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Public broadcaster NHK said the average payout of about 380,000 yen ($3,290) for each plaintiff covered three class-action lawsuits, among more than 30 against the utility, which are the first to be finalized A massive tsunami unleashed by an earthquake of magnitude...
AIA buys BEA’s travel and general insurance services unit Blue Cross
BEA agreed to sell its medical, travel and general insurance services unit Blue Cross (Asia-Pacific) Insurance and all of its 80% interest in healthcare services unit Blue Care JV (BVI) Holdings to AIA to generate value for shareholders. Asia-focused AIA’s largest...
Environmental groups sue TotalEnergies over climate marketing claims
The claim, which has been served on TotalEnergies and was to be filed before the Paris Judicial Court, concerns the company’s “reinvention” marketing campaign. Claimants say the campaign broke European consumer law by suggesting TotalEnergies can reach net-zero carbon...
Future Enterprises gets court nod for stake sale in Generali insurance venture
A Mumbai city court late last month put on hold Future's planned sale of its 25% stake in Future Generali India Insurance Company to Generali for 12.52 billion rupees ($162.82 million), after a legal challenge from some bondholders of Future companies that had...
Growing urban population is both an opportunity and a challenge: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi He listed a vision for the growing cities of the country where the government is committed to providing increasingly more green transport, electric buses, electric cars and electric two-wheelers Pune: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday...
Global Covid caseload tops 447.6 million. fatalities surge past 6 million
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 79,339,202 and 960,310, according to the CSSE The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (42,97,315 infections and 515,102 deaths), followed by Brazil...
Ukraine evacuates trapped Seafarers, foreign mariners count cost of war
Many shipping firms have suspended sailings to affected Black Sea ports and other terminals in Ukraine. Insurance premiums for voyages have soared since Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24, an action Moscow calls a “special operation” Ukraine’s Maritime Administration has...
Sisodia inaugurates clinics at Delhi govt schools for physical, mental well-being of students
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia ''For the first time, the focus will be laid on mental well-being along with physical health. A healthy mind will contribute to a healthy society and ultimately a healthier nation,'' Sisodia said at the event The clinic, built in a...
Asian farmers turn to drones, apps for labour, climate challenges
Governments in the region are using drones, with satellite imagery, for weather forecasts, disaster management and crop insurance, as well as for monitoring and mapping crops strategic for food security, mostly rice BAN MAI, Thailand: As a child, Manit Boonkhiew...
Govt controlled price of over 800 medicines required for treating diseases like cancer: PM
''If we look at the figures of this fiscal, then medicines worth over Rs 800 crore have been sold from the jan aushadhi kendras. This means that this year itself, the poor and the middle class were able to save about Rs 5,000 crore…till now, about Rs 13,000 crore have...
US scientists detect Omicron variant for first time in deer
'Our finding that some of these animals harbour SARS-CoV-2 suggests the presence of another potential threat,'' said Kurt Vandegrift, associate research professor at Penn State, and lead author of the paper ''While there is no indication so far of any of the...
Irda asks insurers to put details of health covers for transgender persons in public
Earlier, IRDAI had asked insurer to evolve a health insurance underwriting policy covering approach and aspects relating to offering health insurance coverage not only to standard lives but also to substandard lives Hyderabad: The insurance regulator IRDA has...
1 in 2 women in India inclined towards asset building and property purchase: Godrej Housing Finance study
The study also found that 25.5% of the Indians consider owning a home the second-most important aspect defining 'personal security', with job security leading the chart with 40.6% voting for it. Mumbai: One in two women strongly agree that over the past year, they...
Star Health Insurance launches a holistic policy for women
In addition to regular hospitalization, Star Women Care Insurance Policy provides cover for assisted reproduction treatment, Delivery (pre and post-natal cover), multiple medical consultations, preventive health checkups, voluntary sterilization as well as child...
Market mayhem: Investors lose Rs 11.28 trn in four days
In tandem with the heavy sell-off in equities, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies plunged by Rs 11,28,214.05 crore in four days to stand at Rs 2,41,10,831.04 crore In the four sessions, the BSE benchmark has shed 3,404.53 points or 6.05 per cent "In...
DCGI approves Themis Medicare’s VIRALEX® for Covid-19 treatment
VIRALEX is an immune-modulatory agent with broad-spectrum antiviral properties. It enhances both innate and adaptive immunity and strengthens the body's defense response to viral infections Enhances both innate & adaptive immunity and strengthens body's immune...
Confusion, but not panic, reigns in global finance in Russia’s wake
"There is so much more capital in the system. Russia is not that big. Risk management is better,” Schamis said, comparing the situation now to the financial crisis in 2008 when he had a front-row seat as someone with capital to invest Western allies’ sanctions against...
Howden M&A bolsters its Asia Pacific team to manage surging deal activity
There is a significant growth in demand for M&A insurance in APAC, with clients seeking to manage the transactional risks that arise in the course of M&A transactions There were 20,694 deals in APAC with an aggregate value of USD 1.193 trillion, up from 17,745...