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US-Iran peace deal brings relief, but India turns to a risk at homeIndia just got a near-term macroeconomic breather from a US-Iran peace deal. However, early monsoon weakness and potential El Niño conditio...- Extreme heat tests India's record milk productionIndia's booming dairy sector, a global leader, faces a significant threat from escalating heatwaves. Farmers like Neeraj Bharadwaj are witn...
- Macro, the Mightiest: Why India’s biggest macro variable still falls from the skyThe 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...
- Why partnerships will define India’s agricultural transitionIndia's agriculture faces climate challenges. A robust public finance foundation can drive a new phase of growth. Regenerative agriculture ...
- Forget stocks, you can now profit from Mumbai rains! Here's how NCDEX's unique weather futures workNCDEX has launched India’s first exchange-traded weather derivative contract, RAINMUMBAI, allowing traders and businesses to hedge against ...
- NCDEX launches India’s first weather derivatives contract based on Mumbai rainfallNCDEX has announced India’s first SEBI-approved exchange-traded weather derivatives contract, “RAINMUMBAI”, aimed at helping market partici...
- Why are copper prices near high and will the momentum continue?Copper prices remain near record levels, supported by AI-driven data centre demand, global electrification, tight mine supply and geopoliti...
- Basel III fragments as US, Europe and India take diverging paths on bank capital rulesFifteen years after its finalization, the Basel 3 accord's goal of uniform global banking rules has fragmented. National regulators are now...
- Go Digit paid India’s first insurance claim using parametric product for agriculture, it saidGo Digit General Insurance has disbursed payouts to around 500 farmers in Rajasthan. This marks a significant step in climate-linked insura...
- Climate risk is now economic risk and India must insure against itOctober storms over the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea highlight the increasing erratic nature of weather. Hurricane Melissa's impact an...
- Kshema General Insurance raises $20 mn from Green Climate FundKshema General Insurance secured $20 million from the Green Climate Fund for its 'Harnessing Insurance for Climate Resilience in Indian Agr...
- India considers introducing nationwide climate-linked insurance schemeIndia's government is in early talks with local insurers to design a nationwide climate-linked insurance program. This parametric model wou...
- Insurance industry joins push to decarbonise global shippingDecarbonisation is the need of the hour and can be achieved by using alternative fuels or focusing on renewable energy sources.
- Life insurers may see short-term pressure on profitability due to pandemic: ICICI Pru LifeIn FY21, the life insurance industry reported a modest 3 per cent growth in new business premium, said the report, adding the industry cont...
- Irdai asks insurers to diversify risks to avoid repeat of IL&FS-type fiascoesThe regulator also said insurers need to diversify their investment strategies so the risks faced by them are multi-dimensional.
- Agri schemes not disjointed but linked at various stages: Agri MinThe price of agriculture produce is usually low immediately after its harvest due to increased supply in the market, which gradually picks ...
- Farmers still unaware of details of PMFBY: SurveyThe PMFBY, launched in 2016, is the most important tool today to insure agriculture against climate and other risks.
- BNP Paribas launches first equity index linked green bondBNP Paribas Cardif purchased the first green bond - a Euro 50 million note with a 10-year maturity - issued by the World Bank.
- 'Global warming & natural disasters not wrongly linked'IPCC has presented a robust defence of its claim that the world had "suffered rapidly rising costs due to extreme weather related events si...
- Floods put reinsurers under the weatherReinsurers, insurance associations and risk consultants have been following a ‘probabilistic flood model’, which takes into account a histo...
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