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''Continued research and strategic partnerships have simplified and strengthened diabetes management over the years. New diabetes technology has paved the way for precise and informed decision making,'' Kalyan Sattaru, General Manager of the diabetes care business at...
Life insurers’ new premium income up 3 pc to Rs 21,957 cr in January
The country's largest and the only state-owned insurer LIC registered a decline of 1.58 per cent in new premium income at Rs 12,936.28 crore in January 2022, as against Rs 13,143.64 crore in the same month a year ago The new business premium income of all the life...
Mahindra Lifespaces woos home buyers with health covers
Home buyers will be provided a health covers between Rs 3 lakh and Rs 5 lakh issued by of Care Health Insurance Mumbai: Mahindra Lifespaces today announced a first-of-its-kind group health insurance plan for real estate consumers in India. Under the offering, which...
Australia finalises $10 billion cyclone Reinsurance Pool
The pool is expected to reduce insurance premiums by up to $2.9 billion for eligible household, strata and small business insurance policies over 10 years Homeowners in northern Australia with the most acute cost pressures are expected to benefit from up to 46 per...
India tops global insurance IPO chart in Q4 2021:S&P
Global insurance and insurtech companies raised about $6.64 billion from IPOs in 2021, the largest amount in at least five years India's PB Fintech's $579.2 million IPO, topped the list globally.. Star Health and Allied Insurance Co. Ltd. had the second-largest...
Views of experts to be taken on vaccination for children below 15 years: Mandaviya
A study by ICMR released two days back showed that 99.3 per cent people who had contracted COVID-19 were safe as they were vaccinated, he said, and added this is a good indication. The government in the Budget 2022-23 has announced a national tele mental health...
Bank fraud complaints rise to 1.45 lakh in FY21
'RBI has informed that on comparing the complaints against ATM/Debit Cards, Credit Cards and Mobile/Electronic Banking during the period from 2019-20 to 2020-21, there is a decline of 13.01 per cent with regard to complaints in ATM/Debit Cards and there is an increase...
CRYPTOVERSE-After bitcoin ‘winter’, investors hunt risk in virtual worlds
"When people think of crypto they tend to think of bitcoin. But this ignores the fact that crypto is not a one-risk asset class." said Ed Hindi, a chief investment officer of Swiss-based cryptocurrency hedge fund Tyr Capital As bitcoin drifts towards mainstream...
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani surpasses Mukesh Ambani as Asia’s richest person
Gautam Adani Adani’s sustainability claims and green ambitions are criticized by climate campaigners who point to the group’s Carmichael coal mining project in Australia, which will expand supplies of the highly-polluting fossil fuel. The Adani Group opted to use its...
Climate could be responsible for 40 million deaths before the end of the century: UN report
Climate change is also likely to become a leading cause of death worldwide, the authors warn, and could be responsible for 40 million deaths before the end of the century, even with moderate mitigation of emissions People’s sense of safety and security is at a low in...
Covid 19 Pandemic: Global social protection spending at $2.9 trillion, rises nearly 270%
According to the latest UN data, the world is not on course to meet the fundamental Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), of eradicating extreme poverty Without decisive action, the number of people living in extreme poverty is expected to reach 600 million, or 7 per...
PM CARES Fund corpus triples to Rs 10,990 cr in FY 2020-21; disbursal rises to 3,976 cr
According to the latest audited statement, it disbursed Rs 1,311 crore for 50,000 made-in-India ventilators to government hospitals, Rs 50 crore for the establishment of two 500-beds Covid hospitals in Muzaffarpur and Patna, and 16 RT-PCR testing labs in nine states...
India witnessing increasing digitisation, shift in consumers’ financial behaviour:NITI VC
Rajiv Kumar,Vice-Chairman,NITI Aayog Union Minister for Railways, Communications, and Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw said the government believes in creating open platforms, such as CoWin and UPI, for healthcare, logistics, and other sectors New Delhi: India is...
Corporate India ahead in embedding sustainability across biz strategies: Report
Over 45 per cent C-suite leaders in India admitted that their sustainability approach is mainly driven by brand management concerns, that is they want to be seen as socially responsible and reputable or to use sustainability for competitive differentiation, the report...
Nissan to stop most development of new gasoline engines – Nikkei
Automakers worldwide, including General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co, have been involved in a series of efforts to shift their lineups to electric vehicles Nissan Motor Co Ltd plans to stop developing new internal combustion engines in all its major markets except the...
Govt yet to decide on banks to be privatised, say MoS Finance Karad
Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad The government had in Budget 2021-22 announced its intent to privatise two public sector banks (PSBs) and one of the public sector general insurance companies during the year. ''As per inputs received from Department of...
EU watchdogs call for rapid action to catch up with digital finance
"The growing digitalization and datafication of financial services necessitate closer cooperation between financial and relevant non-financial authorities," a joint report from the EU's banking, insurance, and markets watchdogs said The report said that regulatory...
India will be fastest growing economy among large economies, says FM Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sitharaman further said that the Centre is building economic corridors, logistical hubs connecting raw material supply points and nearest ports Sitharaman said that the Centre has a consultation process for cryptocurrency...