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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarErratic monsoon damaging crops: Experts say no impact likely on food security but farmers bearing brunt
The monsoon has given surplus rains in south and central India, while east and northeast India have reported precipitation deficit, said Mahesh Palawat, vice president (meteorology and climate change), Skymet Weather. The estimated dip in the Kharif rice output is...
Boeing to pay $200 million to settle civil charges it misled investors about 737 MAX
"In times of crisis and tragedy, it is especially important that public companies and executives provide full, fair, and truthful disclosures to the markets. The Boeing Company and its former CEO, Dennis Muilenburg, failed in this most basic obligation," SEC Chair...
HDFC ERGO and HDFC Life jointly launch term insurance policy with a health cover
Ritesh Kumar, MD & CEO, HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company, said, “Combined products are ultimate customer friendly solutions, where a customer can enjoy benefits of two products under a single plan without any hassles. With launch of this plan, we have...
SBI General Insurance strengthenes its collaboration with WhatsApp
Anand Pejawar, deputy managing director, SBI General Insurance said, “Customers today, are more evolved and much better informed as compared to the past. In line with customers’ changing buying behaviour and as a part of the Company’s constant endeavour to innovate...
Belgium’s Ageas first to pick up majority stake in Indian life insurance JV; pays Rs 580 crore to IDBI Bank
''With this transaction, Ageas increases its interest in the joint venture that it has operated to date together with IDBI Bank and Federal Bank to 74 per cent.'' Ageas Federal Life Insurance said with the completion of the majority shareholding by Ageas, it is the...
225 million displacements in APAC due to disasters, Impact of climate change deepens: ADB Report
The 225 million displacements in Asia and the Pacific include 5 million displacements by Cyclone Amphan across South Asia in 2020, 2.6 million displacements by the Gorka earthquake in Nepal in 2015, and 15.5 million displacements by floods in the People’s Republic of...
IRDAI selects first ever pvt sector IT professional Arindam Dutta to head IIB
Arindam Dutta, CEO-Designate, Insurance Information Bureau of India IRDAI chairman Debasish Panda has already made his intention public to broad base the ownership of the IIB and has suggested that instead of the IRDAI, let the insurers through their...
New York still top, Singapore overtakes Hong Kong in global finance centre ranking
"London’s second position looks secure but needs a significant global change to once again challenge for the top place," said Michael Mainelli, chairman of Z/Yen LONDON: New York remains far and away the world's most favoured financial centre, with London still second...
American Airlines confirms data breach of customers and employees
American Airlines has notified customers that personal information such as address, phone number, driver’s license number, passport number and/or certain medical information may have been accessed by the hacker, the letter showed “We regret that this incident occurred...
Noncommunicable diseases now ‘top killers globally’ – UN health agency report
Chief among them are cardiovascular diseases, such as heart disease and stroke; cancer; and diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases – as well as mental health illnesses Together they account for nearly three-quarters of deaths in the world, taking 41 million lives...
India among top ten countries with highest Type 2 diabetes prevalence: Lancet study
The ten countries with the highest estimated T1D( Type 1 Diabetes) prevalence US, India, Brazil, China, Germany, UK, Russia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Spain account for 5.08 million (60 per cent) of global cases of T1D, the resaerchers said An estimated 8.4 million...
Objective to bring 17 lakh pensioners on SPARSH by Sep end: Defence Ministry
The Defence Accounts Department signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today with Bank of Baroda and HDFC Bank, to onboard them as service centres under the System for Pension Administration (Raksha) or SPARSH initiative, across more than 14,000 branches...
Wipro fires 300 staff found working with rivals at same time: Rishad Premji
Infosys' internal communication titled "no double lives" made it clear that "dual employment is not permitted as per…Employee Handbook and Code of Conduct". New Delhi: Wipro Chairman Rishad Premji on Wednesday said the company had found its 300 employees worked with...
Fed again hikes interest rates by 75 basis points in aggressive bid to fight inflation
Officials expect the benchmark rate to rise to 4.4% by year end and 4.6% during 2023, according to the median estimate in updated quarterly projections published alongside the statement. That indicates a fourth-straight 75 basis-point hike could be on the table for...
Govt issues draft rules for car firms for mandatory rear seat belt alarm
"Safety-belt reminder" means a system dedicated to alerting the driver when the driver and all other front-facing seat occupant(s) do not use the safety-belt. The system is constituted by a detection of an unfastened safety-belt and by a driver's alert which is a...
IRDA forms Ritesh Kumar panel to study long-term products in Property (Dwelling), Motor and Health Insurance
The new WG will examine framework surrounding the products in general insurance including Health Insurance segment for other than annual policies and for uniformity in the approach to be followed Some of the other members of WG are-Neeerja Kapur, CMD, New India...
Cyber attacks on Indian healthcare industry second highest in the world: CloudSEK
According to the firm, the technological advancement in the healthcare industry like remote health monitoring, electronic health records and the Internet of Things (IoT) provided cyber criminals with more opportunities to attack the sector. The number of cyber attacks...
Pakistan flood-borne diseases could get ‘out of control’ as deaths rise
Record monsoon rains and glacial melt in northern Pakistan triggered the flooding that has impacted nearly 33 million people in the South Asian nation of 220 million, sweeping away homes, crops, bridges, roads and livestock in damages estimated at $30 billion....