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Russia’s $1.5 trillion economy is already reeling from sanctions that targeted key banks and may prevent Putin from accessing the bulk of more than $640 billion in central bank reserves. Those restrictions have roiled the nation’s markets and are having a knock-on...
Sydney told to brace for heavy rains, floods in ‘one-in-a-one thousand’ year event
Brisbane, Australia's third largest city, received around 80% of its annual rainfall over the last three days, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said on Tuesday. New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet described the wild weather as a "one-in-a-one thousand...
SBI stops handling trade with sanctioned Russian entities -sources
"No transactions involving entities, banks, ports or vessels appearing" on a U.S., European Union or United Nations sanctions list shall be processed irrespective of the currency of the transaction, said a letter sent by State Bank of India (SBI) to certain clients...
‘Delay means death’ – UN climate report urges immediate, drastic action
On nearly all counts, the report makes clear that climate change is impacting the world far faster than scientists had anticipated. Noting that nearly half the world's population was already vulnerable to increasingly dangerous climate impacts, the report calls for...
Toyota suspends domestic factory operations after suspected cyber attack
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said his government would investigate the incident and whether Russia was involved "It is difficult to say whether this has anything to do with Russia before making thorough checks," he told reporters TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp said...
Kenyan farmers test insurance to ward off climate-driven hunger
On Monday, a key science report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned of growing pressure on food production and people's ability to get enough to eat on a hotter planet, which it said would fuel malnutrition, especially in vulnerable regions like...
India court blocks Future Enterprises from selling stake in Generali JV
Future Enterprises said in January that it had decided to sell its 25% stake in Future Generali India Insurance Company to Generali Mumbai: A Mumbai city civil court has blocked Future Enterprises from selling its stake in its general insurance joint venture business...
People flee to rooftops as ‘weather bomb’ submerges Australian towns
Several regions have seen rainfall records for February broken because of the relentless downpour, with some places getting more than a month's or more than a year's rains in one day Insurer Suncorp on Monday said it had received more than 5,000 claims related to the...
International flights to remain suspended till further orders:DGCA
The ban on scheduled international passenger flights in India was in effect till February 28 this year New Delhi: Scheduled international commercial passenger services to and from India will remain suspended till further orders, the Director-General of Civil Aviation...
MoF may ask a GIC Re official to hold charge of NIA CMD
According to sources in the industry, some of the general managers of GIC Re, who are being considered to hold charge at NIA are Madhulika Bhaskar and Jayshree Ranade New Delhi: The Ministry of Finance may ask a senior official of GIC Re to head New India...
Extended prescription for chronic diseases helped India cope better during Covid, say health experts
''While all non communicable diseases require a continuum of care and treatment, it is critically important to focus on hypertension and diabetes, also called the silent epidemics of India. For the 22 crore hypertension patients, over 8 crore diabetics and other NCD...
WhatsApp group admins not liable for objectionable posts by members: HC
"Thus, Creator or Administrator of a WhatsApp group, merely acting in that capacity, cannot be vicariously held liable for any objectionable content posted by a member of the group.He does not have physical or any control otherwise over what a member of a group is...
Cabinet approves nationwide roll-out of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Under the ABDM, citizens will be able to create their Ayushman Bharat Health Account numbers, to which their digital health records can be linked, the statement said The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved the nationwide roll-out of the...
Rash-causing moth spreading due to warming, scientists find
The growth and spread of the moth is tied to increasingly warm weather, especially in the fall, the scientists wrote recently in the journal Environmental Entomology. And, unfortunately, climate trends suggest upcoming years could be even worse A forest pest that...
Research discovers better treatment for Parkinson’s disease
In Parkinson's disease, nerve cells that produce dopamine progressively die. Since the 1960s, doctors have relied on medication to replace the missing dopamine, but it is notoriously difficult to fully control symptoms as the disease progresses Even though there is no...
Maha: 236 people died in road accidents in Raigad in 2021
Apart from internal roads, the heavily patronized Mumbai-Goa national highway and a stretch of the Mumbai Pune Expressway pass through the district Mumbai: A total of 236 people died and nearly 500 were injured in 688 road accidents in Maharashtra's Raigad district in...
At least 10 dead in Indonesia earthquake as search continues
Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 270 million people, is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its location on the "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines that arcs the Pacific Jakarta: Search efforts continued Sunday...
Niti studying proposal to tax foods high in sugar, salt to tackle obesity
''Niti Aayog, in collaboration with IEG and PHFI, is reviewing the evidence available to understand the actions India can take, such as front-of-pack labelling, marketing and advertising of HFSS foods and taxation of foods high in fats, sugar and salt, '' it said New...