Latest India Headlines
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U.S. FAA Cuts India Aviation Safety Ranking as Standards Not Met
Jan 31 2014 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration cut India’s safety ranking for the first time citing a failure to meet requirements, a move that could thwart local carriers’ expansion to the world’s biggest...
Insurance Leaders from India, Japan to Speak at Iowa Symposium
Jan 26 2014 // Keynote speakers at a global insurance symposium scheduled for May in Des Moines, Iowa, will include high ranking insurance officials from Japan and India. Gov. Terry Branstad says Japan’s Vice Commissioner Masamichi...
China, India, Brazil Join U.S. As Among Biggest Contributors to Global Warming
Jan 17 2014 // China, India and Brazil — three of the largest developing nations— joined the U.S. in a list of the biggest historical contributors to global warming, according to a study by researchers in Canada. Seven nations...
India Refiners Delay Iran Oil Imports on Failure to Get Reinsurance
Jan 8 2014 // Indian Oil Corp. and two other state- run refiners said they will defer resuming purchases of Iranian crude by at least three months, having failed to get reinsurance for shipments after Europe said it would relax a...
WTO Overcomes Last Minute Hitch to Reach First Global Trade Deal
Dec 9 2013 // The World Trade Organization reached its first ever trade reform deal on Saturday to the roar of approval from nearly 160 ministers who had gathered on the Indonesian island of Bali to decide on the make-or-break agreement...
Bali Talks to Decide WTO’s Fate
Dec 3 2013 // Crisis is the natural state of world trade negotiations. But this week will be different. Ministers meeting in the Indonesian resort of Bali from Tuesday until Friday will decide the fate of the World Trade Organization,...
India-Based Company Fined $77K for Amputation Hazards at Arkansas Plant
Nov 26 2013 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Welspun Tubular LLC in Little Rock, Ark., for two safety and health violations for exposing workers to possible amputation...
China, India Succeed in Weakening Warsaw Global Warming Pact
Nov 26 2013 // China and India’s success in weakening the latest global warming agreement created friction with other developing nations that are seeking to step up the fight against climate change. The two countries insisted on...
Global Warming Pact Expected from Warsaw Talks
Nov 22 2013 // Envoys from 190 nations are close to agreeing upon the first building blocks for the next treaty aimed at fighting global warming, sketching the way to worldwide cuts in fossil-fuel emissions. The delegates, due to finish...
India’s Iran Oil Imports Drop as Refiners Await Insurance Fund
Oct 29 2013 // India’s crude imports from Iran fell 40 percent in the first nine months of this year as some refiners cut purchases from the sanctions-hit nation while waiting for New Delhi to back local insurers covering plants...
Munich Re Says China to Remain Centerpiece of Asia Expansion
Oct 25 2013 // Munich Re, the world’s biggest reinsurer, said China will remain its biggest growth market in Asia as it considers countries such as India too unpredictable to step up investment. “Our biggest customers in...
AIR Worldwide Analyzes ‘Significant Damage’ from Cyclone Phailin
Oct 16 2013 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide “Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Phailin made landfall on the eastern coast of India near Gopalpur in Odisha.” AIR said it was a “large storm, with gale...
Mass Evacuation Saves Lives as Cyclone Phailin Strikes India
Oct 15 2013 // A mass evacuation saved thousands of people from India’s fiercest cyclone in 14 years, but aid workers warned a million would need help after their homes and livelihoods were destroyed. Cyclone Phailin was expected...
Tens of Thousands Flee Vast Cyclone Phailin Bearing Down on India
Oct 11 2013 // Tens of thousands fled their homes in coastal areas of eastern India and moved to shelters on Friday, bracing for the fiercest cyclone to threaten the country since a devastating storm killed 10,000 people 14 years...
Iranian Trade with India Hit by Insurance Delay Sources Say
Oct 8 2013 // Oil and container trade between India and Iran has been disrupted due to uncertainty over insurance cover, leaving some ships stranded outside ports in both countries, industry sources said. The delays had occurred because...
Lloyd’s CEO Richard Ward Reflects on ‘Nearly 8’ Eventful Years
Oct 6 2013 // Lloyd’s CEO Richard Ward is stepping down from the post at the end of the year. Despite the catastrophes of 2005 and 2011, the two costliest years in the industry’s history, as well as the financial crisis, he...
Iran Detains Tanker Carrying Iraqi Crude Oil to India
Aug 15 2013 // An Indian ship carrying Iraqi crude has been detained by Iran in its territorial waters due to pollution concerns, the head of the refiner buying the oil and India’s shipping directorate said on Thursday. The Desh...
Lessons from U.S. Blackout of 10 Years Ago: Kemp
Aug 14 2013 // Exactly 10 years ago, at 15:05 Eastern Time on August 14, 2003, an overhead power line came into contact with an overgrown tree near Cleveland, Ohio. What happened next is a frightening case study of how vulnerable modern...
India’s MRPL to Receive Iranian Oil Cargo after 4-Month Gap
Aug 13 2013 // India’s Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd said on Monday it expects to receive an Iranian oil cargo by the end of this week, the firm’s first purchase from the sanctions-hit nation since April. The...
Aviva Considering Sale of India Life Insurance Stake Say Sources
Aug 5 2013 // Aviva PLC is planning to pull out of its Indian insurance joint venture, valued at more than $500 million, as the British insurer retreats from less-profitable markets where it has struggled to grow its business, sources...
