WION’s Business Desk brings you this daily round up of global stories from the world of business and economy.
95pc of the Indian population remains uninsured: National Insurance Academy
Based on data released on Thursday, the National Insurance Academy’s most recent report has revealed a grim fact: 95 per cent of India’s 144 crore people do not have health insurance.
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Global oil demand faces sharp slowdown as economic woes bite, IEA warns -
Morning news brief: 4 Hamas members nabbed in Germany, Maldives scraps water survey deal with India, & more -
45pc of Israeli air-to-ground munitions in Gaza are ‘dumb bombs’, reveals report -
Iran lifts visa requirement for 33 countries including India, Saudi Arabia -
Who is Lalit Jha, the mastermind who planned the Parliament security breach? -
Hungary PM blocks $52 billion EU aid to Ukraine as bloc opens membership talks -
At least 11 Iranian officers killed in jihadist terror attack on police station -
Sun releases strong X-class solar flare, most powerful since 2017 -
STAGGERING! Argentina captain Lionel Messi’s 2022 World Cup shirts sold for $7.8mn at auction -
UK boy, missing since 2017, reportedly found in France -
COP28 Breakthrough: World unites to shift from fossil fuels in historic climate accord -
WHO calls for governments to ban flavoured vapes, impose tobacco-style curbs -
US VP Harris urges President Biden to be ‘tougher’ on Netanyahu, sparks tensions: Report -
Canada: Sikh driver flees to India after being convicted for smuggling cocaine -
Austria challenges Ukrainian blacklist to safeguard business ties with Russia
Ukraine unveils ambitious “Win 2030” plan: Aims for chip manufacturing & AI growth
Ukraine has unveiled its ambitious Win 2030 plan, which outlines plans to build a domestic chipmaking industry and improve artificial intelligence (AI) skills, in an effort to push itself into the forefront of high-tech businesses.
Alphabet’s Gemini AI sparks market surge, paving the way for Google’s technological leap
Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, has seen a tremendous increase in market value, rising by an astounding $87 billion in a single day. The surge came after an impressive display of Alphabet’s language model, Gemini, an artificial intelligence (AI) breakthrough that has been compared to ChatGPT by OpenAI.
Israel-Hamas conflict takes toll on neighbouring economies, UN study warns of $10 bn impact
According to a new U.N. report, the economic fallout from the Israel-Hamas fighting in Gaza is expected to have a significant impact on the economies of nearby Arab countries.
Indian markets surge to record highs as Federal Reserve boosts rate cut expectations
Thursday saw Indian benchmark indexes hit unprecedented levels as they followed a global upswing stoked by newexpectations from the Federal Reserve.
Austria challenges Ukrainian blacklist to safeguard business ties with Russia
In a diplomatic strategy, Austria is supporting fresh European Union sanctions against Russia in exchange for having Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest Western bank in Russia, taken off a Ukrainian blacklist.
COP28 Breakthrough: World unites to shift from fossil fuels in historic climate accord
196 nations came to a historic agreement at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai to move away from fossil fuels.
Global oil demand faces sharp slowdown as economic woes bite, IEA warns
Citing economic weakness in key nations, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned a major slowdown in the development of the world’s oil demand.
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