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Microwaving plastic food containers can release billions of small toxic plastic particles, according to a study
''It is really important to know how many micro- and nanoplastics we are taking in,'' said Kazi Albab Hussain, the study’s lead author and a doctoral student at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, US ''Many studies, including ours, are demonstrating that the toxicity...
Studies underway on cases of sudden cardiac arrest among youngsters after Covid: Govt
A multi-centric matched case control study on factors associated with sudden deaths among adults aged 18 to 45 in India is ongoing at around 40 hospitals/research centres.Besides, another study for establishing the cause of sudden unexplained deaths in young people...
India achieved its target of producing energy through non-fossil fuel sources ahead of schedule: Singh
RK Singh, union minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy ''India has already achieved the target of producing 43.6 per cent of its total energy through non-fossil fuel sources.The country has achieved nine years ahead of its schedule of 2030,'' he said. India's...
HDFC Life Q1 profit rises 15 pc to Rs 415 cr
Vibha Padalkar,chief executive and managing director, HDFC Life The company's value of new business, which is the value of the future profits of policies sold in the quarter, grew 18 per cent to Rs 610 crore, which Padalkar claimed is more than 1.5x the average...
3 earthquakes jolt Rajasthan’s Jaipur within half an hour, no casualties, damage
The latest earthquake of magnitude 3.4 occurred at around 4.25 am, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported. According to the NCS, it occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres Jaipur: Three earthquakes were felt in Jaipur in the early hours of Friday in a span of...
About 75% of Indian workers are adopting artificial intelligence: Report
"Through the strategic utilisation of intelligent tools and the optimisation of processes we can create an environment where employees thrive and make meaningful contributions. By equipping managers and employees with the right tools to work more efficiently...
Russia warns against any ships traveling to Ukraine from Thursday
Norwegian shipping insurance group DNK, which provides war risk policies, told Reuters on Wednesday it was currently unable to provide cover for Ukraine Russia warned that from Thursday any ships traveling to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports will be seen as possibly carrying...
Delhi may suffer losses of Rs 2.75 trillion by 2050 due to climate change: Draft action plan
The plan, which is pending approval, highlights “heat waves/higher temperature and heavy precipitation events over fewer number of days” as major challenges that the city will confront in the upcoming years New Delhi: Delhi is projected to suffer losses of Rs 2.75...
Two children suffering from rare diseases treated at Delhi hospital
The girl was suffering from congenital neutropenia, ''whose worldwide incidence is 2-3 cases per million population'', the hospital claimed A four-year-old girl suffering from a rare congenital condition, whose worldwide incidence is ''2-3 cases per million of...
AXA and AIG may exit UK life biz
Dealmaking in insurance has remained relatively buoyant despite a broader slowdown in mergers and acquisitions, as insurers continue to streamline their operations and exit business lines to reallocate capital to their focus areas London: Two of the world’s largest...
Protests with bodies will invite imprisonment of up to 5 years as Rajasthan passes bill
If any authorized person discloses any kind of genetic data information and confidentiality of information will be punished with imprisonment for a term from three years to 10 years, along with fine Jaipur: Protesters who sit on roads with bodies seeking “unjustified...
Firms with flex-work policies are hiring faster than those fully in office
Jobs advertising full-time remote work attracted almost half of all applications on LinkedIn in May, compared with just 19% for hybrid positions. Companies with flexible in-office policies are hiring faster than those that have fully returned to pre-pandemic...
Financial services secretary asks banks to achieve financial inclusion targets at earliest
He also reviewed the progress made by banks with special focus on the progress under the ongoing Jan Suraksha campaign of PMJJBY & PMSBY schemes in all the Gram Panchayats of the country being held from April 1 and urged them to ensure achievement of targets of...
Only 27% of $194 bln economic losses from global natural disasters insured in 1H2023: Aon
Turkey and Syria earthquakes drive nearly half of economic losses from Global Catastrophes in 1H 2023 "Despite the reality that communities globally remain at risk to catastrophes, only about 27 percent of economic losses this year have been insured. These devastating...
Swiss Re structures Blackstone’s first indemnity catastrophe bond
The transaction is Blackstone's first indemnity catastrophe bond and covers named storms and earthquakes in the United States and Canada New York: Swiss Re Capital Markets has successfully structured and placed the issuance of USD 250 million of insurance-linked...
Reliance’s financial unit valued at $21 bn, to venture into life and general insurance soon
The group aspires to foray into non-lending financial businesses like life/ general insurance and AMC where it can even take the inorganic route and benefit from recent regulatory change that allows banks to have up to nine insurance partners. Mumbai: Jio Financial...