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Climate Change: Mangroves shrinking in India due to climate change
The study claims that by 2070, the Indian mangroves will reduce and shift by around 50 per cent, especially in southern India, due to decline in suitable habitats along the east and west coasts of India Lucknow: A research conducted by Birbal Sahni Institute of...
China’s COVID-19 surge raises odds of new coronavirus mutant
“China has a population that is very large and there’s limited immunity. And that seems to be the setting in which we may see an explosion of a new variant," said Dr. Stuart Campbell Ray, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins University. Could the COVID-19...
IMF projects 6.8 % growth in current fiscal for India, says country navigating ‘very difficult’ external environment
"We are seeing the global economy slowing down next year. But there are downside risks to the speed of the slowdown, and it could be much sharper than what we expected in the report. This will affect India through trade and financial channels," Choueiri Nada, the...
Goyal launches right to repair portal, autombile and farming equipments will be covered
On the 'right to repair' portal, manufacturers will share the manual of product details with customers so that they can either repair by self, by third parties, rather than depend on original manufacturers. Initially, mobile phones, electronic, consumer durables,...
FPIs invest Rs 11,557 cr in equities in Dec; COVID updates to drive flows in near term
'Concerns about COVID spread in China is a sentiment negative and the strong economic data from the US indicate continuation of the hawkish stance of the Fed which is pushing bond yields up and equities down. Only reversal of this trend will trigger a rebound in the...
Cryptocurrency: Covering Losses
Lloyd’s recently announced a new policy to insure against losses stored on certain cryptocurrency wallets. Until the broader insurance market catches up with the rise of cryptocurrency and such insurance becomes more commonly used, most policyholders will need to look...
Rajasthan has 90 per cent health insurance coverage: CM
The state government's Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme, which provides a Rs 10-lakh cover, has come as a relief for people. Against the national average of 41 per cent, Rajasthan has 90 per cent coverage of health insurance, while the coverage is 15.9 per cent in...
Twitter restores suicide prevention feature after Reuters report
The feature, known as #ThereIsHelp, placed a banner at the top of search results for certain topics. It listed contacts for support organizations in many countries related to mental health, HIV, vaccines, child sexual exploitation, COVID-19, gender-based violence,...
Mutual funds see muted 2022; expect better days in new year
The assets under management (AUM) of the mutual fund industry rose by 7 per cent or Rs 2.65 lakh crore in 2022. This was way lower than a surge of nearly 22 per cent or an increase of close to Rs 7 lakh crore in the asset base seen in 2021, data from the Association...
LIC may consider composite licence after passage of Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill
The Bill, with proposed amendments to the Insurance Act 1938 and Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999, is expected to be tabled in Parliament in the upcoming Budget session starting next month, sources said. New Delhi:The country's largest insurer...
PAN not linked with Aadhaar by end of March 2023 to be rendered inoperative
"In addition to the above, the taxpayer might face difficulty at various other fora like banks and other financial portals as PAN is one of the important KYC (know your customer) criterion for all kinds of financial transaction," the circular said New Delhi: The...
Surge in Covid cases strain Chinese hospitals
Wang Guangfa, a respiratory expert from Peking University First Hospital, told the Global Times on Saturday that as the virus spread to the communities in Beijing, more elderly people and those with underlying diseases have been infected and that the capital city has...
Global economic developments expected to complicate outlook for Indian economy: Finmin report
India has identified several priorities for its G20 presidency -- inclusive, equitable and sustainable growth; LiFE (lifestyle for environment), climate financing; circular economy; global food security; energy security; green hydrogen; disaster risk reduction and...
Sebi initiates study of fees, expenses charged by mutual funds
The policies would seek to balance the need for facilitating financial inclusion, encouraging new participants, leveraging economies of scale, encouraging adoption of technology, discouraging cross subsidisation across schemes, closing arbitrage opportunities if any,...
Reliance Capital: Hinduja Grp re-enters the fray with a higher offer of Rs 9,400 crore
Lenders will now take a call on whether they will accept Hinduja’s revised bid Analysts say Hinduja offer of Rs 9,000 crore cash upfront trumps Torrent bid of just Rs 4,000 crore cash and the balance to be paid to lenders in three equal instalments in year 3/4/5 with...
Epic winter storm brings frigid temps, snow and floods to US; over 200 million people affected
While it’s packing plenty of snow and frigid temperatures, the storm is mostly noteworthy for its size and speed. Snow, blizzard, freezes and flood warnings and advisories stretch across central and eastern US, its northern fringe and the Deep South, as well as into...
China shifts how it counts Covid deaths as crematoriums fill up
According to the latest guidelines from the National Health Commission, only those whose death is caused by pneumonia and respiratory failure after contracting the virus are classified as Covid deaths, said Wang Guiqiang, a top infectious disease doctor.He said those...
Omicron subvariant XBB jumps to 18% of U.S. COVID cases – CDC
The XBB variant has been driving up cases in parts of Asia, including Singapore. While some experts have said it is more transmissible, it has not resulted in a surge in hospitalizations The highly contagious Omicron subvariant XBB jumped 18% in national dominance and...