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Buckling up to save lives: UN celebrates five decades of seat belt laws
“The compulsory wearing of safety belts, as well as helmets for two-wheelers, and increased political commitment to road safety, played a decisive role in the reduction of road deaths throughout Europe from the 1970s onwards,” said Jean Todt, UN Special Envoy for Road...
‘India’s aircraft fleet doubled in past nine years, pvt investment to be over Rs 70k cr’
Domestic air travel in India has soared by an astonishing 130 per cent, with an estimated annual count of 145 million passengers exploring the country's skies "Additionally, international passenger movement has experienced a noteworthy upswing, registering a 50 per...
Govt will regulate AI, other tech from perspective of harm it can inflict on users: MoS IT
''Our approach towards AI or any regulation is that we will regulate it through the prism of user harm. This is a new philosophy, which has started since 2014 that we will protect digital nagriks. We will not allow platforms harming digital nagriks. If they operate...
Extreme weather events claimed 233 lives in India between January and April: Report
Between January and April 2022, extreme weather events claimed 86 lives and damaged 0.03 million hectare of cropland, according to the report. Lightning and storms occurred on 58 days this time as compared to 35 days during the corresponding period in 2022. Most of...
Life insurers witness 4 pc decline in new biz premium to Rs 23,477.8 cr in May
LIC recorded an 11.26 per cent decline in its new business premium at Rs 14,056.29 crore during the month The rest 23 players in the private sector, however, witnessed their combined new business premium rise by 9.05 per cent to Rs 9,421.51 crore from Rs 8,639.72...
Over 11% Indians diabetic, 36 per cent have hypertension: Lancet survey shows
''The steep increase in NCDs can be attributed mostly to the lifestyle choices of people such as diet, physical activity, stress levels etc. The positive news is that interventions can be used to curb the trend. Our study has multiple implications for the planning and...
CEA against concept of Universal Social Security as it may generate ‘perverse incentives’
''For our country, when natural economic growth should take care of many of the aspirations, it (Universal Social Security) may not be necessary. We may be creating the ground for perverse incentives for people to not make their own effort in seeking such...
Inflow in equity mutual funds hit 6-month low of Rs 3,240 cr in May on profit booking
''Profit booking in rising market along with probable expenses towards vacation, education could have led to lower investments in mutual funds in May,'' Manish Mehta, National Head and Sales, Marketing and Digital Business at Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company,...
IRDA gives license to Go Digit Life, 4th new insurer in a year
Prem Watsa, founder, chairman, and chief executive of Fairfax Financial Holdings IRDAI in its 122nd board meeting held on 2nd June, has granted Certificate of Registration to Go Digit Life Insurance Limited to carry life insurance business in India, said the IRDAI on...
RBI not planning to regulate social media influencers
Social media influencers peddle personal views or those paying them on financial markets or stocks. Since January 2022, SEBI has been saying it would come out with regulations to tame the so-called financial influencers, it has not yet issued anything but has been...
Global Alzheimer’s disease market to reach $13.7bn by 2030: Report
The growth will be particularly seen across the eight major markets such as the US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, Japan, and China New Delhi: The Alzheimer's disease market is projected to experience robust growth at a compound annual growth rate of 20 per...
Odisha train tragedy: Only small number of passengers opted for insurance cover
Chennai/ Mumbai: With only a small number of passengers of two ill-fated trains involved in the June 2 Odisha tragedy seems to have opted for the Rs 10 lakhs insurance cover by paying just Re.035 paise and now it is time for the Centre to bundle the cover with all the...
El Nino is back in action, threaten food productions across Asia
Experts say that a strong El Nino could hit sugar production in India and Thailand, and possibly disrupt the sugarcane harvest in Brazil. They also see risks for coffee production in Vietnam, the world's second-largest producer LONDON: El Nino has officially returned...
Delhi hospital uses extreme cold therapy to treat cancer patient unfit for surgery
''It is safe and the risks involved are generally lower than in surgery. An additional advantage of cryoablation is that it can be repeated if required,'' according to a statement from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. According to doctors, cryoablation can also be used for the...
Fatigue of long Covid as bad as that in cancer patients, says study
''Our research has revealed that long Covid can leave people with worse fatigue and quality of life than some cancers, yet the support and understanding is not at the same level,'' said co-author William Henley, professor at the University of Exeter Medical School...
Climate Change: Coal India’s biggest expansion plans opposed in Chhattishgarh
Protests against plans for the Gevra site in the eastern province of Chhattisgarh threaten to complicate the company’s ability to win approvals to expand annual capacity to 70 million tons. Output at that volume would see the site become the single biggest global...