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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarEnhanced insurance cover, RFID tags among new facilities as Amarnath Yatra set to resume after 2 years
Several new facilities have been incorporated including Radio Frequency Identification tags for not just pilgrims but ponies as well, insurance cover for people has been Increased from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh and ponies have also been covered in insurance cover of Rs...
EU sanctions tweak allows some plane owners to sell to Russia
Under the amended provision, no economic resources can be made available to the Russian counterpart, except to transfer ownership of the plane after the EU company has been fully reimbursed An amendment to European Union sanctions last week created a potential path...
Indian insurance industry has managed Covid 19 crisis well: III Survey
From(L to R) Dilip Ukey, vice-chancellor, Maharashtra National Law University,Sharad Mathur, MD and CEO, Universal Sompo General Insurance, Devesh Srivastava, CMD, GIC Re at an event in Mumbai to release survey reports prepared by Insurance Institute of India The...
India-Fundraising via debt placement hits 6-yr low at Rs 5.88 lakh cr in FY22
Unless the high government borrowings and adverse interest rate cycle play spoilsport, the ongoing financial year is expected to be robust in terms of fundraising activities through the debt route on account of higher demand for credit from corporates in light of the...
48% rise in home isolation cases of Covid in last one week in Delhi: Data
As the Covid positivity rate in the national capital has jumped from 0.57 per cent on April 1 to 2.39 per cent on April 14, the number of home isolation cases has shown an upward trend in the last one week. Amid an uptick in daily cases of COVID-19 in Delhi and the...
Mental health may impact chances of breakthrough COVID: Study
''Our research suggests that increased breakthrough infections in people with psychiatric disorders cannot be entirely explained by socio-demographic factors or pre-existing conditions,'' said senior study author Aoife O'Donovan from UCSF. People who are vaccinated...
Afghanistan’s per capita income falls by one-third in last months of 2021: World Bank
The political crisis has put the gains of around two decades in Afghanistan at risk and will lead the country to grave poverty, the World Bank said. According to the statement, if the current condition continues, the Gross Domestic Product per capita will decline by...
E-cigs using synthetic nicotine come under FDA oversight
Under a law taking effect Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration can regulate e-cigarettes and similar products that use synthetic nicotine. The action targets Puff Bar and several other vaping companies that recently switched their formulas to laboratory-made...
PM Modi says India to get record number of doctors in next 10 years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi The goal of having at least one medical college in every district and ensuring that medical education was in reach of everyone will result in the country getting a record numbers of doctors after 10 years,” the PM said Ahmedabad: Prime...
Ayushman Bharat: Tele-consultation facility to start at 1 lakh wellness centres from Saturday
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya ''Now common citizens will also be able to consult the big doctors of the country! ''On the occasion of the 4th anniversary of Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres, 'e-Sanjeevani Tele-consultation' facility will be...
Climate change will decrease number of fish species, says report
The researchers noted that not only will large species and commercially important fisheries shift out of their historical ranges as climate warms, but they will likely not be as abundant even in their new geographic ranges Warming of the oceans due to climate change...
Elon Musk launches $43-bn hostile takeover of Twitter
Elon Musk After his stake became public, Musk immediately began appealing to fellow users about prospective moves, from turning Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters into a homeless shelter and adding an edit button for tweets to granting automatic verification marks...
Worldwide COVID cases surpass 500 mln as Omicron variant BA.2 surges
Roughly 64.8% of the world population has received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine, although only 14.8% of people in low-income countries have received at least one dose, according to figures from Our World in Data Since 2020, about 37% of the world's COVID cases...
South Africa’s deadliest floods in nearly three decades claim more than 250 lives
“The damages seem quite severe and we have received a significant volume of claims. We expect a significant number of new claims will be reported in the coming days, and we have mobilized our teams to deal with the expected volumes to ensure continuity of customer...
TMK launches IP Abatement Insurance for US-based SMEs
Product will be available as an add-on to TMK’s Intellectual Property (IP) Infringement Defence Policy and features limits of up to USD3m TMK, a leading specialist insurer, has launched IP Abatement insurance for clients in the US. The product will be available for...
Swiss Re secures secures $1.15bn alternative capital via an innovative hybrid transaction
The transaction, which covers underwriting risks across the entire Swiss Re Group, is the first of its kind to combine both bank financing and insurance-linked securities Zurich: Swiss Re has successfully closed an innovative multi-year stop-loss transaction, with...
APAC with over $15 billion accounts for the highest percentage of Q1 global economic losses: AON
The first quarter is typically the quietest of the year, though 2022 marked the sixth consecutive year to record more than $10 billion in insured losses The preliminary Q1 overall economic loss was $31 billion. Public and private insurers covered $14 billion of this...
China warns of NFT-related financial risks
Although NFTs could contribute to China's digital economy, they could also lead to speculative trading, money laundering, and illegal financing, said the trio, who also issued a joint ban on cryptocurrency trading last year NFTs must not be used in the issuance of...