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XE variant of Covid-19 not more severe than Omicron’: Dr Gagandeep Kang
Variants will come because people are travelling. Of what we know of the variant (XE) is that it is not a point of concern, XE variant of Covid-19 not more severe than Omicron': Dr Gagandeep Kang. Professor at Christian Medical College in Vellore, said on Thursday The...
Musk promises ‘dedicated robotaxi’ with futuristic look from Tesla
Elon Musk,Chief Executive, Tesla Tesla now sells the advanced driver assistance systems for $12,000, with a promise of more features. It says the software does not make its vehicles autonomous, and requires driver supervision Tesla will start production next year of...
Jyoti Vaswani appointed as CIO of Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance
Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance today announced the appointment of Jyoti Vaswani as their new Chief Investment Officer (CIO). Vaswani brings over 25 years of rich experience in the mutual fund and life insurance industry having worked in the...
RBI to unveil regulations on climate risk and sustainable finance for banking industry
Some regulatory initiatives in the area of climate risk and sustainable finance would also help the REs to better handle climate risk and guide them in the transition period The RBI is planning to set up a committee to examine and review the state of customer service...
Global reinsurance capital rises 8.4 % to $728 billion in 2021
The underlying combined ratio improved to 99.8% (2020: 100.7%), which is the first time since 2014 that it has fallen below 100% A majority of the reinsurers have reported strong results for 2021 with improved capital positions backed up by rising equity markets and...
RBI keeps repo, reverse repo rates unchanged for 11th time in row, cuts GDP growth forecast
Shaktikanta Das,Governor,RBI Keeping the approach " cautious, but proactive", RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said that the RBI is emphasizing on three different aspects which will place India in a position that would enable it to deal with the merging crisis and...
Airbus, Qatar jetliner feud enters UK court spotlight
Qatar has grounded 23 of the A350 jets, voicing concerns over the safety impact of gaps in a layer of lightning protection left exposed by cracked and bubbling paint It says it will not take further deliveries until the cause is formally explained and is suing Airbus...
Russia credit insurance shows 99% chance of default within year
Credit-default swaps insuring $10 million of the country’s notes for one year were quoted at about $7.3 million upfront and $100,000 annually on Wednesday, according to ICE Data Services’ prices on Bloomberg. That’s up from about $5 million in advance last week, the...
BOC Aviation says lessors seeing ‘horrendous’ hikes in insurance costs
Over 400 leased planes worth almost $10 billion remained in Russia after a March 28 deadline to cancel the contracts in line with Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, leaving lessors facing heavy potential writedowns or a long insurance battle The likely huge...
Nuanced, calibrated approach essential for launch of CBDC, says Reserve Bank DG
RBI is planning to come out with a central bank backed digital currency using blockchain technology in 2022-23. As far as India is concerned, he emphasised that RBI is looking at Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) as just as the digital form of paper currency and no...
Govt’s focus on affordable healthcare ensured significant savings for poor, middle class: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi On World Health Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pointed to some facets of this ''pathbreaking scheme'' such as more than 3.2 crore people got free treatment under the Ayushman Bharat Jan Arogya Yojana, over 18 crore Ayushman cards issued...
IRDAI to scrap licensing renewals for insurance brokers and other intermediaries: chairman Panda
Debasish Panda, chairman,IRDAI ``We have decided to dispense with renewal of registration for insurance intermediaries and allow their licenses in perpetuity,'' said Debasish Panda, newly appointed chairman of IRDAI while addressing a press conference in Mumbai...
New IRDA chief Panda launches `Reforms 2.0′ for Indian insurance industry
Debasish Panda,chairman, IRDAI ``After two-decades of liberalisation, the Indian industry is matured and have to be given more freedom in fixing market determined pricing and launching innovative products,’’ said Panda, who retired as secretary of the department of...
Air India cancels Delhi-Moscow flight over insurance issues amid war
The Air India's Delhi-Moscow flight that was scheduled to operate on Thursday stands cancelled, the sources said They stated that the flight was cancelled as it was feared that the insurance may not be valid in Russian skies New Delhi: Air India on Thursday cancelled...
Suspected Chinese hackers collect intelligence from India’s power grid
The hackers focused on at least seven “load dispatch” centers in northern India that are responsible for carrying out real-time operations for grid control and electricity dispersal in the areas they are located, near the disputed India-China border in Ladakh, the...
“Every Indian should have at least one life insurance and a health cover ” says new IRDAI chief unveiling his new industry agenda
Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI IRDA chief has hinted that insurers don’t need IRDAI approvals for every product ``Each life insurer has actuaries to design their products that can be approved its own board. You should design product so that you can reach out every...
Maruti to recall 19,791 Eeco units to rectify marking of wheel rim size
In a routine inspection, the country's largest carmaker found that in some units of Eeco, manufactured between July 19, 2021 and October 5, 2021, the wheel rim size was incorrectly marked, the company said in a regulatory filing New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on...
India detects first ‘XE’ variant of COVID-19 in Mumbai
However, the Union Health Ministry is yet to confirm the detection of the first XE variant in the country According to the sources, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) is doing a deep genomic analysis of the case as a follow-up declared XE positive by...