap” is emerging, said Andrew Hall, head of the Insurance Council of Australia Increasing numbers of Australians are...
High-dose Covid treatment less effective in India than Europe: Lancet study
''Our analysis suggests higher dose dexamethasone may have less beneficial effects for patients in India as compared with those in Europe; however, the evidence is weak, and this could represent a chance finding,'' the authors of the study noted A higher dose of the...
LIC keen to keep part of its stake in IDBI Bank to reap benefit of bancassurance
''We have made it clear that IDBI Bank is our number one partner in bancassurance. We will retain the some stake in IDBI Bank so that the bancassurance partnership continues,'' LIC Chairman Siddhartha Mohanty said Mumbai: State-owned LIC, promoter of IDBI Bank, has...
S&P ups India’s FY’24 growth forecast to 6.4 pc on robust domestic momentum
The US-based rating agency, however, has cut growth estimates for the next fiscal (2024-25) to 6.4 per cent, as it expects growth to slow in the second half (October-March) of the current fiscal, on higher base impact and subdued global growth New Delhi: S&P...
SC expresses satisfaction over steps taken to prevent lumpy skin disease in cattle
The bench was hearing two separate petitions, including the one filed by a social and animal activist who had sought a direction to the Centre and others to pass a law for the protection of cattle and saving them from lumpy skin disease New Delhi: The Supreme Court...