Indian News
India reports 3,47,254 new COVID-19 cases, daily positivity rate at 17.94 pc
The country has so far registered 9,692 cases of the COVID-19 variant Omicron. There is an increase of 4.36 per cent...
Deaths significantly less in 3rd Covid wave due to high vaccination: Govt
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh are among the "States of Concern" New Delhi:...
Investors’ wealth plummets over Rs 6.80 lakh cr in 3 days of market fall
''Indian markets witnessed profit booking for the third consecutive day amidst concern over higher US Treasury yields...
International News
After supply, logistics emerges as biggest threat to global vaccination programs
Developed countries are getting to the point where they are choosing to live with Covid and treat it as endemic, their...
Airlines scramble to rejig schedules amid US 5G rollout concerns
The world's largest operator of the Boeing 777, Dubai's Emirates, said it would suspend flights to nine U.S....
Deploying new 5G service will cause “catastrophic” aviation crisis :Major US airlines
The airlines warned the new C-Band 5G service set to begin on Wednesday could render a significant number of widebody...
Drinking water, ash big concern as Tonga damaged after tsunami
The eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano triggered a tsunami on the shores of Tonga and cut off phone and...
Briefs
TN Helicopter Crash:ICICI Lombard settles Rs 1 crore PA claim of Lt Colonel Singh
ICICI Lombard General Insurance has settled the personal accident claim of Lt. Colonel Harjinder Singh who died in...
LIC gets RBI approval to raise holding in IndusInd Bank to 9.99%
The country's largest insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has got approval from the Reserve Bank of...
Interviews
“There will be a post-Brexit trade deal between India and the UK”
How is City of London preparing for Brexit as it is now very certain? Departure from the EU on 31st January is...
“Industry should focus on product innovations, especially in the pension space”
Govt has formed a high level panel under IRDA chairman SC Khuntia to bring about wide ranging fresh set of...
“Raising FDI limit will provide opportunities to existing players as well as to new players”
How do you see the govt’s decision to allow 100 per cent FDI for insurance intermediaries. What...
Articles
Infectious diseases present ‘clear and present danger’ everywhere:UN
Noting that infectious diseases remain “a clear and present danger to every country”, . Guterres maintained COVID-19...
Extreme weather events cost the world billions in 2021, shows study
Worryingly such climate devastation is set to continue without action to cut emissions. Insurer Aon warns that 2021 is...
Ban drug ads to promote health
In the US alone, USD 20 billion was spent in 2016 to convince doctors to prescribe brand-name drugs. The problem needs...
Data
India’s December jobless rate hits 4-month high of 7.9%: CMIE
Urban unemployment rate rose to 9.3% in December from 8.2% in the previous month while the rural unemployment rate was...
New-age tech firms lead Rs 1.2 lakh crore mop-up through IPOs in 2021
The simplification of rules by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has led to the record fundraising by...
439 infrastructure projects show cost overrun of Rs 4.38 trillion
"Total original cost of implementation of the 1,679 projects was Rs 22,29,544.27 crore and their anticipated...
Facts
Banking, financial institutions struggling to deal with increasing fraud incidents: Deloitte survey
Key reasons identified for the increase in fraud incidents over the next two years include large-scale remote working...
Additional one percent tax on the 98 richest billionaire families can finance Ayushman Bharat for more than 7 years:Oxfam study
If each of the 10 richest Indian billionaires were to spend USD one million daily, it would take them 84 years to...
Over 5 million Chinese students suffer from spinal deformity
On China's Twitter-like social media platform Sina Weibo, many netizens have attributed the condition of the Chinese...