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El Nino, characterised by elevated ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific, has the potential to trigger a range of extreme weather events, including wildfires, tropical cyclones, and prolonged droughts. This naturally occurring phenomenon is...
12 lakh affected by Assam floods this year: Minister
More than 23,000 houses in 3,335 villages in 109 revenue circles have been affected Guwahati: Over 12 lakh people have been affected by floods in Assam this year, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Jogen Mohan said in the state assembly on Friday. He said the...
“More than one lakh Ayushman Cards made through Ayushman app in two days,” Mansukh Mandaviya
President Droupadi Murmu said the health services through the three components of Ayushman Bhav- Ayushman - Apke Dwar 3.0, Ayushman Melas at Health and Wellness Centres (HWC) and Community Health Clinics (CHC) and Ayushman Sabhas in every village and panchayat will...
TikTok fined 345 million euros over handling of children’s data in Europe
It is the first time ByteDance-owned TikTok has been reprimanded by the DPC, the lead regulator in the EU for many of the world's top tech firms due to the location of their regional headquarters in Ireland Dublin: TikTok has been fined 345 million euros ($370...
Existing rules on mandatory insurance cover, helmets on 2-wheelers applicable to electric vehicles, HC
“As the relevant provisions of the MV Act and Central Motor Vehicles (CMV) Rules are already applicable to EVs, specifically pertaining to mandatory insurance cover, wearing of headgear on two-wheelers and penal provisions for non-compliance of the provisions, this...
Earth’s warmest August saw 65 countries set record high temperatures: Report
Berkeley Earth, which focuses on environmental data science and analysis, said last month was the warmest August since records began to be kept in 1850, with "particularly warm conditions" prevailing in parts of India, Japan, North Atlantic, Eastern Equatorial...
SBI General appoints Jitendra Attra as CFO
SBI General Insurance today announced the appointment of Jitendra Attra as its new chief financial officer (CFO). A chartered accountant, his extensive professional background over two decades includes key roles at Zuno General Insurance, Munich Re, SBI Life...
Chubb launches Lloyd’s Lithium Battery consortium
The consortium was created to address a lack of capacity in the marine cargo market for providing lithium battery transit and stock insurance. It provides a one-stop solution with limits up to $50 million for risk types associated with lithium batteries including...
Climate change undermining world’s SDG progress, science central to solutions: WMO report
Ninety per cent of deaths and 60 per cent of economic losses from extreme weather events between 1970 and 2021 occurred in developing economies, severely undermining sustainable development, the report said Climate change is hugely undermining global efforts in...
AXA XL appoints Anthony Dagostino as global chief cyber underwriting officer for commercial lines
Anthony Dagostino “Cybersecurity continues to be a top risk management concern for clients across AXA. Cyber is a strategic growth area for the group''Libby Benet, AXA XL’s chief underwriting officer New York: AXA XL today announced the appointment of Anthony...
Superbugs Are ‘Dangerously High’ Threat in Greece, India, Turkey
The ballooning calamity would leave more patients without effective cures for pneumonia, bloodstream infections and a range of other illnesses Drug-resistant microbes exact a heavy toll: They claim 79,000 lives a year across 34 OECD and EU/EEA countries and ratchet up...
Climate change takes heavy toll on mental health in Bangladesh
As Bangladesh faces worsening climate change impacts on a warming planet - from droughts and floods to sea level rise and storms - health professionals and organisations in the country are increasingly concerned about deteriorating mental health. Extreme weather and...
World Bank to fund Odisha to increase social protection, disaster resilience
This Externally Aided Project will augment government efforts in areas such as increasing coverage and scale-up of an adaptive social protection system, disaster risk management planning and programmes through the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA),...
Bank of England tells UK to hold insurers to account on infrastructure
Britain is rolling back capital rules for insurers from later this year and the industry has said this would make available up to 100 billion pounds to invest in infrastructure, but some lawmakers have doubts this will actually be the case The government should check...
Fly responsibly? Airlines face a storm over climate claims
In June, European consumer rights body BEUC lodged a complaint at the European Commission against 17 airlines, alleging they use terms such as “sustainable,” “responsible” and “green” deceptively “The reason we picked airlines is probably because it’s one of the most...
Nipah: Kerala to test samples of all persons in ‘high-risk’ contact list
State Health Minister Veena George said that there are 14 persons in isolation who don't have any epidemiological link with the persons who died of the Nipah virus The Kerala government on Thursday decided to take body-fluid samples of all of those who are on the...
Unmarried, widowed daughter entitled to deceased father’s estate not divorced daughter: HC
"An unmarried or widowed daughter is recognized to have a claim in the estate of the deceased, but a 'divorced daughter' does not feature in the category of dependents entitled to maintenance," a bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Neena Bansal Krishna said New...
Govt not planning to levy any tax on diesel vehicles: Nitin Gadkari
Nitin Gadkari ,union minister, Ministry of road, transport and highway "I am not against diesel fuel and neither we are going to levy any tax on diesel vehicles," Gadkari told CNBC-TV18. On September 12, speaking at the annual convention of automobile manufacturers...