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Number of frauds rose in FY23, amount involved halved: RBI data
Frauds occurred predominantly in the category of digital payments (card/internet), in terms of number, said Reserve Bank's Annual Report 2022-23 The number of frauds in the banking sector went up to 13,530 in 2022-23 year-on-year, but the amount involved nearly halved...
Can’t force citizen to choose between education and reproductive autonomy, says Delhi HC
The observation was made as the court set aside an order passed by Chaudhary Charan Singh University refusing to grant maternity leave to its M.Ed student New Delhi:The Indian Constitution envisages an egalitarian society for its citizens who cannot be forced to...
India monsoon advances after stalling for 11 days
Rains usually lash mainland Kerala around June 1 and cover the whole country by mid-July. Timely rains trigger planting of crops such as rice, soybeans and cotton MUMBAI: India's monsoon rains advanced into some more parts of southwest Bay of Bengal after stalling for...
Combined impact of climate change, population growth poses serious threat to India’s water security: Experts
''Rising temperatures accelerate evaporation rates, depleting surface water and groundwater reserves. Altered precipitation patterns lead to unpredictable monsoons, causing floods in some areas and droughts in others. These extreme events reduce water availability,...
Taiwan rushes to prevent China from cutting off internet, phones
Audrey Tang, who heads Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs, says she wants the island’s $740 billion economy to be able to handle the possible collapse of all its communications in the event of an emergency by the end of next year Buffeted by earthquakes and the...
Japan’s largest insurer Tokio Marine joins defectors from Gfanz climate group
A spokesperson said Tokio Marine will continue to consider measures to realize a decarbonized society such as the use of renewable energy and emphasized it will keep a close eye on social and environmental causes Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., Japan’s largest insurer by...
Premature deaths due to cardiovascular and strokes in India are due to lack of awareness: AIIMS Study
In India, cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for 36 per cent of all deaths in the age group of 30-69 years. Preventing these deaths should be a public health priority globally as well as in India A study reported that every 30 min delay in MI patients increased...
ICICI Bank to raise holding in ICICI Lombard General by 4% to 52 pc by next year
At the current trading market price, the bank will have to shell out about Rs 2,352.5 crore to acquire a 4 per cent shareholding Mumbai: ICICI Bank has said its Board has approved a plan to raise its stake in general insurance arm ICICI Lombard by 4 per cent in the...
NIA returns to black with Rs 143 crore of net profit in Q4FY23, combined ratio at 119.47 %
Neerja Kapur, CMD, NIA NIA has declared a dividend of Rs 1.93 per share with a face value of Rs 5 NIA's underwriting losses have fallen by 5 per cent y-o-y to Rs 1,690 crore in Q4FY23 Operationally, the company looks forward to an improved performance in FY24 in terms...
Will meet FM Sitharaman to claim refund of Rs 9242.60 cr deposited in NPS: HP CM Sukhu
Sukhvinder Sukhu,Chief Minister,Himachal Pradesh Sukhu also assured that the benefits of the old pension scheme would be extended to board-corporation employees, and corporations that have been excluded from this scheme would be included in due course Dharamshala:...
India to push back against ‘agenda-driven’ global ranking firms – Modi advisor
Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of Modi's Economic Advisory Council Sanjeev Sanyal,member of PM's Economic Advisory Council, said the ratings also get hard-wired into decision-making through environmental, social and governance (ESG) norms and sovereign ratings. Multilateral...
19th SIRC 2023 on ‘(RE)INSURANCE RESET’ will be held in Singapore from 30 October to 2 November, will be an all in-person event
The Singapore Reinsurers’ Association (SRA) Chair, Marc Haushofer said “The SRA Executive Committee (EXCO) had deliberated intensely over the messaging that would appropriately encapsulate the state of the industry today, which had over the past few months displayed...
India sees 31 pc surge in malware attacks in 2022: SonicWall report
'The increase in cyberattacks in India can be attributed to both the evolving strategies of threat actors and their exploration of new avenues for success, including IoT and crypto-jacking.'' Debasish Mukherjee, Vice President -- APJ at SonicWall It was essential for...
Census unlikely before Lok Sabha polls; citizens to be asked about smartphones, Internet, cereals
The questions in the Census include whether a family has a telephone line, Internet connection, mobile or smartphone, bicycle, scooter or motorcycle or moped, whether it owns a car, jeep or a van The citizens will also be asked what cereal they consume in the...
Centre told to inform outcome of consultations of draft rules to regulate e-pharmacies
Petitioner association South Chemists and Distributors Association, which has challenged the ministry’s August 2018 notification, said the draft rules are being pushed through in serious violation of the law, ignoring the health hazards caused due to sale of medicines...
Data protection bill to drive deep behavioural changes for platforms exploiting data: Chandrasekhar
''Those who have done it (misused data), tracked consumers, used cookies they certainly will have to go though deep behavioural change… Those who are already doing it right, have nothing to fear. But those who have, in a sense, lived off this model of exploitation...