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Iran vs US, Israel conflict: Major Saudi refinery, Iraqi Kurdish and Israeli oil, gas fields shut amid Mideast strikesSaudi Arabia's largest oil refinery, Ras Tanura, has shut down following a drone strike. This incident is part of a wider wave of attacks a...
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Rich world’s growing civil unrest comes with an insurance stingStrikes, riots, and civil commotion (SRCC) insurance risks have surged, with losses escalating from negligible to over $8 billion between 2...
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Most emerging nations like India can realign trade to weather US tariffs: ReportAs large economies like China, Brazil, and India adapt to the pressures of US tariffs, a recent study indicates that the impact of Presiden...
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COVID controls turn Asia into global surveillance hotspot, analysts sayAmong the worst-scoring Asian nations in the Verisk Maplecroft index were Pakistan, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, India and the Phili...
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India is riskier for business than Bangladesh, according to this indexIndia ranks 4 in Verisk Maplecroft's list of countries losing out on business opportunities due to civil unrest, after Syria, Yemen and Lib...
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The 12 most corrupt countries in the world"Corruption risks are particularly prevalent in developing economies," Trevor Slack, legal and regulatory analyst at Verisk Maplecroft, wro...
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India among world economies at risk of climate change impact: StudyKolkata and Mumbai are among cities where economic exposure to the impacts of extreme climate related events will be highest over the next ...
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India among world economies at risk of climate change impactIndia is among the "extreme risk" countries of the world where economic impacts of climate change will be most keenly felt by 2025, accordi...
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India at high risk from European economic crisis: MaplecroftIndia and other key emerging markets have been categorised as having high exposure to Europe's economic woes by a risk analysis firm, Maple...
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- India 16th most risky place to invest
It also points at India's lack of social resilience despite a robust economic growth and cites its poor human rights record.
27 Mar, 2011, 07.20 AM IST
- India 16th most risky place to invest
UK-based Global Risks Atlas 2011 described India as 16th riskiest country to invest. Denmark, Sweden, Finland & Norway emerged as among the...
26 Mar, 2011, 05.59 PM IST
- Security concerns make India 'extreme risk' economy: Report
UK-based firm Maplecroft has rated security as primary concern for investors in high risk growth economies of India, Indonesia, Philippines...
28 Feb, 2011, 12.59 AM IST
- Afghanistan, sub-Saharan Africa top food security risks
Afghanistan and nations in sub-Saharan Africa are most at risk from shocks to food supplies such as droughts or floods while Nordic countri...
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