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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarLife 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...
Higher risk of disabilities, cancer in men born during Bhopal gas disaster: Study
“There were serious long-term and chronic health consequences for hundreds of thousands of survivors, including respiratory, neurological, musculoskeletal, ophthalmic and endocrine impacts,” said study co-author Prashant Bharadwaj, professor in UC San Diego’s...
Smoke from Canada wildfires deteriorates New York air quality; surpasses New Delhi’s pollution level
Situation was such that the picturesque and renowned skyline of New York City became invisible on Wednesday behind a hazy veil of smoke from the Canadian wildfires flowing into the region The air quality of New York city has deteriorated as smoke from the Canadian...
US tightens crackdown on crypto with lawsuits against Coinbase, Binance
If successful, the lawsuits could transform the crypto market by successfully asserting the SEC's jurisdiction over the industry which for years has argued that tokens do not constitute securities and should not be regulated by the SEC. The top U.S. securities...
MS Amlin launches new AI-powered claims triage process to support operational transformation
The new state-of-the art-triage process embeds an artificial intelligence (AI) model, which assesses and assigns claims based on certain criteria and proprietary scoring algorithms, into MS Amlin’s claims workflow LONDON: MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global (re)insurer,...
Bangladesh, World Bank sign $858M to enhance climate-resilient agricultural growth and road safety
“These two projects will be important to help the country remain on a sustainable growth path through boosting climate-resilient agricultural productivity and enhancing the income of hundreds and thousands of farmers as well as protect the people and the economy from...