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In 2020-21, India created 863,000 green jobs, of which 217,000 were in solar photovoltaic vertical and 414,000 in hydropower, a joint report published by International Renewable Energy Agency and the International Labour Organization titled 'Renewable Energy and Jobs...
Piramal, Zurich Insurance mull joint bid for Reliance General Insurance
Zurich confirmed that it has made a separate offer to acquire a stake in Reliance General Insurance Company as part of the resolution process under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). ''The terms of any transaction are subject to negotiations and there can be no...
RBI set for fourth straight rate hike to quell inflation, say experts
Inflation will remain elevated this year and the next, ADB said in an update to its flagship Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2022 report ''This Update forecasts the inflation rate averaging 6.7 percent in FY2022 (fiscal ending in March 2023) before moderating to 5.8...
FPIs pump in Rs 8,600-cr in Sep; pace of investment slows
FPIs turned net buyers in July after nine straight months of net outflows, which started in October last year. Between October 2021 till June 2022, they sold Rs 2.46 lakh crore in the Indian equity markets. New Delhi: After infusing more than Rs 51,000 crore last...
Aon names senior leader for APAC Cyber Solutions, furthering investment in cyber capabilities
Adam Peckman, senior leader for APAC Cyber Solutions,Aon “Only two in five businesses are ready to navigate new exposures arising from the rapid digital evolution we’ve witnessed across all industries in the past 24 months. Cyber risk cannot remain an IT risk or...
MACT awards Rs 8.1 lakh compensation to boy injured in road accident
The total compensation of Rs 8.10 lakh, included Rs 3 lakh towards compensation on account of permanent disability, Rs 2.80 lakh towards hospital expenses, Rs 1 lakh towards medical expenses, Rs 50,000 each towards loss of enjoyment of life and pain and suffering, Rs...
MFs add 7 mn accounts in 5 months of FY23 as awareness, digital access rise
The sharp increase in mutual fund (MF) folio count implies that a lot of new investors are coming into the capital markets and are embracing mutual funds as their preferred vehicle for investing. "Demonetisation led financialisation of household savings, further...
Conflict, climate change and Covid pose threat to health of women, children: PMNCH
As many as 18 million children did not receive a single dose of DTP in 2021. The vast majority of these children live in low and middle-income countries, with India, Nigeria, Indonesia, Ethiopia and the Philippines recording the highest numbers, the statement said In...
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission crosses 1 cr digitally linked health records
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Over 28,300 hospitals of which 46 per cent are private have been empanelled so far under the scheme. Of the total 3.8 crore hospital admission under the scheme, 46 per cent were in government-run hospitals. Fifty-two per cent of...
India on track to attract $100 bn FDI this fiscal on back of reforms: Govt
The reform measures include liberalization of guidelines and regulations, in order to reduce unnecessary compliance burden, bring down cost and enhance the ease of doing business in India, it added New Delhi: India is on track to attract USD 100 billion foreign direct...
Lightning, heavy rains kill at least 36 in India
Global warming has also increased the frequency of lightning, said Sunita Narain, director general at the Centre for Science and Environment.A 1-degree-Celsius (1.8-degree-Fahrenheit) rise in temperature increases lightning by 12 times. Thunderbolts contain as much as...
Cashless treatment facility by AB-PMJAY substantially reduced out-of-pocket expenditure of poor: Mandaviya
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya So far, more than 19 crore AB-PMJAY cards have been created and more than 3.8 crore beneficiaries have availed of free treatment under the scheme New Delhi: The cashless treatment facility provided by Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY...
COVID pandemic created immunisation gaps in Africa, Over half a million children are at risk
The continent's health systems have to manage on average 150 cases of disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies every year. These range from armed conflicts to climate-related disasters (including flooding, drought, and famine) and disease outbreaks....
COVID-19 infection increases risk of long-term brain problems: Study
Those who had COVID were 80% more likely to have seizures, 43% more likely to have mental health issues, such as anxiety or depression, 35% more likely to have headaches and 42% more likely to suffer movement disorders, such as tremors, compared with the control...
Paris and New York join climate litigation against TotalEnergies
The coalition wants a judge to order TotalEnergies to “take the necessary measures to drastically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and align itself with the objectives of the Paris Agreement,” in a move that it said would be “similar to the Shell decision in the...
Sense of an ending: Scientists say worst of Covid could be over
''We have spent two-and-a-half years in a long, dark tunnel, and we are just beginning to glimpse the light at the end of that tunnel,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Tedros said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Thursday. Globally, as of...
Equity investors poorer by Rs 4.90 lakh cr as Sensex tumbles nearly 2 pc
''With the latest round of interest rate tinkering by the US central bank, investors have turned risk averse and are dumping shares at will. Traders are also worried about the escalation in Russia-Ukraine conflict, which is prompting them to exit equities and park...
NGT slaps over Rs 2,000 crore fine on Punjab for failure to treat waste
Responsibility of the State is to have a comprehensive plan to control pollution which is its absolute liability, which is not being understood, a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice A K Goel said New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has imposed a penalty of...