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Rajasthan govt de-empanelled 8 hospitals, diagnostic centres from RGHS this month
Principal Secretary (Health) Gayatri Rathore said eight hospitals...
Indian crew world’s most abandoned seafarers in 2025, union figures show
Seafarer abandonment is defined by the International Maritime...
Digit’s Rs 2,614.65 crore IPO oversubscribed 9.6 times, to list on BSE on NSE on 23rd May
As per the combined bid details put out by the BSE at the close of Day-3, Go Digit General Insurance Ltd was subscribed 9.60X overall, with best demand coming from the QIB Segment, followed by the HNI / NII segment and the Retail segment in that order. The QIB portion...
FPIs withdraw Rs 28,200 cr from Indian equities on poll jitters
There are two main reasons why FPIs have been selling in FY2025. First, there's uncertainty about the general elections. FPIs generally don't like uncertainty; they prefer to play it safe and lock in the profit they made last year. Second, the market valuations are...
Wildfires could affect over half of Canada’s oil sands output: Report
Companies like Suncor Energy, Canadian Natural Resources and Imperial Oil have oil sands projects within 150 km of Fort McMurry, an oil sands hub in Northern Alberta, with many workers living in the city More than half of the oil sands production from Canada could be...
Dieselgate: Volkswagen’s $54 million settlement with Italian owners
In the settlement, over 60,000 car owners affected by the emissions fraud will be paid up to 1,100 euros each, Italian consumer group Altroconsumo said in a statement. The scandal rocked the automotive industry in 2015 when it emerged that vehicles had been fitted...
Buffett ends suspense, reveals Berkshire’s $6.7 billion stake in insurer Chubb
Warren Buffett, chairman, Berkshire Hathaway Buffett’s Berkshire is deeply familiar with the insurance industry, owning a range of companies including Geico and National Indemnity. The billionaire investor has called Berkshire’s property-casualty insurance operation...
Digital Competition Bill: Strengthen existing regulatory bodies like CCI, NCLAT, says Nasscom
While there may be an enforcement concern, it is pertinent to examine the resource challenge of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) that looks into anti-market practices of the Big Tech platforms New Delhi: As India aims to adopt the Digital Competition Bill to...
Nepal halts sale of Indian spice-mixes amid quality worries
"As residue contents of ethylene oxide are found to be exceeding the prescribed limit in these four products, the import and sale of these products are banned within the country as per Article 19 of the Food Regulation 2027 B.S.," the department said in a notice...
Kerala’s ‘One Health’ to address public health and wellness issues comprehensively
''We have established teams at the local level, including officers from the health department, water authority, pollution control board, and animal husbandry, with the panchayat president as the chairman. These committees will help quickly identify infection outbreaks...
Stifling heat in northwest India to continue for another five days
Extreme temperatures can also impact economies. People are less productive during hot weather, even if they work indoors, while children struggle to learn in extreme heat New Delhi: The extreme heat scorching large parts of northwest India will continue for another...
Global life expectancy projected to improve by 5 years in men, over 4 in women by 2050: Lancet Study
The researchers from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 Forecasting Collaborators said that the ongoing shift in disease burden to non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular ones, cancer and diabetes, and exposure to associated risk factors including...