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German road traffic agency asks Tesla to recall 59,000 units globally
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) early in June upgraded its probe into 830,000 Tesla vehicles with the advanced driver assistance system Autopilot, a required step before it could seek a recall Germany's road traffic agency said it was...
HDFC and HDFC Bank merger proposal gets nod from bourses
''The scheme remains subject to various statutory and regulatory approvals inter alia including approvals from the Reserve Bank of India, Competition Commission of India, the National Company Law Tribunal and the respective shareholders and creditors of the companies...
DICGC to pay depositors of two co-operative banks in August
Eligible depositors of Shankarrao Pujari Nutan Sahakari Bank will get the payment on August 10, and those of Harihareshwar Sahakari Bank on August 28, according to a DICGC circular DICGC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the RBI, provides an insurance cover of up to Rs 5...
Karnataka govt approves setting up of 438 ‘Namma Clinics’
''We have permitted the start of 438 U-HWCs called Namma Clinic in Karnataka that we had announced in the budget under the 15th Finance Commission grants. Accordingly, we have given sanction for appointment of 438 doctors, equal number of nurses and second division...
New ‘alarming’ sub-variant of Omicron in 10 Indian states: Israeli expert
In a series of Tweets, Dr. Shay Fleishon, with the Central Virology Laboratory at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, said that 85 sequences from eight countries have been uploaded so far on Nextstrain, an open-source platform of genomic data. This included 69 from...
Big tech firms offering financial services pose risk to financial stability: RBI
FinTech innovations are ubiquitous, especially in retail and wholesale payments, financial market infrastructures, investment management, insurance, credit provision, and equity capital raising, and may lead to material changes in the financial landscape, it said....
India’s monsoon rains cover entire country but still down on average
India is likely to receive monsoon rainfall between 94% and 106% of the long-term average in July, the most crucial month for planting rice and a host of other summer crops such as corn, cotton, soybean and sugarcane, the India Meteorological Department had said on...
Top billionaires lose $1.4 trillion in worst half ever
Elon Musk, co-founder,Tesla Musk, Tesla's co-founder, still has the biggest fortune on the planet, at $208.5 billion, while Amazon's Bezos is second with a $129.6 billion net worth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index Elon Musk's fortune plunged almost $62...
WHO says Monkeypox cases in Europe tripled in last two weeks
To date, more than 5,000 monkeypox cases have been reported from 51 countries worldwide that don't normally report the disease, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kluge said the number of infections in Europe represents about 90% of the...
COVID-19: BA.4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise in cases
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ``Our ability to track the virus is under threat as reporting and genomic sequences are declining. The optimistic mid-year deadline for all countries to vaccinate at least 70 per cent of their populations is looking...
IRDAI wants 2.52% penetration and Rs 11.73 trillion premium for non-life industry by FY2027-28, sets tough annual premium targets for players
Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI IRDAI chairman Debasish Panda said the IRDAI will also suggest to the government to provide tax benefits under 80C for long term motor and housing policies. Panda revealed that the IRDAI is considering to give freedom to the boards of...
Saving Ocean: Global emergency
Among the challenges the Ocean faces are coastal erosion, rising sea levels, warmer and more acidic waters, marine pollution, overexploitation of fish stocks and decrease of marine biodiversity Recognizing the past “collective failure” in the Conference’s final...
COVID-19 Pandemic: Risk lessons in a complex, inter-connected world
Today’s interconnected world is an evolving system, and disastrous events are often the results of systemic failures. The new UN report shows that It’s time to develop a deeper understanding of systemic risks, how they trigger other hazards and shocks, often in...
Carmakers post sales growth in June as semiconductor woes show signs of easing out
''Despite the global supply chain constraints, we are still managing to achieve milestones in record time,'' Kia India Vice President & Head of Sales and Marketing Hardeep Singh Brar said New Delhi: Major carmakers, including Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Tata Motors on...
Financial services an exciting aspect of UK-India FTA, says Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak,British Chancellor "Financial service is an area where there's an enormous opportunity for both of our countries. India's goal is to spread insurance across the entire economy because insurance is a great thing for enabling protection for individuals and...
SpiceJet’s Delhi-Jabalpur flight returns after crew notices smoke in cabin mid-air
This is the fifth such incident on SpiceJet aircraft in two weeks. Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation is investigating all five incidents. On June 19, an engine on SpiceJet's Delhi-bound aircraft carrying 185 passengers caught fire soon after...
RNRC is covering nearly all Russian reinsurance business
Igor Yurgens, head of the All-Russia Union of Insurers, told the same meeting on Friday that insurance companies from India and China are also staying away from Russia amid fears they will fall under secondary sanctions State-controlled Russian National Reinsurance...
India gets $1.75 bn World Bank loan for Ayushman Bharat, private investment
Through this combined financing of USD 1 billion, the World Bank will support India's flagship Pradhan Mantri-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM), launched in October 2021, the World Bank said in a release on Friday New Delhi: The World Bank has...