by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 29, 2019 | Facts, Risk Management, Technology
As smartphone hacking via third-party bugs increases (like WhatsApp-Pegasus case), a new study in Britain has discovered that iPhone owners are a whopping 167 times more at risk of being hacked than other mobile brands. The tech experts at UK-based phone case...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 29, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Foreign investors remained net buyers in December by investing Rs 2,613 crore in the domestic markets, mainly due to expectation of a revival in corporate earning, quantitative easing by the US Fed and infusion of funds by central banks globally....
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 28, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
All but the smallest civilian drones would have to broadcast radio tracking data to ensure greater safety and prevent terrorism under a sweeping proposal unveiled by U.S. regulators Thursday. The long-awaited draft rules call for a massive new tracking network...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 28, 2019 | Blog, Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography
In recent years, much of the commentary about climate change has gone from sternly serious to wildly despairing. A new report from the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that the effects of climate change are accelerating and that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 28, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: In a bid to promote digital payments, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said no MDR charges will be applicable on transactions through homegrown RuPay and UPI platforms beginning January 1, 2020. Department of Revenue (DoR) will...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
The leveraging of a giant social-media presence, a catchy tune about a family of sharks and a burgeoning collection of junkyards are just a few of the curious ways that helped make 2019 a fertile year for fortunes to blossom around the world. Kylie Jenner...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 27, 2019 | Indian News, Life
New Delhi: State-owned Life Insurance Corporation on December 27 paid a dividend of Rs 2,610.74 crore to the government for financial year 2018-19. "During the Financial Year 2018-2019, LIC generated a valuation surplus of Rs 53,214.41 crore,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 27, 2019 | Health, International News
PARIS: It took a blaze that nearly destroyed Paris’ most famous cathedral to reveal a gap in global safety regulations for lead, a toxic building material found across many historic cities. After the Notre Dame fire in April spewed dozens of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 27, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
London: Boris Johnson’s triumphant U.K. election victory makes Brexit a near certainty next month. For the City of London, Britain’s split from its biggest trading partner is a huge leap into the unknown; one that will test its cohesion like never...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 27, 2019 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management
Mumbai: Frauds reported by banks during the first half of the current fiscal touched an all-time high amount of ₹1.13 lakh crore, owing to delay in detection by lenders, according to an RBI report. This involved 4,412 fraud cases of ₹1 lakh and above, as...
