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Without getting into specifics, report co-chair Hans-Otto Poertner said the science is clear that there are limits — including temperature limits — to what key ecosystems, species and humans can withstand. And in some places, warming is near those limits and in a few...
ICICI Lombard lends a personal touch to Health Insurance with Video Calling
ICICI Lombard, has introduced a video calling facility for all its customers purchasing health insurance. This initiative allows a customer to make an instant video call or schedule one via the official website on their smartphone or laptop in just three simple steps....
Investors’ wealth tumbles by over Rs 8.47 trn amid global sell-off
In just two sessions, the total investors' wealth has eroded by more than Rs 12 lakh crore. Mumbai: Investors' wealth plummeted by more than Rs 8.47 lakh crore on Monday as the stock market continued to be ravaged by weak global sentiments triggered by mounting...
LIC IPO: Market crash makes India’s biggest listing a tough task
India will need bulky commitments from anchor investors, who will raise about a third of the total money. A further 35% -- or Rs 21,000 crore, based on the estimated valuation -- will be sold to millions of retail investors. That’s a challenging task To overcome a...
India bans 54 more Chinese apps citing security concerns
The apps banned by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology include those belonging to large China tech firms such as Tencent, Alibaba and NetEase, and are re-branded versions of apps already banned by India in 2020, the people said asking not to be...
Axis Bank set to buy Citigroup’s India retail unit for $2.5 bn: Report
For Citigroup Chief Executive Officer Jane Fraser, the planned India retail sale is part of a restructuring to simplify the U.S. lender, do away with its retail banking operations in 13 countries across Asia and Europe, and focus on high-growth businesses such as...
Leading with Empathy into the Hybrid Working Future
With the recent influence of the global health crisis, increasing shifts in personal priorities are changing employees' expectations of work culture. Tanay Kediyal, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Allstate Solutions Private Limited (ASPL) shares his views...
Prudential’s next group CEO to be based in Asia
Shriti Vadera, Chair of Prudential, said "Given Prudential's focus on the growth markets of Asia and Africa, the board has decided with this managed transition of the leadership structure, that the roles of the group CEO and the group CFO will be based in Asia, where...
What coronavirus has in store for the world next
The crisis isn’t over until it’s over everywhere. The effects will continue to reverberate through wealthier nations — disrupting supply chains, travel plans and health care — as the coronavirus largely dogs under-vaccinated developing countries over the coming...
LIC IPO: Govt files draft papers with Sebi, to sell 5% for around Rs 63,000 crore
Although the DRHP does not disclose the market valuation of LIC, as per industry standards it would about 3 times the embedded value or around Rs 16 lakh crore. The government will sell over 31 crore equity shares of LIC LIC's embedded value has been pegged at about...
Tata Motors expects CNG, EV sales contribution to go up in next 3-5 years
"In the next three to five years, petrol will possibly come down to about 50 per cent level, CNG will go up to 20 per cent..diesel would come down further to about 10 per cent and I would say (for) EV…, we have already declared our target of going more towards 20 per...
Switzerland to vote on becoming first nation to ban animal testing
Campaigners who want to end all experiments on mice, rats and other animals gathered enough signatures to stage the vote under the Swiss system of direct democracy, meeting strong opposition from the country's huge pharmaceutical sector Voters in Switzerland will...
FPIs net sellers at Rs 14,935 cr in first half of Feb
''FPIs sharply increased the pace of selling after the US Federal Reserve indicated an end of the ultra-loose monetary policy regime. Besides, globally, the bond yields have surged in recent times on expectation of a hike in interest rates by the US Fed,'' Himanshu...
Portugal: Church sex abuse panel unearths more than 200 cases
“This suffering is associated with feelings of shame, fear, guilt and self-exclusion, reinforcing the idea of lives where the sensation of `standing on the sidelines’ was always present,” the committee said in a statement A lay committee looking into historic child...
Solar Storm hits SpaceX Satellites, pushes them out of Orbit
Up to 40 of the 49 small satellites launched last week have either reentered the atmosphere and burned up, or are on the verge of doing so, the company said in an online update Tuesday night There is no danger from these newly falling satellites, either in orbit or on...
NGT junks plea seeking permission to use 10-year-old diesel vehicle in Delhi-NCR
The NGT had earlier dismissed the Centre's plea seeking modification of its order banning 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the Delhi-NCR It had noted that emissions from diesel vehicles are carcinogenic in nature and one diesel vehicle causes pollution equivalent to 24...
Media report on excess Covid deaths in India ‘purely speculative’: Govt
In written reply to a question, Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said the international magazine in its report in January 2022 speculated excess deaths than the official number of COVID-19 fatalities "The report was purely speculative that made...
Why cage-free eggs becoming norm: It’s what people want
The change marks one of the animal welfare movement's biggest successes after years of battles with the food industry. The transition has cost billions of dollars for producers who initially resisted calls for more humane treatment of chickens but have since fully...