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Sources said Nippon Life stake would have been diluted to below 10 per cent following merger and Japanese firm is believed to be not comfortable with the idea of losing all the shareholder and the governance rights. Mumbai: Talks between Aditya Birla Capital and...
Microfin industry needs $100 bn to promote green livelihood: Jayant Sinha
Jayant Sinha,Chairman,, Parliamentary Committee on Finance ''Out of the 500 million workforce in India, 400 million are in the informal sector. This informal sector workforce is those who hugely benefit from the microfinance sector.The task in hand for the...
9 of 10 biz leaders in India feel economic uncertainty may threaten flexible working: LinkedIn research
LinkedIn's Global Talent Trends report reveals that across India, the top priorities that job seekers value beyond compensation are advancement, upskilling, and work-life balance. New Delhi: As many as 9 out of 10 business leaders surveyed in India believe the current...
Global economic growth outlook “gloomier”, says IMF ahead of G20 summit
The global economy has weakened particularly due to three key factors -- persistently high and broad-based inflation, the weak growth momentum in China, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine As prices of many food staples touched record highs in 2022 amid supply shortages...
LIC shares rally over 9 pc as Q2 net zooms multifold
A 27 per cent jump in premium income and massive gains from changes in its accounting policy along with investment income helped the national insurer LIC on Friday report a multi-fold jump in net income at Rs 15,952 crore in the July-September quarter, from Rs 1,434...
Sustainable food cold chains reduce waste, fight climate change: UN report
Food waste is happening as the number of hungry people worldwide rose to 828 million in 2021, or 46 million more than in the previous year. In 2020, nearly 3.1 billion people could not afford a healthy diet, up 112 million from 2019, as the impacts of the COVID-19...
NIA’s net profit plunges 74% to Rs 33 crore, one time Rs 2600 cr provision to clear five-yr wage arrears
Neerja Kapur,CMD,New India Assurance ``The fall in gross written premium is primarily due to the previous year recording significant revenues from the crop line of business and some government business, which was not there this year. The company made a...
DICGC settles claims worth Rs 8,516.6 crore in FY22
The number of insured banks registered with DICGC stood at 2,040 as on March 31, 2022 Since the inception of deposit insurance, a cumulative amount of Rs 295.9 crore was paid up to March 31, 2022 towards claims of 27 commercial banks, Rs 10,524.3 crore towards claims...
Popular dietary supplements may increase cancer risk: Study
The international team of researchers led by Elena Goun, an associate professor of chemistry at MU, discovered high levels of NR could not only increase someone’s risk of developing triple-negative breast cancer, but also could cause cancer to metastasize or spread to...
Global debt levels rose ‘substantially’ in 2021 – World Bank’s Malpass
David Malpass, Presidnt,World Bank President IMF and World Bank officials say 25% of emerging market and developing economies are in or near debt distress, and the number rises to 60% for low- and middle-income countries. Climate shocks, interest rate increases and...
Side effects of watching violent television on children: Study
Early childhood entertainment often involves watching television, and some of the study's participants were exposed to violent content while others were not. Education and public health professionals are becoming increasingly concerned about the psychological and...
Australia to consider banning paying of ransoms to cyber criminals
Asked on ABC television on Sunday whether the government planned to look at outlawing ransom payments to cyber criminals, Australia's Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said "that's correct". "We will do that in the context of … cyber strategy," she said Sydney:...
Global COVID cases will increase in coming months, but at a slower pace -report
The increase in cases is not expected to cause a surge in deaths, the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) said Daily global COVID-19 infections are projected to rise slowly to about 18.7 million by February from the current...
India wearable market grows 56 pc to 37.2 million units in Jul-September: IDC
The wearable device segment, which comprises smartwatches, wrist band and earwear, recorded 75 million units of shipments in the first nine months of 2022. Smart wearable devices shipment in India grew by over 56 per cent to 37.2 million units in the quarter ended...
Long-term goal of Paris Agreement requires phase down of all fossil fuels: India at COP27
“Natural gas and oil also lead to emission of greenhouse gases. Making only one fuel the villain is not right,” a source in the Indian delegation attending the climate talks told PTI. . New Delhi: As negotiators from 194 parties started working out a draft cover text...
Maha: Lok Adalat awards Rs 70 lakh compensation to accident victim’s family
The settlement was reached between the claimants and Iffco-Tokio Gen. Ins. Co Ltd, the insurer of the car involved in the accident Thane/Palghar; The National Lok Adalat in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Saturday awarded Rs 70 lakh compensation to the children of a...
Per capita income rose in real terms by 33.4 per cent since enactment of NFSA Centre to SC
"During last eight years, since the enactment of NFSA, per capita income of the population in India has increased in real terms by 33.4 per cent. The rise in per capita income of people is bound to have taken a large number of households to higher income class and...
Inflation print for Oct likely to be lower than 7 pc: RBI Governor
Shaktikanta Das,Governor,Reserve Bank of India “We expect the October number which will be released on Monday to be lower than 7 per cent. Inflation is a matter of concern with which we are now dealing and dealing effectively,” he said. New Delhi: Terming price rise...