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Govt expands quality compliance requirements for over 150 products
The BIS will oversee the implementation of these orders, and the...
Lung cancer cases in never-smokers on the rise, air pollution could be driver: Lancet study
"Changes in smoking patterns and exposure to air pollution are...
Nearly 30% of 2.2 billion people living with blindness globally are in the WHO South-East Asia Region
Trachoma is a disease of the eye caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. It is a public health problem in 42 countries, and is responsible for blindness or visual impairment of about 1.9 million people. Blindness from trachoma is irreversible...
South Korea’s world lowest fertility rate drops again
As of 2020, South Korea was the only country among the OECD members to have a rate below 1, giving it a shrinking population. Being married is seen as a prerequisite to having children in South Korea, but marriages are also plunging in the country amid sky-high costs...
A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: WHO
The report, which tracks maternal deaths nationally, regionally and globally from 2000 to 2020, shows there were an estimated 287 000 maternal deaths worldwide in 2020. This marks only a slight decrease from 309 000 in 2016 when the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals...
Workers with advanced digital skills contribute Rs 10.9 lakh cr to India’s GDP, says study
According to the study, 91 per cent of workers who use advanced digital skills express higher job satisfaction compared to 74 per cent of workers with basic digital skills. The study found that 80 per cent organizations in India that employ workers with advanced...
Indians spend over $1 bn every month on foreign travel: RBI data
Akash Dahiya, Co-founder, SanKash said that with the rise of affordable travel and technological advancements, the travel industry is experiencing a massive boom in international destinations . Vietnam, Thailand, Europe, and Bali are some major destinations that...
Shining global outlook for gold in 2023
In the last one year, gold purchases in the international markets was about 4,000 tonne of which 1,400 tonne took place in the last quarter, said Emkay Global "The yellow metal has already posted over three per cent gains in the month of January, 2023. The current...
FPIs shift focus back on Indian market; invests Rs 7,600 cr in a week
It appears that the sustained selling in India witnessed from early January is over but they might sell again at higher levels, VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, said New Delhi: Foreign investors seem to have shifted their focus...
Mutual funds’ collection through NFO drops 38% to Rs 62,000 crore in 2022
"The year 2022 was relatively dull with low single-digit returns on a couple of key market-cap based indices while some even trod into the negative territory. A combination of inflation-interest rate dynamics, geopolitical upheavals and consequent economic...
India:60% private insurers see rapid rise in frauds: Deloitte Survey
New fraud trends, such as data theft, and traditional frauds, such as collusion between third parties and mis-selling of insurance products, continue to prevail and are still a concern for the sector, the survey noted. About 60 per cent of Indian private insurers...
Govt’s free telemedicine service reaches 10 cr beneficiaries: Mansukh Mandaviya
The National Telemedicine Service, ''eSanjeevani,'' a digital health initiative of the ministry supports two types of teleconsultation services – Doctor-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani) and Patient-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani OPD) teleconsultations. New Delhi: The central...