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New Nuclear Bill spares suppliers from accident liability
The new bill, named the Sustainable Harnessing of Advancement of...
Surge in gold, silver prices due to geopolitical tensions, says FinMin
Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary Gold and silver...
India to add 179 million people to its working age population by 2045
India's working age population (age 25-64) is rising as a proportion of the total population which will be a positive for savings and investments as well, according to global investment firm Jefferies New Delhi: India's demographics are in a sweet spot, and the...
FPIs inject Rs 27,856 cr in equities in Sep so far on US rate cut expectations
Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have been consistently buying equities since June. Before that, they pulled out Rs 34,252 crore in April-May New Delhi: Foreign investors have infused Rs 27,856 crore in domestic equities in the first fortnight this month, owing to...
India jumps to Tier 1 in Global Cybersecurity Index 2024
India topped the chart for adopting measures like legal, technical, capacity development and cooperation as areas of relative strength. Organisational measures was a listed as an area of potential growth for the country New Delhi: India has jumped to Tier 1 in the...
Buffett’s insurance leader Ajit Jain sells large part of Berkshire stake
Ajait Jain, vice chairman, Berkshire Hathaway Jain’s selling occurred five days after Berkshire’s share price peaked above $727,000, and less than two weeks after its market valuation first topped $1 trillion Ajit Jain, the longtime top insurance executive at Warren...
Gastro problems could heighten Parkinson’s disease risk by 76%, study finds
Gastrointestinal problems are known to be common in patients suffering from neurodegenerative disorders, the authors said Digestive problems, including ulcers in one's food pipe or stomach, could increase the risk of Parkinson's disease by 76 per cent, according to a...
CCI probe finds Amazon, Walmart’s Flipkart breached antitrust laws
The investigation's findings are the latest setback for Amazon and Flipkart in a country where they continue to face criticism for their business practices from smaller retailers, who say their businesses have suffered in recent years due to deep discounts offered...
National Health Authority and IIT Kanpur sign MoU for development of digital public goods for AI in Healthcare
Under this MoU, a federated learning platform across a variety of machine learning model pipelines, a quality-preserving database, an open benchmarking platform for comparing & validating AI models, and a consent management system for research under Ayushman...
Govt approves Rs 12461 crore budgetary support for cost of enabling infrastructure for Hydro Electric Projects
The government has been taking several policy initiatives to address the issues impeding Hydro Power development, viz., remote locations, hilly areas, lack of infrastructure etc New Delhi: The center today has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Power for...
Govt extends Rs 5 lakh health covers free to all citizens of 70 yr and above irrespective of income
This aims to benefit approximately 4.5 crore families with six crore senior citizens with Rs 5 Lakh free health insurance cover on a family basis New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the health coverage to all the...
Govt clears ‘Mission Mausam’ with an outlay of Rs2,000 cr for transformative initiatives on climate-related science
The mission's focus will include improving observations and understanding for providing highly accurate and timely weather and climate information across temporal and spatial scales, including monsoon forecasts, alerts for air quality, extreme weather events and...