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Uganda reports worrisome increase in Ebola cases in capital
There is no proven vaccine for the Sudan strain of Ebola that's circulating in Uganda. Ugandan officials by Thursday had documented more than 1,800 Ebola contacts, 747 of whom had completed 21 days of monitoring for possible signs of the disease that manifests as a...
Climate change becomes the number one risk in all geographies: AXA Report
Thomas Buberl, CEO, AXA Geopolitical risks come in second place, overtaking cyber and pandemic risks. 95% of the experts surveyed expect geopolitical tensions to persist and spread throughout the world. As an indirect consequence, energy-related risks are now in...
Automakers to double spending on EVs, batteries to $1.2 trillion by 2030
To support that unprecedented level of EVs, carmakers and their battery partners are planning to install 5.8 terawatt-hours of battery production capacity by 2030, according to data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence and the manufacturers The world's top automakers...
Fitbit sued in Australia for misleading consumers on faulty devices
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said between May 2020 and February 2022, Fitbit claimed consumers will not be entitled to a refund unless they returned a faulty product within 45 days of purchase or shipment, which is in not in accordance...
Australia flags new corporate penalties for privacy breaches
Unknown cyber criminals this week demanded ransom from Australia's largest health insurer, Medibank, after claiming to have stolen 200 gigabytes of customers' data including medical diagnoses and treatments The thieves have reportedly threatened to make public the...
Cyclone Sitrang: IMD issues advisory, suspends offshore activities in north Bay of Bengal
“Due to the cyclonic storm over West Central Bay of Bengal and adjoining East Central Bay of Bengal and its likely intensification into a severe cyclonic storm, fishermen are advised not to venture into the sea till 25th Ocober’2022,” IMD’s statement said. Kolkata: In...
TB passes COVID-19 as top infectious killer
That compares to 1,449 people a day dying due to COVID-19, calculated from the 40,578 deaths reported in the past 28 days on the Johns Hopkins University dashboard Following gargantuan global efforts against COVID-19, tuberculosis (TB) is once again the world's...
Bank of England fines MS Amlin Underwriting $10.84 million various for lapses
The penalty reflects the seriousness of MSAUL’s failure to meet the expected standards in this case, and should deter similar conduct by other firms,” Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said in a statement. London: The Bank of England said on Thursday it had...
Russia poised to largely skirt new G7 sanctions on oil price cap and insurance
Months of discussions between the United States and those insurance, trading and shipping firms have mollified concerns on their exposure to sanctions but all parties now realize Russia can largely skirt the plan with their own ships and services. Russia can access...
Strict parenting can genetically lead children to depression: Study
Dr Evelien Van Assche said: "We discovered that perceived harsh parenting, with physical punishment and psychological manipulation, can introduce an additional set of instructions on how a gene is read to become hard-wired into DNA. We have some indications that these...
Researchers give new insights into genetic causes of high cholesterol
According to the World Health Organization, high cholesterol is a leading contributor to disease burden in nations of all income levels, is a risk factor for heart disease and stroke, and is thought to be responsible for 2.6 million deaths annually globally A new...
Study finds number of hours worked in stressful jobs led to risk of depression
"This analysis suggests strongly that reducing the average number of work hours would make a difference in the degree to which interns' depressive symptoms increase over time, and reduce the number who develop diagnosable depression," says Amy Bohnert, PhD, the...
Munich Re warns on target after $1.6 billion hit from Ian
Ian hit Florida in September and was one of the strongest hurricanes to ever make landfall in the US. It carved a trail of ruin across southern Florida, downing bridges, inundating roads and shattering homes. Insured losses have been estimated at more than $60 billion...
Volkswagen sued by investors in Germany for not disclosing alleged private climate lobbying activities
A group of Swedish public pension funds, Danish AkademikerPension and the Church of England Pensions Board filed the suit at a German court seeking to make VW include an item about their lobbying activities to the agenda of its shareholder meeting. If successful, the...
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance posts PAT at Rs 747 crore
The combined ratio, which measures the performance of the insurance operations, stood at 102 per cent in H1/2022-23 against 100.5 per cent in H1/2021-22. Significant sequential improvement was seen in the September quarter of 2022-23 with the combined ratio moving...
No govt, LIC veto post privatization of IDBI Bank
The government earlier this month invited bids for the sale of a 60.72 percent stake in IDBI Bank, which is 45.48 percent owned by the government and 49.24 percent by the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). The official said that post-privatization, the...
IndiaFirst Life Insurance files draft papers to raise funds via IPO, size could be between Rs 2,000 crore and Rs 2,500 crore
BOB, India's third largest PSU bank, holds 65 per cent stake in the company, followed by Warburg Pincus affiliate Carmel Point Investments India that owns 26 per cent stake and Union Bank of India that has 9 per cent shareholding Mumbai: Bank of Baroda-promoted...
HDFC Life posts Rs 686 crore net income in September quarter
Vibha Padalkar,Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of HDFC Life said, ''we can easily do away with 100-150 branches from the existing 383 (ours and around 200 of theirs). Some of our own branches will also be shuttered but there won't be any employee...