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The cost of living in 172 of the world’s major cities rocketed an average 8.1% over the past year, driven by factors including the war in Ukraine and supply-chain snarls, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Worldwide Cost of Living report. Asian cities...
Rising inflation, falling wages threaten increased poverty and unrest: ILO
“Income inequality and poverty will rise if the purchasing power of the lowest paid is not maintained,” he said. “In addition, a much-needed post-pandemic recovery could be put at risk. This could fuel further social unrest across the world and undermine the goal of...
Govt gears up for amending Insurance Acts to overhaul sector, may go through in Budget Session
On Wednesday, the department of financial services, through an office memorandum has asked for public comments on the proposed amendments by December 15 The proposed amendments primarily focus on enhancing the financial security of the policy holders, promoting policy...
COC rejects all bids for Reliance Capital, decides liquidation: sources
The option 1 bidders are Hinduja, Torrent, Oaktree, Cosmea Financial and Piramal consortium, and UAVRCL. Out of these five bidders, UVARCL has bid on a fee basis, which means that it has not submitted any resolution plan for RCAP. It will further sell RCAP assets and...
Accelerated action needed to save 12,000 lives a day due to injury, violence
In Preventing injuries and violence: an overview, WHO reveals that road traffic injuries, homicide and suicide, are three of the top five causes of death among people aged five to 29, People living in poverty are significantly more likely to suffer an injury than the...
Twitter ends enforcement of COVID misinformation policy
Despite its rules prohibiting COVID misinformation, Twitter has struggled with enforcement. Posts making bogus claims about home remedies or vaccines could still be found, and it was difficult on Tuesday to identify exactly how the platform's rules may have changed...
More boys with cancer being diagnosed than girls in India: Lancet study
''We observed that among nearly 11,000 patients registered in the Population Based Cancer Registries(PBCR), there was significant skew in favour of boys for getting diagnosed with cancer. Similarly, among the 22,000 children with cancer enrolled in the three...
SCOR completes a £1.7 billion longevity transaction with Balfour Beatty Pension Trust
Frieder Knüpling, SCOR, CEO Life & Health, said: “This transaction underlines SCOR’s strong appetite to deliver longevity solutions to our clients. Recent world events have brought life and health risks into sharp focus and now, more than ever, we are seeing...
Most Asian countries far behind biodiversity targets for protected areas: Research
Dr Mohammed Farhadinia of the Department of Biology and Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, said: 'Asia is a challenging continent for setting targets for protected areas since areas of high biodiversity typically conflict with dense human populations and...
Honda Cars ties up with Maruti Suzuki Toyotsu for vehicle scrapping
"The Vehicle Scrappage Policy by Government of India stipulates scrappage and deregistration of old vehicles to promote phasing out of unfit vehicles from the roads, improve safety and lowering of carbon footprint in India," Honda Cars India President & CEO Takuya...
Cannot be asked to compensate for deaths due to Covid-19 vaccines: Centre
The affidavit was filed in response to a petition by the parents of two girls who died allegedly due to adverse effects following Covid vaccination It claimed vaccines manufactured by third parties had successfully undergone regulatory review, and holding the state...
New drug 95% effective against sleeping sickness in adults: Lancet Study
"Sleeping sickness threatens millions of people across sub-Saharan Africa. Many of the people at risk live in remote rural areas where there is little access to adequate health services, and where acoziborole has the potential to revolutionise treatment for sleeping...
Meghalaya cabinet nod for mental health policy
It also aims to promote overall mental health and wellbeing and facilitate appropriate access and care pathways for common and severe mental health concerns, with focus on person-centred care. Shillong: The Meghalaya cabinet has approved a policy aimed at addressing...
Strengthening disaster relief mechanism essential for overall development: Rajnath Singh
Rajnath Singh, Union Defense Minister India's approach after the formulation of the National Disaster Management Policy has shifted focus from a relief-centric approach to a 'multi-pronged' approach including prevention, preparedness, mitigation, response, relief and...
Govt funding into health sector needs substantial augmentation: Chairman 15th Finance Commission
"Furthermore, the per capita health spending of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand is about half that of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Equally, the ratio of doctors and nurses to the total population reflected in variations on life expectancy remains on a broad spectrum," N...
Global regulators to target crypto platforms after FTX crash
“The sense of urgency was not the same even two or three years ago. There are some dissenting opinions about whether crypto is a real issue at the international level because some people think that it’s still not a material issue and risk.Things are changing and due...
AGCS to boost Alternative Risk Transfer team
With a realigned risk appetite and underwriting strategy, ART will target growth opportunities in two major areas: first, captive solutions including captive fronting, and second in the area of structured solutions, which are multi-year, multi-line coverages,...
Star Health launches New Star Out Patient Care Insurance Policy
Chennai: Star Health and Allied Insurance has recently launched the new Star Out Patient Care Insurance Policy, a standalone cover providing access to the best doctors, clinics and diagnostic centers to the policy holders pan India. Once purchased, the customer can...