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NGT kept close watch on environmental concerns, issued several orders in 2024
The maintenance of the pristine sanctity of venerated rivers,...
Gold set to extend record run; may hit Rs 90,000 in 2025 on global cues
Gold price is hovering at Rs 79,350 per 10 grams in spot markets at...
Gold faces longest monthly losing streak since 2018 on rate hikes
Inflation has hit multi-decade highs in many parts of the world, forcing central banks to tighten monetary policy. Gold is highly sensitive to rising U.S. interest rates, which increase the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding bullion Gold prices fell on Wednesday...
Sixty per cent people delaying treatment due to lack of health cover: Survey
'India has the lowest rates of health insurance penetration and COVID-19 induced medical inflation has caused people to delay surgeries. Elective surgeries are not life-threatening but any delay can impact the overall quality of life,'' Pristyn Care co-founder...
Electric vehicles on Indian roads to touch 5cr by 2030; big opportunity for EV charging players: KPMG
''As of March 2022, the number of EVs on Indian roads had surpassed one million. This number is likely to grow to 45-50 million EVs on road by 2030,'' it said 'Currently, only about 1,700 public charging stations are operational across the country which is inadequate...
India’s data centre industry worth USD 5.6 bn; set to grow further: Report
At present, there are 138 data centres across India spanning about 11 million square feet and having 737 MW of IT capacity (building ready). At least 57 per cent of this current IT capacity is in Mumbai and Chennai, collectively. India's data centre industry size is...
Personal retail loan disbursements rise 42 pc at end-March 2022: Study
The total portfolio outstanding of retail industry increased from Rs 71 lakh crore (March 2020) to Rs 80 lakh crore (March 2021), and further to Rs 89 lakh crore as of March 2022 Private banks experienced the highest growth of portfolio outstanding with a 32 per cent...
Sales of luxury homes in Jan-Jun across 7 cities surpass demand in full 2021
As per the data, sales of luxury homes were 25,680 units during January-June 2022, which is higher than 21,700 luxury flats sold in the entire 2021 calendar year across seven major cities --Delhi-NCR, MMR, Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabd, Chennai and Kolkata Sales of luxury...
7 crore rural households given piped water connection in 3 just years: PM Modi
"The country and especially Goa has achieved a milestone today. Today Goa has become the first state in the country, which has been Har Ghar Jal certified. Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have also become Har Ghar Jal certified Union Territory," PM Modi said...
EPFO adds 18.36 lakh net subscribers in June
The payroll data shows that the age group of 22-25 years registered the highest number of net enrolments with 4.72 lakh additions during June 2022. This shows that many first-time job seekers are joining the organized sector workforce in large numbers It showed that...
Monkeypox cases jump globally; see 20% rise to over 35k cases, 12 deaths
According to Rosamund Lewis, the WHO's monkeypox technical lead, there are reports of breakthrough cases in which people who received the shots after exposure to the virus are still falling ill as well as individuals becoming infected after receiving the vaccine as a...
Luxury carmakers see record sales in 2022 on festive push
''We are hoping that the demand for luxury cars will exceed the pre-pandemic level of 2019, which was the highest ever while the demand for Lexus in India has crossed our highest ever demand this July since the launch of operations in 2017,'' Lexus India President...