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India’s commercial vehicle volumes to hit 12.4 lakh units in FY27 surpassing previous peak: Crisil
The industry's domestic recovery in FY26 was driven by multiple factors, including the GST rate cut from 28 per cent to 18 per cent in September 2025, which improved purchase economics and unlocked deferred demand. Easing interest rates, better freight utilisation and...
FM calls for exceptional vigilance on cybersecurity risks in financial system
Nirmala Sitharaman,Union Finance Minister "…not just Sebi but all regulated entities will have to remain exceptionally vigilant. The tools of attack are evolving at high speed, and the tools of defence must evolve even faster," Union Finance Minister Nirmala...
New Insurance Act enshrines transparency in IRDAI’s functioning: Ajay Seth
Ajay Seth, chairman, IRDAI ``To my mind, that was the first time an act(The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (amendment of Insurance laws) Act, 2025) is talking about transparency in governance of the regulator. Now, that again is an indication of what the Indian Parliament is...
Policybazar grows its NRI biz in GIFT City
Bimal Menon, principal officer, Policybazaar’s GIFT City Branch, said, “Among NRIs, GIFT City is gaining strong momentum as a preferred investment hub. This shift is driven by benefits including tax-free gains u/s 10(10D), availability of US Dollar denominated market...
Govt forms panel under SBI chief Setty to assess Mythos-related risks: Sitharman
Nirmala Sitharaman,Union Finance Minister There will be a lot of interaction among banks over the next few weeks to understand the threats and also look at the areas where additional investments will be required, Sitharaman said. She said all this while, the system...
Microsoft must face $2.8 billion UK lawsuit over cloud computing licences
Competition lawyer Maria Luisa Stasi is bringing the case on behalf of nearly 60,000 businesses that run Windows Server on rival cloud platforms. Her lawyers have previously said the claim was worth up to 2.1 billion pounds ($2.8 billion). LONDON: Microsoft must...
World facing “biggest energy security threat in history”: IEA chief Fatih Birol
Fatih Birol ,executive director,International Energy Agency The core of the current disruption remains the Strait of Hormuz, a primary maritime artery that previously facilitated the transport of 20 million barrels of oil and petroleum products daily. The passage is...
PwC pays $166 million to settle HK Evergrande audit probe
PwC “turned a blind eye” to Evergrande’s fraud, the Chinese securities regulator has said. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP agreed to pay HK$1.3 billion ($166 million) in fines and compensation to settle investigations into its auditing work for the collapsed property giant...
Goldman Sachs settles shareholder lawsuit over Malaysian 1MDB scandal
Goldman agreed in 2020 to pay $2.9 billion in penalties and have a Malaysian unit admit criminal wrongdoing to settle 1MDB probes by the U.S. Justice Department and other authorities. Goldman Sachs has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the Wall Street...
Ex-Credit Suisse team plans $1 billion Fund for Data Center Risk
It would be the first time a product in the market for insurance-linked securities specifically targets data-center risk, according to Hilti. Euler plans to structure the vehicle as a so-called sidecar, meaning investors will take a quota share of an insurer’s risk....
Protracted closure of Hormuz may lead to a wave of disputes: CFOs
“We expect a lot of financial disputes and a lot of force majeure,” Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. CFO Guillaume Vermersch said at the Financial Times Global Commodities Summit, adding that how the situation plays out out could shape some of the firm’s profit this year....
FM meets heads of banks on AI risks following concerns over Anthropic’s Mythos
The meeting chaired by the Finance Minister deliberated on various risks that AI posed on the financial sector, sources said, adding that banks have been urged to take preemptive measures to secure their systems, data and money of customers. New Delhi:Finance Minister...
Health Insurance:A clear gap between awareness and action
A report by Niva Bupa Health Insurance highlights that health insurance ownership in India correlates more strongly with financial maturity than income levels alone. Policyholders demonstrate better financial discipline, including stronger portfolio diversification,...
FSIB invites application from pvt sector too for selection of public sector banks’ EDs
Inclusion of candidates from the private sector is a departure from the set procedure, and this is the first time that the Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) would consider them for selection for more than half a dozen vacancies of EDs expected to be...
AI Advatage:Leading companies focus on growth,not just productivity
``Insurance comes out as one of the stronger sectors in the survey, with solid groundwork in place for using AI. It has clear direction and strong controls around security and risk, however, it is not yet using AI as widely as the top performers. The biggest gap is...
AI defining force in risk management, improving operational efficiency, mkt surveillance: SBI Chief
"The next 25 years will not just be about scale, but about intelligent scale. Financial markets are now evolving in the fastest ways possible, becoming more interconnected and complex."CS Setty,chairman, SBI Mumbai:Artificial intelligence will play a central role in...
RBI in talks with global regulators, banks to review Mythos risks, sources say
The Reserve Bank of India's preliminary assessment - just like that of global regulators - suggests Mythos could pose cybersecurity risks by accelerating the discovery and exploitation of software vulnerabilities, the sources, all familiar with the central bank's...
US:Record drought sparks worries about fires, water supply and food prices
“Right now 61% of the country is in drought and that’s steadily been going up for the calendar year.We just haven’t seen too many springs where this amount of the country has been in this kind of shape.'' said Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the National Drought...