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Approximately 66 per cent of individuals in India are exposed to extreme flood events; however, only 33 per cent of them are covered by flood EWS. Moreover, 25 per cent of the Indian population is exposed to cyclones and their impacts, but cyclone warnings are...
Allianz US unit ordered to pay $6 billion in securities fraud case
US District Judge Colleen McMahon imposed the sentence Wednesday in Manhattan on Allianz Global Investors US, which had agreed to the payout last year when it pleaded guilty to a single criminal charge of securities fraud as part of a deal with federal prosecutors. It...
US to decide whether to OK GM self-driving car deployment plan
The petition filed in February 2022 seeks government approval to deploy vehicles annually without steering wheels, mirrors, turn signals or windshield wipers A top U.S. auto safety official said Wednesday regulators will soon decide on a petition filed by General...
China issues temporary rules for generative AI services
The Cyberspace Administration of China, which released the set of rules on its website, said that service providers will need to conduct security assessments and perform algorithm filing procedures before product launches. The measures will go into effect on Aug. 15...
Russia’s flagship crude oil surpasses G-7 price cap for first time
For some buyers of the Russian flagship crude, the breaching of the cap poses an immediate headache. This is especially true in India, a market that has sustained Russian exports but where some purchasers are still reliant on key Western services to keep imports...
UK polluters to face unlimited fines to protect environment
“We are scrapping the cap on civil penalties and significantly broadening their scope to target a much wider range of offenses – from breaches of storm overflow permits to the reckless disposal of hazardous waste,” Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey said Polluters...
EU Widens Probe of Suicide Risks Linked to Weight-Loss Drugs
The European Medicines Agency said Monday that it was looking at three adverse events in connection with Ozempic and Saxenda after receiving reports from the Icelandic Medicines Agency. Two cases of suicidal thoughts were reported to the EMA relating to the drugs,...
Chinese hackers breached unclassified govt email by foiling Microsoft security: US officials:
The hack was disclosed late Tuesday by Microsoft in a blog post. It said it was alerted to the breach, which it blamed on a state-backed, espionage-focused Chinese hacking group "known to target government agencies in Western Europe," on June 16. Microsoft said the...
Hunger afflicts one in ten globally, UN report finds
In addition to rising hunger, the capacity of people to access healthy diets also deteriorated across the world. More than 3.1 billion people globally unable to afford a healthy diet in 2021, the report issued jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),...
Costs to cut risk of sickle cell disease beyond reach of most in India: Lancet Commission
“Whereas the majority of major causes of death are decreasing, the number of deaths due to sickle cell disease is increasing globally,” said chair of the Commission, Frederic Piel from Imperial College London. UK New Delhi: The costs required to reduce the risk of...
Ground beneath us is heating up, civil infra not designed for it: Study
"The ground is deforming as a result of temperature variations, and no existing civil structure or infrastructure is designed to withstand these variations," said Northwestern University's Alessandro Rotta Loria, an assistant professor of civil and environmental...
NIA targets 12% top-line growth and 5% reduction in combined ratio in FY’ 24: Kapur
Neerja Kapur, CMD, NIA ``Our future strategy is to increase the return on equity, expand our market share, leverage benefits of economies of scale driven by growth, rationalisation of operating offices, maintaining healthy solvency margin and increasing digital...
Tangirala joins IRDA and LIC as govt’s nominee
The government has nominated M. P. Tangirala, additional secretary, Department of Financial Services, as as part-time member of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India as well as director on the board of the Life Insurance Corporation with...
Life insurers’ Q1 new business premium collections decline 0.9 pc: Report
Among total collections in the first quarter, private players grew 10.6 per cent to Rs 28,167.7 crore year-on-year from Rs 25,473.5 crore, when it grew by 48.8 per cent Mumbai: Life insurers collectively witnessed a 0.9 per cent decline in the first quarter new...