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''The sector, like others, has witnessed some merger and acquisitions in the past and will continue to witness them and newer opportunities will emerge in the future. Players with sound underwriting practices, strong financials and right management practices will...
Super typhoon Nanmadol bears down on Japan’s Kyushu island
Railway operators and airlines have cancelled services and convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan temporarily shut around 950 stores. Toyota Motor Corp said it will idle production at three factories on Monday Typhoon Nanmadol bore down on Japan's southernmost...
Climate change, salinity and menstrual health problems: Sundarbans women battle triple whammy
"With agriculture becoming unviable due to the increase in salinity of the water because of sea level rise, more and more women are becoming dependent on fishing. This means their exposure to saline water is also increasing," said Nihar Ranjan Raptan, director of the...
AM Best affirms credit ratings of New India Assurance
AM Best views New India’s business profile as favourable given its market-leading position as the largest non-life insurer in India by gross premium written overall, as well as in major business lines, including health, marine, and fire The company’s underwriting...
Post-pandemic, 30% more cancer patients treated at Mumbai’s TMC
“We are treating 30 per cent more patients. This means that 30 per cent of patients were not treated during the pandemic and they are now coming back. Some of them are not greatly advanced, but some of them are,” said TMC Director Dr Rajendra Badwe Mumbai:...
Pakistan facing risk of fresh floods, more deaths as toll crosses 1,500
“The economic impact of the floods is a major source of concern for global investors,” said Abdul Kadir Hussain, head of fixed income asset management at Dubai-based Arqaam Capital Ltd. Also, there is nothing tangible on dollar inflows that were supposed to follow the...
Comprehensive action plan formulated under national logistics policy
High logistics cost in India impacts both external and internal trade. The cost in India is estimated at 13-14 per cent of the gross domestic product against 9-10 per cent in the US and Europe and 11 per cent in Japan It also involves 200 shipping agencies, 36...
UNDP launches new plan to accelerate progress on gender equality and SDGs
During the pandemic, women have been more likely to lose their jobs, making up only 39 percent of global employment but 54 percent of job losses. "As progress towards gender equality stalls, UNDP's ambitious new Gender Equality Strategy will guide us in our efforts to...
Thousands of Gujarat govt employees join ‘mass casual leave’ stir in state over old pension scheme
Unions representing teachers, panchayat health workers and revenue employees have been protesting since some time for the reintroduction of the OPS in the state Ahmedabad: Thousands of employees of the Gujarat government, including school teachers, joined the ‘mass...
Bhaskar returns to GIC Re as GM
State owned GIC Re has announced the appointment of Girija Subramanian, general manager(GM) of the corporation as chairman-cum-managing director of Agriculture Insurance Company and relieved from the corporation with effect from Friday. Madhulika Bhaskar, who was...
On World Patient Safety Day, WHO stresses on ending unsafe medication practices, errors
In low- and middle-income countries – including in the WHO South-East Asia Region – patient harm due to unsafe care contributes to an estimated 134 million adverse events annually resulting in around 2.6 million deaths, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia Dr...
Maharashtra FDA cancels Johnson & Johnson baby powder manufacturing license
The press note said that the samples of Johnson's Baby Powder were declared "Not of Standard Quality". FDA Maharashtra had taken the samples of Johnson's Baby Powder at Pune and Nashik for quality check purposes Mumbai: Food & Drugs Administration, Maharashtra,...
Portal launched to provide info on blood availability across country: Mandaviya
''Once someone logs into the portal and clicks on a particular state and then a district, one can see the blood banks accessible in that area and the specific contact details,'' Mandaviya said at the meet attended by regional reporters from different cities, including...
Healthcare claims platform Coverself gets USD 4.8 mn
Founded in 2021, Coverself is a transparent healthcare platform, which works in a collaborative and comprehensive SaaS platform for all stakeholders, that help in removing administrative waste and duplication of efforts Mumbai: Cloud platform for healthcare claims and...
NCLT approves merger of Exide Life with HDFC Life
Earlier this year, HDFC Life had announced acquisition of 100 per cent stake in Exide Life from its parent Exide Industries after issuing over 8.7 crore shares at an issue price of Rs 685 and a cash payout of Rs 726 crore, aggregating to Rs 6,687 crore New Delhi: The...
Global insurance sector outlooks at risk from inflation, rising rates:Fitch
Non-life insurance sectors would typically be most exposed under the scenario, particularly those with a high proportion of long-tail business where higher-than-anticipated claims inflation could lead to reserve deficiencies London: Insurance sector outlooks in...
‘Clairvoyant’ 2012 climate report warned of extreme weather
In a report that changed the way the world thinks about the harms of global warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s special report on extreme events, disasters and climate change warned in 2012: “A changing climate leads to changes in the frequency,...
Not just big pharma: how social factors affect overprescription in India
India is afflicted by a boom in depression. A mind-boggling 56 million of its people have the condition, and another 38 million have an anxiety disorder. It was among India's top 15 causes of early death in 2019. Not surprisingly, antidepressants are rife:...