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WTW combines Asia and Australasia into one Asia Pacific, appoints Simon Weaver to head new region
Based in Australia, Simon is responsible for driving business growth throughout the newly integrated region, enabling closer collaboration across the businesses to deliver superior advice, broking and solutions in the areas of people, risk and capital to organisations...
Odisha asks officials to tighten vigil for preventing fraud in healthcare scheme
On reports that some people were allegedly collecting money for the renewal of BSKY cards, Pandit said beneficiaries should immediately call the toll-free numbers or contact the district coordinators.BSKY cards are renewed automatically every year, and no money is...
Cost-of-living crisis biggest Global Risk: Davos Study
"The short-term risk landscape is dominated by energy, food, debt and disasters," said Saadia Zahidi, a managing director at WEF The cost-of-living crisis is the biggest global risk over the next two years, the World Economic Forum warned Wednesday in a survey...
No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health: WHO
“We cannot talk about a so-called safe level of alcohol use. It doesn’t matter how much you drink – the risk to the drinker’s health starts from the first drop of any alcoholic beverage. The only thing that we can say for sure is that the more you drink, the more...
Electric cars are getting too big and bulky, US safety regulator warns
I’m concerned about the increased risk of severe injury and death for all road users from heavier curb weights and increasing size, power, and performance of vehicles on our roads, including electric vehicles,” Homendy said in remarks delivered Wednesday in...
WHO alert On 2 Indian syrups after Uzbekistan child deaths
On December 22, Uzbekistan alleged that 18 children had died after consuming medicines manufactured by Marion Biotech company. On Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration department suspended the production licence of Marion Biotech company linked to...
Want to develop better space situational awareness, traffic management: ISRO
“Objects continue to fall on earth because there is a gravitational pull. That’s one aspect of the space debris that is coming back and impacting earth and other places but we are looking at much more than that – what will happen to space when we send more satellites...
Catastrophe bond yields soar as disasters abound and rates rise
The increasing threat of losses from disasters make issuing new cat bonds all the more important for the insurance industry, but it might be difficult to find enough investors.Margins on new issuances of catastrophe bonds covering US wind events are now at the highest...
Environmental, social credit risks to rise in 2023, Moody’s says
“The rapid crystallization of climate change-related risks have highlighted the need for rapid decarbonisation and scaling up of adaptation finance, bringing longer-term environmental risks into sharper relief,” Rebecca Karnovitz, vice president – senior credit...
Environment risks dominate in “polycrisis” world – WEF survey
The interplay between climate change impacts, biodiversity loss, food security and natural resource consumption is a dangerous cocktail,” said John Scott, head of Sustainability Risk at Zurich Insurance Group, which partnered on the report with risk strategy group...
DGCA says operations normal at all Indian airports, no cause for concern amid air traffic disruptions in US
An official at Air India, which operates direct flights to five American cities, said there could be some delays for its flights from the US due to possible runway congestion. Hundreds of flights across the US were grounded early morning on Wednesday following a...
Tata Motors announces ‘reimagination’ of their product portfolio with aim for net zero emissions
"Our fleet of more than 700 EV buses, operating across 9 Indian cities have cumulatively covered more than 60 million kilometers. This represents a potential to reduce our 60,000 tonnes of Carbon emission, once the entire grid is carbonized," he said. New Delhi:...
U.S. air travel rumbles back to life after FAA computer outage
The cause of the problem with a pilot-alerting system, which delayed thousands of flights in the United States, was unclear, but U.S. officials said they had so far found no evidence of a cyberattack. Washington DC: U.S. flights were slowly resuming departures and a...
Centre to expedite Rs 540 cr crop insurance claim of kharif 2021 season to Barmer farmers
On the central government's initiative, AIC had last week said it has settled partial claims amounting to Rs 311 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). ''Following the review meeting held today, the insurance company will pay an additional claim...
Study finds how retirement plans affect cognitive performance in older people
With a higher life expectancy and a decline in fertility in developing countries, the elderly population has become the most significant demographic source in Asia and Latin America, generating an urgent need for new, sustainable pension systems Study finds how...
Mayors from around the world to meet for first ever ‘healthy cities’ summit
"Through the Partnership for Healthy Cities, WHO and partners are working with mayors to create programmes and policies that place health at the centre of urban design, such as safe streets that promote active mobility, local sources of fresh and healthy food, and...
Emergency cases for heart attacks, high blood pressure, brain strokes spiked in Delhi NCR: Top Experts
Dr Nitish Naik, Cardiology professor at AIIMS Delhi said, "This is happening because of a 30 well-known phenomenon where, in cold weather, the number of heart attacks increases. Right now, this annual phenomenon has spiked because of the rapid increase in the cold....
WHO backs mask wearing on long flights as new Omicron variant spreads
Passengers should be advised to wear masks in high-risk settings such as long-haul flights, said the WHO's senior emergency officer for Europe, Catherine Smallwood, adding: "this should be a recommendation issued to passengers arriving from anywhere where there is...