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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Natural disasters and severe weather cost the global economy $417 billion last year, including $154 billion for which insurers were on the hook, according to a new report. Last year was the warmest year on record dating to 1850 and saw a record 21 natural catastrophes with multibillion-dollar price tags, according to a report from Gallagher Re, a reinsurance broker.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Distractions are a constant in our age, while productivity is that gleaming arch on the horizon that seems farther away the closer we get. And every few months, leaders of India Inc chime in to advocate longer work hours in service of this hallowed goal.

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Prashant Pitti, co-founder of EaseMyTrip, recently shared a significant milestone on LinkedIn: his 'Founder's Office' job listing for his fintech startup, Optimo, has received an overwhelming 4,344 applications. In his post, Pitti expressed his surprise, writing, «Overwhelming to see 4344 folks have applied so far to work directly with me to change India's MSME lending landscape.» While Pitti is widely known for his role in the travel industry with EaseMyTrip, this job listing is for his latest venture, Optimo, a fintech startup focused on reshaping small and medium enterprise (SME) lending. Unlike his travel company, this startup is centered around providing innovative digital solutions for MSMEs, especially through its digital property-loan product. Pitti, along with investors Blume Ventures and Omnivore VC, is committed to developing the company’s growth. The listing for Optimo’s 'Founder’s Office' positions is for their office based in HSR Bangalore, where they are actively seeking ambitious individuals with a knack for deep thinking and multiple-project management. «You will get to see & learn on how large-scale companies are built directly, while working on multiple projects at the same time,» Pitti wrote in the job description. Optimo is aiming to build an industry-changing platform, with plans to expand rapidly across India.

The Bank of Canada all but declared victory over inflation in 2024 and started cutting interest rates, which gave some people relief, but Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) chief economist Frances Donald says some prices are still 20 per cent higher than they were before the pandemic, and that’s something Canadians will be dealing with in 2025.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. With the release of the film “A Complete Unknown," the world has been reintroduced to Bob Dylan’s all-electric set at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. The singer, formerly Robert Allen Zimmerman, brazenly played a solid-body electric Fender Stratocaster on “Like a Rolling Stone" and two other songs, shocking the crowd that expected snooze-inducing acoustic folk.

It was a snowy morning on Stephen Avenue in Calgary — busier than usual because of the holidays.

An X user who expressed disappointment at not being properly addressed by a younger acquaintance is currently being roasted on Reddit. A Reddit user named Manufactured Reality shared a screenshot of an X user named Saket who ranted about how he felt disrespected by a young graduate who referred to him by name instead of any honourifics such as ‘Ji’ or ‘sir', on the popular subreddit Office Office.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. All films are made during the edit, but rarely is this as evident as with Imtiaz Ali’s Amar Singh Chamkila. Editor Aarti Bajaj’s work is key is to its feverish energy, turning this biopic of Punjabi folk singer Chamkila (played by Diljit Dosanjh) into an incendiary collage.

This week, Canada’s mortgage rate scene was as quiet as a bank vault on Christmas Day. Only one national mortgage rate leader tweaked its offers since last Thursday. That was on the two-year insured fixed, which rose one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.74 per cent.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For Daniel Langthasa, 40, and Avantika Roohi Haflongbar, 39, starting a music festival on wheels was a dream. A little over a decade ago, they entered their idea for a music festival that travelled across the Northeast in a entrepreneurship contest and won the first prize.

CMF Phone 1 review and, as I noted there, the phone was a lot faster than probably any other phone in this segment. The main reason for this is that the Nothing OS is lightweight and free of ads and bloatware but still manages to remain feature-rich.

zodiac signs and the fate they have in store for people in the month of December. It looks like, for many, the last month of the year could bring in some immense amount of luck and fortune, but some need to be mindful about Mars and the Moon.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs earlier this week approved a plan of India’s Income Tax Department to roll out its PAN 2.0 project. This aims to streamline all services related to our Permanent Account Numbers (PANs) and simplify website access for individuals and companies.

A company affiliated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones asked a federal judge on Monday to disqualify a bid by the satirical news outlet The Onion to buy Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, alleging fraud and collusion.

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Sharda Sinha has been hospitalized in New Delhi. The Padma Bhushan awardee, celebrated for her folk music and occasional contributions to Bollywood soundtracks, is currently in the ICU at AIIMS, where her condition is reported to be critical. She has been receiving care there for the past week. News of her health struggles comes just weeks after the passing of her husband, Brajkishore Sinha. According to Navbharat Times, Sharda Sinha was moved to the ICU after her health took a turn for the worse on Saturday morning. Reports suggest that the singer has been struggling to eat and drink in recent days, though the hospital has yet to officially address these rumors. Supporters and admirers are rallying in hope of her recovery, with special prayers being held. News18 Hindi reports that Mahamrityunjay Jaap and other worship rituals are being performed for her health. In Gopalganj, a place close to Sinha’s heart, devotees are gathering at Mahadev Temple and Thawe Maa Bhavani’s court to offer prayers, with local priests and scholars also joining in her well-being wishes. Fans are flooding social media with prayers for her health. Tragically, her husband, Braj Kishore, passed away in September at the age of 80 following a brain hemorrhage. The couple had been married for 54 years.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The middle-class of a country often has a starring role in its economy as much as what we call the ‘public sphere.’ But who qualifies as a member can vary by how we define this class. Should we go by how people view their own status? According to the latest YouGov-Mint-Centre for Policy Research Millennial Survey, as reported in ‘Plain Facts,’ 88% of urban Indian netizens identify themselves as middle-class.