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Gigs, scams, ghost work: India tech sector’s dark side
In his job, Saurav - who asked to go by one name to protect his identity - called people in the United States, enticed them to sign up for loans and insurance policies, then told them they needed to improve their credit score by paying $50-$100. Only, he did not work...
New York Life buys Max Financial Services’ shares worth of Rs 94 cr
MFSL is the holding firm for Max Life Insurance company and New York Life was its foreign partner in early 2000 Mumbai: A promoter entity of Max Financial Services Ltd (MFSL),Max Ventures Investment Holdings , on Wednesday offloaded the company's shares worth Rs 94...
Right to Health Bill: Standoff continues between private doctors and Rajasthan govt
For logistical grievances, the state health authority will have 10 functions, including ensuring quality and cost-effective health and diagnostic services by the health sector and hearing all appeals against decisions of the district health authority related to...
Mukesh Ambani 9th wealthiest in the world, Adani at 23rd rank
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director,Reliance Industries' In stark contrast to the 2022 M3M Hurun Global Rich List, India is at the top of the league table when it comes to wealth depletion Chennai: Despite an erosion of 20 per cent or $21 billion in wealth,...
IPCC report a call to action for all, especially countries like India: Co-authors
As per the report's indicators, India, with a large coastline and millions of people surviving on the revenue they earn from fisheries, has many things to worry about. With the rise in seawater level, which the report documented as 3.7 mm per year between 2006 and...
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes break through USD 100 billion threshold again in 2022: Swiss Re
This reaffirms the trend of a 5–7% average annual increase in insured losses over the past three decades, reveals Swiss Re’s latest sigma report "The magnitude of losses in 2022 is not a story of exceptional natural hazards, but rather a picture of growing property...
Shortness of breath, fatigue, mental health issues observed in Covid patients one year after discharge:Indian Govt
According to ICMR, of the participants of the National Clinical Registry of COVID-19 who were followed for one year, it was observed that dyspnea, fatigue, and mental health issues were reported among 18.6 per cent, 10.5 per cent and 9.3 per cent of the 8,042...
Superbug fungus cases rose dramatically during pandemic
The fungus, Candida auris, is a form of yeast that is usually not harmful to healthy people but can be a deadly risk to fragile hospital and nursing home patients It spreads easily and can infect wounds, ears and the bloodstream US. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled...
Government to promote AYUSH treatment through health tourism
Heal in India is an Initiative of the Government to promote the Medical Tourism in the country. Under this Initiative, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Government of India and Ministry of Ayush has been working with the Centre for Development of Advanced...
China capital Beijing experiences first population decline since 2003
China's birth rate last year was 6.77 births per 1,000 people, the lowest on record, while the country's death rate, the highest since 1974, was 7.37 deaths per 1,000 people. The death rate in China's capital Beijing surpassed its birth rate in 2022, official data...
Rural households prefer savings instruments over term insurance plans: Max Life Survey
Saving for children’s education and marriage emerged as top savings objectives, multiple anxieties around savings and expenditures for the future abound The low uptake of life insurance products in rural Indian can be primarily attributed to inadequate funds to buy...
New York tops the list of world’s most expensive cities for business travel
Hong Kong was the most expensive destination in Asia, with average daily costs of $520 — just $5 more than financial hub rival Singapore. London and Paris retained their top ten positions and Angola’s Luanda was the priciest place in Africa New York remained the most...
Not much impact of untimely rains on wheat, other crops, states assessing damage: Tomar
The state governments can use the State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) for providing immediate relief to farmers after conducting the crop survey. The central government can provide more funds from the National Disaster Relief Fund after the submission of a memorandum,...
Major quake shakes north India, triggers panic
According to the US Geological Services, the 6.5 magnitude quake had an epicentre 40 km south by south east of Afghanistan's Jurm. It occurred at a depth of nearly 190 km New Delhi: Strong tremors jolted parts of north India, including Delhi-NCR, on Tuesday night as...
US studies ways to insure all bank deposits if crisis grows
Treasury Department staff are reviewing whether federal regulators have enough emergency authority to temporarily insure deposits greater than the current $250,000 cap on most accounts without formal consent from a deeply divided Congress, according to people with...
Credit Suisse crisis likely to make rich Indians nervous to deal with international wealth managers
This year, Citigroup Inc. exited its retail operations in India through a sale to Axis Bank, transferring all its wealth management business to the country’s third-largest private sector lender In addition, in the past decade, Credit Suisse’s new buyer — UBS AG,...
IndiaFirst Life gets SEBI approval for its IPO
The public issue consists of a fresh issue of equity shares worth up to Rs 500 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) up to 141,299,422 equity shares by promoter and selling shareholders Bank of Baroda will offload about 89,015,734 equity shares, while Carmel Point...
Odisha approves Rs 6,283 cr outlay to develop cyclone resilient network in coastal areas
Around 70 per cent of the funds shall be invested for the development of the Cyclone Resilient Network which will ensure uninterrupted power supply to critical installations like hospitals, evacuation centres, water supply points, emergency control rooms and...