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While there is little doubt that, during its lifetime, the BRI has become the largest transnational infrastructure programme ever undertaken by a single country, said the Forum's President Lord Bruce, in recent years evidence is mounting to show that China is actually...
Wage Revision: Deadlock continues as PSU general insurance unions insist pay parity with LIC
In a meeting convened by the GIPSA on Saturday to discuss about the restructuring of four PSU general insurance companies, Suchita Gupta, CMD, National Insurance Company and chairperson, GIPSA, had informed the unions that the offering of 12 per cent wage hike to the...
India’s GDP to grow at 7.4 pc in this fiscal: Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman,Union Finance Minister "India is still the fastest growing economy. We are definitely at the range of 7.4 per cent (GDP). The level will continue even the next year." New Delhi: Highlighting the recovery of the economy and flow of investment...
Personal retail loan disbursements rise 42 pc at end-March 2022: Study
The total portfolio outstanding of retail industry increased from Rs 71 lakh crore (March 2020) to Rs 80 lakh crore (March 2021), and further to Rs 89 lakh crore as of March 2022 Private banks experienced the highest growth of portfolio outstanding with a 32 per cent...
Moderna sues Pfizer/BioNTech for patent infringement over COVID vaccine
Early in the pandemic, Moderna said it would not enforce its COVID-19 patents to help others develop their own vaccines, particularly for low- and middle-income countries. But in March 2022 Moderna said it expected companies such as Pfizer and BioNTech to respect its...
Bimaplan and Niyo Bharat tie-up to make insurance accessible to contractual factory workers
Bimaplan, a Y Combinator-backed insurtech startup has recently announced a partnership with Niyo Bharat, to provide contractual factory workers with vital microinsurance protection plans. Bimaplan and Niyo Bharat’s partnership will provide financial inclusion to...
“Use & File’- ICICI Lombard revamps its product portfolio
Sanjeev Mantri,executive director, ICICI Lombard General Insurance ` The new offerings were propelled by the recent announcement of ‘Use and File’ framework from the IRDAI. Fuelled by regulatory reforms, we have accelerated our pace of developing and launching new...
2050 net-zero target can boost India’s GDP by 7.3 pc by 2032: Report
India will need around USD 10.1 trillion in cumulative economy-wide investment to meet its 2070 target. While India could decarbonise using carbon revenues or other domestic tax-raising mechanisms to fund green investments, leveraging international support would free...
World reaches ‘tragic milestone’ of one million COVID-19 deaths so far in 2022
In January, WHO and partners launched the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership, focused mainly on the 34 countries that were at or below 10 per cent coverage. All but six are on the continent Today, only 10 countries still have less than 10 per cent coverage, most of...
Max Life Insurance enters pension fund management biz; its arm secures licence from PFRDA
Set up with initial capital of Rs 50 crore, the fund manager is expected to begin its operation in October, Max Life managing director and CEO Prashant Tripathy told PTI New Delhi: Max Life Insurance Company on Friday said it has ventured into the pension fund...
China’s fragile economy is being hammered by driest riverbeds since 1865
Yangtze’s retreating water levels have snarled electricity generation at many key hydropower plants, sparking energy chaos across parts of the country. Mega cities including Shanghai are turning off lights, escalators and cutting back on air conditioning. Tesla Inc....
Korea shatters its own record for world’s lowest fertility rate
Korea is the world’s fastest-aging nation among economies with per capita GDP of at least $30,000, according to United Nations global population projections and World Bank data. By 2100, its population will fall by 53% to 24 million, up from a 43% decline forecast in...
Russian coal exports face European insurance ban
While Russian coal miners started re-directing volumes to Asia long before the ban came into force, the shipowners typically reinsure their risks with bigger providers that can no longer cover such exports. The companies are looking at other options, but those will be...
Indian Ocean coastline off Somalia declassified as a “high-risk area”
The change was approved by marine groups including the International Chamber of Shipping and will be operational from January next year, they said in an emailed statement on Monday “No piracy attacks against merchant ships have occurred off Somalia since 2018,”...
Flexible work places can encourage more women to join labour force, Modi says
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Reiterating that the future needs flexible workplaces, a work-from-home ecosystem, and flexible work hours, the Prime Minister said,`` we can use systems like flexible workplaces as opportunities for women's labour force participation.''...
5G services in India by October 12, says IT Minister Vaishnaw
Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union IT minister The 5G services would be rolled out in a phased manner and during the first phase, 13 cities will get the 5G internet services The cities are Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Hyderabad,...
HDFC Bank picks up 9.94 % in Go Digit Life for Rs 120 crore
HDFC Bank's investment has valued GO Digit Life , which is yet to be a licensed, at around Rs 1200 crore The partnership between Kamesh Goyal and Indian born Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa's Fairfax, which already has a general insurance company, is now planning to...
Indian insurance industry providing a higher return on equity than developed markets: IRDAI Chairman
Debasish Panda,chairman,IRDAI ``Indian insurance companies on an average have provided a return of 23 per cent while US insurance industry’s return has been at 13 per cent, a point to note for our American counterparts,’’ said Panda, while addressing a webinar...