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Japan recorded biggest population drop in 2021
Japan has one of the fastest aging populations on earth, and the country's closed borders over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic have hastened the shrinkage of its workforce Japan recorded a record low number of births in 2021, prompting the biggest ever natural...
Almost 90 per cent of the state’s population has health insurance: Rajasthan CM
Ashok Gehlot,Chief Minister,Rajasthan "It is a matter of great happiness that almost 90% of the population of Rajasthan has health insurance. On an average, 4 out of every 10 people in the country have health insurance, but in Rajasthan, 9 out of every 10 people have...
World Environment Day: New solutions to cut pollution
Akshit Bansal, CEO of Statiq, noted, "In 2019, India led the global score in pollution-led deaths with 2.4 million people dying due to outdoor air pollution; hence it's a key environmental issue for the nation. In this scenario, electric vehicles (EV) causing...
71% Indians not able to afford healthy diet: CSE Report
The diet of an average Indian lacks in fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts and whole grains. A healthy diet is considered unaffordable when its cost exceeds 63 percent of a person's income, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation Seventy-one per cent Indians...
UP reports first suspected case of monkeypox, samples testing at NIV Pune
"Samples of a five-year-old girl have been collected for testing for monkeypox, as a precautionary measure, as she had complaints of itching and rashes on her body. She has no other health issues and neither she nor any of her close contacts travelled abroad in the...
Foot-and-mouth disease reaches Australian shores as Indonesia outbreak spreads
Foot-and-mouth is a highly contagious disease that affects cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. It is characterized by fever and blister-like sores on the tongue and lips, in the mouth, on the teats and between the hooves. The virus has not been detected in Australia for...
Allianz sells a majority stake in its Russian operations
The partial sale would result in a 400 million euro ($429.80 million) hit to Allianz’s net profit, the company said. Companies have been scrambling to shed assets in Russia since the invasion, which Russia has called a “special operation.” The insurer Allianz said on...
Defeat device car owners can claim damages – EU court adviser
Defeat devices are mechanisms or software that can change vehicle emissions levels, leading to disputes over whether manufacturers use them to mask the true pollution levels of their vehicles. Volkswagen admitted in 2015 to using software to cheat U.S. emissions tests...
EU accords final nod to new sanctions on Russian oil and Sberbank
Apart from banning seaborne imports into Europe, the new sanctions also include an immediate ban on insuring ships carrying Russian oil elsewhere, an EU official told Reuters, while existing contracts are to be phased out over six months BRUSSELS: The European Union...
Insuring most expensive Mercedes is neither cheap nor easy
Numerous factors go into finalizing the rates and structure of such a policy—things like location, storage, and vehicle type—but in general, insuring a $100 million vehicle costs well over $100,000 to insure annually On May 5, a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut...
Despite difficulties, climate lawsuits explode globally
As recent research from the Grantham Institute shows, courts are becoming an increasingly popular destination to raise issues. Last year saw the highest number of climate cases filed against private companies, mainly in the energy sector, though agriculture and food...
South Korean users file police complaint against Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Sundar Pichai,CEO,Google According to The Korea Times, Citizens United for Consumer Sovereignty (CUCS) has filed a complaint against Pichai, Google Korea CEO Nancy Mable Walker and Google Asia-Pacific President Scott Beaumont at Gangnam Police Station in Seoul for...
Govt approves 8.1% on EPF deposit for 2021-22
The 8.1 per cent EPF rate of interest is the lowest since 1977-78, when it stood at 8 per cent. The 8.5 per cent interest rate on EPF deposits for 2020-21 was decided by the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) in March 2021. New Delhi: The government has approved 8.1 per...
Centre writes to 5 states over rise in Covid cases, weekly positivity rates
Rajesh Bhushan,Union Health Secretary States have been asked to refer to the directions issued in a letter by the ministry dated April 8, 2022 for strategic areas of intervention like relaxation in various activities, testing and surveillance, clinical management,...
8,700 Jan Aushadhi Kendras providing 50-90 pc cost-effective medicines to beneficiaries across India
"At present, there are 8,700 shops in the country. We aim to make it 10,000 shops in the near future so that these shops are available in all the blocks across the country very soon," Ravi Dadhich, CEO, of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI) The...
eSanjeevani integrated with NHA’s Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
''The integration of eSanjeevani with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is one such example where the 22 crore ABHA holders can link and store their health records created via eSanjeevani in the health lockers of their choice. They can also share their previously linked...
Mukesh Ambani regains Asia’s richest man tag, surpasses Gautam Adani
Tesla CEO Elon Musk remains the world's richest person with a net fortune of $227 billion As per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Mukesh Ambani's net worth has increased by $9.69 billion in 2022. As per the Forbes real-time billionaires list, Mukesh Ambani has a net...
3rd-party motor cover gains to partially offset general insurers’ underwriting losses
Claims incurred by most insurers have risen since the second quarter of last fiscal, following the relaxation of lockdown restrictions and reopening of offices. The claims ratio is estimated at around 85% for the last quarter of fiscal 2022, up from ~78% in fiscal...