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That phenomenon — known as subsidence — has become worse in the UK after last year’s drought and a deadly heat wave that pushed temperatures past 40C (104F) in July 2022 to record levels The damage has triggered the highest insurance payout in almost two decades, with...
Robots say they won’t steal jobs, rebel against humans
In the world’s first human-robot press conference, they gave mixed responses on whether they should submit to stricter regulation The nine humanoid robots gathered at the ‘AI for Good’ conference in Geneva, where organizers are seeking to make the case for artificial...
Max Life partners with DCB Bank to offer life solutions
Max Life Insurance Company Ltd. has announced its partnership with DCB Bank for providing a variety of life insurance products to the bank's customers, including term, savings, and retirement plans, allowing them to protect their financialfuture and expand their...
Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance launches term plan
Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance has launched Zindagi Protect, a term insurance plan that offering three optional benefits – child’s future protect benefit, better half benefit, and premium break benefit. Subhrajit Mukhopadhyay, executive director, Edelweiss Tokio Life...
Inflow in equity mutual funds hit 3-month high at Rs 8,637 cr in June on NFO push
In comparison, equity mutual funds logged an inflow of Rs 3,240 crore in May and Rs 6,480 crore in April. Before that, the number was Rs 20,534 crore in March, data released by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) showed on Monday Mumbai: Strong inflow in...
Allianz ropes in AIG’s Christian Sandric as commercial managing director Asia
Christian Sandric In Asia, Allianz is targeting significant growth opportunities across the full Commercial segment which entails mid-sized companies, large multinational corporations and specialty business leveraging its extensive geographical network, enhanced...
India to be the 6th largest insurance market by 2032, life market more promising than non-life: Swiss Re report
With $131 billion of total premium in 2022, currently, India is the 10th largest market in the world where US, China and UK are the top three largest markets India's life insurance premium market, with a premium of $100 billion, that has grown by 8.2 per cent in 2022...
Rain fury: Situation grim in Punjab’s Patiala, Rajpura thermal power plant shut down
Floodwaters entered the premises of the Rajpura Thermal Power Plant here, leading to the shutdown of one of its 700 MW units, they said Patiala: Punjab's Patiala district was reeling under a flood-like situation following heavy monsoon rainfall, with authorities...
Tata AIA Life Insurance launches `Small Cap Discovery Fund’
Tata AIA Life Insurance (Tata AIA), has launched its first dedicated Small-Cap fund, Tata AIA Small Cap Discovery Fund. The New Fund will offer policyholders the opportunity to generate capital appreciation in the long-term by investing in small-cap market...
Investment in Indian startups in H1 2023 lowest in last four years: PwC India
''The Indian startup ecosystem reported the lowest six-month funding in the last four years in H1CY23 at USD 3.8 billion across 298 deals - a decline of nearly 36 per cent as compared to H2 CY22 (USD 5.9 billion). Fintech, SAAS and D2C continued to be the most funded...
FM asks banks to adopt robust risk management practices and mitigating cyber security risks
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Some of the challenges highlighted during the meeting between Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and heads of public sector banks included the declining share of market share in terms of advances, and low-cost deposit mobilisation...
Flood warning in Delhi after Haryana discharges over 1 lakh cusecs of water into Yamuna
Northwest India has seen incessant rainfall over the last two days, with many areas in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan recording ''heavy to very heavy'' precipitation This has resulted in overflowing rivers, creeks and drains that...
Deep sleep found to be key to regulating blood sugar
The researcher said that being a modifiable lifestyle factor, sleep could be used in high blood sugar and Type 2 diabetes treatment Another study says exercise has a positive effect on blood sugar levels in people with Type 2 diabetes. An increased responsiveness of...
Evidence of superbug found in Delhi’s stray dogs
"Dogs are common pets. Even though C. auris was only found in stray dogs in this study, there are many stray dogs in many parts of the world. These dogs could act as transmission vehicles for C. auris to reach other animals and and humans," said Jianping Xu, a...
UP Govt to install defibrillators in offices, malls for patients with cardiac problems
Sudden cardiac arrest refers to the sudden cessation of heartbeats. In India, approximately 7 lakh deaths occur annually due to cardiac arrest. In emergency situations, people are unable to provide immediate assistance to the patient, and by the time medical help...
Govt plans to hire agency to estimate actual size of digital economy
MeitY had earlier published a report titled 'India's Trillion Dollar Digital Opportunity' which identifies 30 digital themes ranging from IT infrastructure, software capabilities and healthcare education to next-generation financial services New Delhi: The government...
New GST rules on anvil; biz may have to explain discrepancy in ITC claims
In cases where the difference in tax liability declared in GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B exceeds the specified threshold of Rs 25 lakh and 20 per cent, the businesses are required to explain the reason for discrepancy or deposit the taxes. New Delhi: The GST Council is likely to...