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Govt considers introducing nationwide climate-linked insurance scheme
The National Disaster Management Authority, the finance ministry...
Sitharaman urges citizens to raise awareness about Rs1.84 trillion unclaimed assets in financial sector
Nirmala Sitharaman,Union Finance Minister M. Nagaraju, Secretary,...
Health industry bodies welcome CGHS’ move to revise rates after 15 years
The last package was fixed in 2014, with only a minor update in...
MP and TN ban sale of Coldrif syrup after nine children die of suspected renal failure in month
Taking cognisance of the infant deaths, the Union Health Ministry...
International
US court allows investor lawsuit against Musk over Twitter purchase
Elon Musk A Manhattan federal judge on last Friday said investors...
Japan estimates feared megaquake could cause $1.8 trln in damage, kill 300,000 people
Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries, and...
X faces global outage including in India for couple of hours
This is the second time within a month that users have reported...
Japan to give crypto assets legal status as financial products, Nikkei says
As part of the move, crypto assets will be put under insider...
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ICICI Lombard-MedPay Connected Care Network for cashless OPD service
ICICI Lombard policyholders can now avail cashless OPD solutions at...
Paytm Payments Bank receives Scheduled Bank status from RBI
Paytm Payments Bank Limited today announced that it has been...
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Climate-change effects to drive rising losses from severe weather events:Sigma study
The latest sigma "Natural catastrophes in times of...
Caronavirus Pandemic: After the virus, what world will we live in?
One day, the battle against the novel coronavirus will be won. But...
Climate and Pandemics
COVID-19 is a slowly unfolding catastrophe that poses a...
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Over 84 million people displaced from their homes owing to violence, insecurity, climate change
A lethal mix of conflict, COVID-19, poverty, food insecurity and the climate emergency has compounded the humanitarian plight of the displaced, most of whom are being hosted in developing regions. "The effects of climate change are exacerbating existing...
Electric vehicle sales set to jump 80% in 2021: Report at COP2
In the first half of 2021, sales of passenger electric vehicles (including battery electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles) were 140 per cent higher than the same period in 2019, reaching seven per cent of global passenger vehicle sales. Glasgow:Passenger...
Shipping emissions must fall by a third by 2030 and reach zero before 2050 – new research
International shipping is a crucial part of the global economy — 90 per cent of the world’s trade is transported by sea. But almost all ships use fossil fuels and so the sector is also a major emitter of greenhouse gas pollution — with emissions roughly on a level...
Unemployment, Covid-19 top most worries for urban Indians: Survey
According to the Ipsos 'What Worries the World' global monthly survey, unemployment (42 per cent) and coronavirus (42 per cent) have emerged as the biggest worries of Urban Indians -- both tied at the top spot. Compared to the previous month, coronavirus has...
YouTube blocks all anti-vaccine content
WASHINGTON: YouTube will block all anti-vaccine content, moving beyond COVID-19 to include content that alleges vaccines cause chronic health effects or contains misinformation on the substances in vaccines, it said in a blog post on Wednesday. The online video...
