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90 per cent of COPD-related deaths were found to occur in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), despite these countries accounting for only 83 per cent of the global population India could face third highest economic burden of COPD from 2020-50: Lancet...
Average cost of data breach in India touches high of Rs 17.9 cr in 2023: IBM study
The most common attack type in India was phishing (almost 22 per cent), followed by stolen or compromised credentials (16 per cent). Social engineering was the costliest root cause of breaches at Rs 19.1 crore, followed by malicious insider threats, which amounted to...
Kotak Life’s tie-up with Muthoottu Mini to offer life insurance to retail customers
Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company Ltd (Kotak Life) announced its corporate agency tie-up with Muthoottu Mini Financiers Ltd. (Muthoottu Mini) to offer life insurance products to retail/individual customers. The tie-up will help thirty lakh customer base of...
Only 0.8% electric vehicles in country out of 34 crore vehicles registered
According to an official data, out of the total slightly over 34 crore vehicles registered with road transport ministry's e-vahan portal, as on July 14, 2023, only over 27 lakh vehicles were registered as electrical vehicles. Interestingly, apart from Delhi, Assam and...
This summer’s extreme heat would have been “virtually impossible” without climate change: Scientists
The international scientific project World Weather Attribution found that peak heat this July — with temperatures over 45C in Mexico and the western US, southern Europe and the lowlands of China — was made more likely and more severe by human-induced climate change...
Bandhan group to acquire Aegon life
Karni S Aaha, MD, Bandhan Financial Holdings, said, ``The acquisition of Aegon life provides us an opportunity to enhance our portfolio of products and services in the financial services sector.’’ Mumbai/Kolkata: After a year of search, the promoters of Aegon Life,...
TCS enters 10-year partnership with AIB Life, to support AIB’s Ireland operations
TCS will provide end-to-end administration, information technology and customer as well as claims handling services through its global delivery centre in Letterkenny, Donegal, the company said. New Delhi: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Monday said it has assisted...
Americans are moving toward climate danger in search of cheaper homes
Many Americans are actually choosing to move to Zip codes with a high risk of experiencing wildfire, heat, drought and flood, according to a new study on domestic migration by Redfin, an online real estate brokerage firm A midsummer quiz: Let’s say you read about an...
Govt to launch Ayushman Bhav prog to achieve 100% coverage of health schemes
The aim of Ayushman Melas would be to build awareness on healthy behaviours and provide early diagnosis through screening, comprehensive primary health care services with drugs and diagnostics, teleconsultation with health specialists, and appropriate referrals with a...
Foreign portfolio investments stay bullish on India; put in Rs 153,539 cr in 2023-24
In 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23, the net FPI investments were Rs 267,100 crore, Rs (-) 122,241, and Rs (-) 40,936 crore, respectively New Delhi: Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have pumped Rs 153,539 crore in India so far in 2023-24 as Indian equity markets...
India has mechanism for financing disaster response, mitigation,preparedness and recovery: PK Mishra
''Over the last few years in India, we have completely transformed the way disaster risk reduction is financed.We now have a predictable mechanism for financing not just disaster response but also disaster mitigation, preparedness and recovery. Can we have analogous...
7.40 crore filed IT returns in 2022-23, 5.16 crore declared zero tax liability: Sitharaman
As per the return filing data shared by Sitharaman, the number of persons who filed income tax returns during the last four years has shown an increase. Over 7.40 crore ITRs were filed in 2022-23, of which over 5.16 crore had zero tax liability New Delhi: Number of...
Allianz Commercial launches in global Property & Casualty markets
Chris Townsend, Member of the Allianz SE Board of Management, comments: “Our commercial businesses have been united in ONE global model. With Allianz Commercial, we can service a fuller, more dynamic range of customers under our new unifying name – this gives us an...
India health data faces rising risk of breaches, cyberattacks
But in pushing its digital public infrastructure "India is putting people at risk from data collection and data overreach," said Raman Jit Singh Chima, Asia policy director at digital rights group Access Now. "It's a bad model." Last year, responding to reports of...
Sebi extends deadline for comments on proposed cyber resilience framework
The consultation paper on 'Consolidated Cyber Security and Cyber Resilience Framework' for Sebi Regulated Entities (REs) aims to provide a common structure for multiple approaches to cyber security to prevent any cyber risks/incidents Mumbai: Capital markets regulator...
FPIs stay invested in Indian equities; put in Rs 43,800 cr this month
India is the largest recipient of FPI flows year-to-date among emerging markets, Geojit's Vijayakumar said Apart from equities, overseas investors injected Rs 2,623 crore into the Indian debt market during the period under review Indian equity markets continue to draw...