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Passenger vehicle dispatches rise 4 pc, two-wheelers see 17 pc dip in April: SIAM
SIAM Director General Rajesh Menon stated that the auto industry...
Shriram General Insurance Q4 profit up 8% to Rs 130 cr
Looking ahead, Shriram General Insurance Company MD and CEO Anil...
India leads net mobile subscriber addition globally in June 2023 quarter: Ericsson report
Globally, the mobile subscription penetration was 105 per cent and the number of unique mobile subscribers stood at 6.1 billion during the quarter ''India accounted for the most net additions during the quarter (+7 million), followed by China (+5 million) and the US...
Cancers among under-50s rose by 79 per cent in last 30 years: BMJ study
After cancer of the breast, cancers exacting the highest death toll and subsequent poor health were those of the windpipe, lung, stomach, and bowel, with the steepest increases in deaths among people with kidney or ovarian cancer The highest rates of early onset...
Meta sees India as a ''priority market'' with ''limitless'' possibilities buoyed by macroeconomic growth, digital infrastructure and the popularity of its apps like Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, the social media giant's India head Sandhya Devanathan said. In an...
India’s per capita coal emissions surged by 29% in seven years: Analysis
India saw a 29 per cent increase in seven years in per capita coal emissions compared to 2015,'' said the report which focuses on global transition to clean electricity. Dave Jones, Global Insights Lead, Ember said China and India are often blamed as the world’s big...
Need to broaden participation to expand digital commerce in India: ONDC’s Koshy
''If you look at today's digital commerce in the country, it is limited to 10 per cent and just 2-3 per cent on the buyer side, so we need to broaden and expand the participation so that the current levels can go up to 25-30 per cent in the next few years.'' Open...
Over 6 crore returns processed, additional info sought from 12 lakh taxpayers: CBDT
More than 2.45 crore refunds have already been issued, it noted, adding it was committed to processing the remaining Income Tax returns in a speedy and efficient manner New Delhi: The Income Tax Department has so far processed more than 6 crore tax returns for the...
Automobile retail sales see 9 pc growth in August: FADA
The total retail sales across segments rose to 18,18,647 units last month, up 9 per cent, from 16,74,162 units in August 2022. Passenger vehicle registrations increased by 7 per cent to 3,15,153 units last month from 2,95,842 units in August 2022 New Delhi: Automobile...
Precarious employment conditions may increase risk of early death: Study
“This is the first study to show that changing from precarious employment to secure employment can reduce the risk of death,” says the paper’s last author Theo Bodin, assistant professor at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet Precarious...
No link between Covid vaccines used in India and heart attack risk: Study
''Our study found that vaccines used in India are safe. There was no association of vaccination in India with heart attack. In fact, the study found that there were less chances of death after heart attack in vaccinated individuals,'' Mohit Gupta, who led the study,...
15-20% spinal injuries in India due to road accidents, says doctor
"We are receiving more and more patients of trauma and spinal cord injuries now due to the increasing number of road accidents.This may be due to the low level of safety standards in vehicle manufacturing, absence or inadequacy of appropriate safety measures in...