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An international team of researchers found that over 75 per cent Indian districts are off target for crucial SDG indicators like access to basic services, poverty, stunting and wasting of children, anaemia, child marriage, partner violence, tobacco use, and modern...
Plastic use in G20 countries to nearly double by 2050:Study
Existing programs to boost recycling or cut single-use plastic consumption only “scratched the surface” and a more comprehensive global plan is required, according to Back to Blue, a research group run by the Economist Impact think-tank and the Nippon Foundation, a...
Global cyber-insurance market makes a comeback, Price hikes moderate
Cyber-insurance pricing increased 10% from a year earlier in January, a fraction of the 110% annual increase reported in the first quarter of 2022, preliminary data from insurance broker Marsh McLennan show. If those trends continue, prices could be set to decline,...
Insurers face $500 million in claims for up to 60 commercial ships stuck in Ukraine
With insurers already grappling with exposure to commercial aircraft caught up in Russia, the prospect of payouts will likely translate into higher costs for shipments from the region A senior industry source said exposure for the ships currently stuck was estimated...
First time in many years, fixed deposit rates turn positive at 8%
The rates are better even from other angles, too, as one-year post office deposit fetches a low 6.6 per cent and 6.8 per cent for two years, while the 10-year government securities yield just 7.35 per cent Mumbai: As banks' chase for customers to collect cheap...
Disclosures in advertisements must be hard to miss by consumers: Govt
Rohit Kumar Singh, Secretary to the Department of Consumer Affairs emphasized the duty of manufacturers, service providers, advertisers, and advertising agencies to ensure that their advertisements do not mislead consumers. Disclosures made in advertisements must be...
Scientists Model Lightning Strikes to Aircrafts, Could Optimise Design of Protection
Lightning strikes can damage the aircraft surface, lead to temporary disruptions in electrical and electronic systems or even cause permanent damage, and in extreme cases, cause ignition of the fuel-air mixture around the engine, leading to an explosion. Researchers...
Investors’ wealth plunges Rs 10.42 lakh crore in 7 trading sessions
Shrikant Chouhan, Head of Equity Research (Retail) at Kotak Securities Ltd, said weak Asian markets cues and worsening global macro economic indicators like higher inflation level, rising interest rates and volatile commodity prices are forcing investors to slash...
Centre sets eye to ensure universal health coverage
Through initiatives like the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), which aims to develop tertiary healthcare capabilities in clinical treatment, medical research, and in teaching to far-flung areas in the country. It intends to address regional disparities...
Over 1 billion in 43 nations at risk amid cholera outbreaks, WHO says
Right now, 22 countries across the world are fighting outbreaks of the acute diarrhoeal infection caused by eating or drinking contaminated food or water. Cholera cases climbed in 2022, following years of falling numbers of cases, and the trend is expected to continue...
Nations step closer to global guides on pandemics, disease outbreaks:WHO
At the UN General Assembly’s first-of-its-kind science session, held in early February, epidemiologists and researchers had called for a global pandemic warning system. Suggestions included forging a new global digital collaboration comprising a network of researchers...
Eligible EPFO members can now apply for higher pension benefits till May 3, 2023
In November 2022, the Supreme Court had upheld Employees' Pension (Amendment) Scheme 2014. The EPS amendment of August 22, 2014 had raised the pensionable salary cap to Rs 15,000 a month from Rs 6,500 a month, and allowed members along with their employers to...
National Pension System: Investing for Retirement
An impending challenge employees or workers may face in India, is the risk of inadequate pension arrangements after retirement from work. As a fallout, individuals may either be required to put severe curbs on their post-retiral expenses or continue working beyond the...
Buffett’s Berkshire records annual operating profit despite inflation, rate pressures
Warren Buffett, chairman,Berkshire Hathaway Berkshire did spend $11.5 billion in the fourth quarter to buy the insurance company Alleghany. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday reported its highest-ever annual operating profit, even as foreign currency...
Due to commercialisation and overburdened healthcare system, mistrust and suspicion on medical services becoming narratives: CJI
DY Chandrachud,Chief Justice of India The Chief Justice said, “We as a society need to counteract structural and policy constraint which prevent access to good healthcare in order to achieve healthcare justice”, while lamenting that growing socio-economic inequalities...
FPIs sell-off spree continues; withdraw Rs 2,300-cr from equities in Feb
This was also the worst outflow in the last seven months, data with the depositories showed Prior to that, they made a net investment of Rs 11,119 crore in December and Rs 36,238 crore in November Foreign investors have turned cautious and pulled out Rs 2,313 crore...
Some companies begin replacing human employees with ChatGPT
Companies are using ChatGPT to write codes, copywriting and content creation, customer support and preparing meeting summaries Companies that use ChatGPT said they saved money using the AI tool, with 48 per cent saved over $50,000 and 11 per cent saved over $100,000,...
IndiGo, Go First face P&W engine headwinds; over 50 planes on ground
"Like many in the industry, we are experiencing global supply chain challenges, which are limiting the availability of structural castings and other parts and we are working mitigation strategies with our supply base and expanding MRO (Maintenance, Repair and...