Advertisement

Indian

Low pressure area moves to Gulf of Kutch, may intensify into cyclonic storm in Arabian Sea: IMD

Heavy rainfall is expected for the next two days in the coastal districts of Jamnagar, Porbandar, Dwarka and Kutch, it said, and asked fishermen not to venture into the sea.
“It is then very likely to move further west-northwestwards and intensify into a cyclonic storm during the subsequent 24 hours. Thereafter, it is likely to continue to move west-northwestwards towards Pakistan-Makran coasts, moving away from the Indian coast,” the IMD said.

AIIB increases Green Public Rail Transport options in India,$356.67 million approved to expand Chennai metro system

The project’s design and construction will have environmentally friendly features to help reduce its carbon footprint. In addition to solar panels installed on the roofs of the elevated stations, the project will have dedicated spaces for bicycles and green vehicles, and signage to raise environmental awareness. The project also integrates climate change resilience features to reduce its vulnerability to climate-related events.

Maha govt pays Rs 973 crore to crop insurance firms

“The state government by an order issued on Wednesday has disbursed Rs 973.16 crore as its contribution in the crop insurance scheme for which 83.87 lakh farmers have applied in the kharif season of 2021,” an official release said.

International

Airlines to suffer USD11.2 billion revenue loss, 2.9 million jobs at risk: IATA

Conrad Clifford, IATA’s Regional Vice President for Asia-Pacific.identified India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand as priority countries that need to take action. In India, passenger demand in 2020 is estimated to fall by 47 per cent to 89.7 million.

Covid-19 Pandemic:U.S. death toll tops 51,000, Britain nears grim milestone of 20,000

The death toll from COVID-19 in hospitals across the United Kingdom increased on Friday by 684 in 24 hours to 19,506.Passing the 20,000 mark will be an uncomfortable moment for the government, whose Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said on March 17 that keeping the toll under that number would be “a good outcome in terms of where we would hope to get.”

Shuttered businesses appoint lawyers to take on UK insurer Hiscox

The Hiscox Action Group said on Thursday it represented more than 200 policyholders with “dozens more joining daily”, that discussions with a litigation funder were advanced and that it had appointed Mishcon de Reya as legal adviser.
The dispute hinges on whether the government lockdown and the coronavirus are enough to trigger Hiscox’s business interruption insurance, designed for insured premises that cannot be used because of restrictions imposed by a public authority and in the event of a notifiable disease or infection.

In a statement last week, the insurer said: “General business interruption policies across the industry, including Hiscox’s, were not designed to cover the extraordinary circumstances caused by this pandemic.”

Briefs

No Results Found

The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.

Events

No Results Found

The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.

Advertisement

Articles

No Results Found

The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.

Features

No Results Found

The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.

Data

No Results Found

The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.

Interviews

No Results Found

The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.

Facts

No Results Found

The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.