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The significance of these rules grows as recent developments in the...
Airtel approaches Jio, VIL on joint telecom initiative against fraud
``Given the recent alarming rise in phishing attempts and malicious...
High arsenic concentration in groundwater of 18 districts in Bihar: Study
Now, arsenic as a possible risk factor for gallbladder cancer has been found in the study. Public health intervention in the form of removing arsenic from drinking water is the need of the hour in the endemic regions of Bihar and Assam. Tackling arsenic pollution may...
China’s 2022 growth seen as its lowest in 40 years
Strict lockdowns, quarantines and compulsory mass testing prompted abrupt closures of manufacturing facilities and businesses in major hubs — like Zhengzhou, home of the world’s biggest iPhone factory — and sent reverberations across the global supply chain China’s...
Demat accounts rise 34% to 10.8 cr in Dec on attractive returns from equity mkts
Increased financial savings, financial literacy and the growing popularity of trading amongst youths have been some other major factors contributing to the rise, Yes Securities' Shankar said Mumbai: The number of demat accounts rose to 10.8 crore in December 2022, a...
Entire country will be covered by doppler weather radar network by 2025: Union minister Jitendra Singh
Union minister Jitendra Singh Addressing the 148th foundation day of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minister said disaster-related mortality has dropped to single digit with improvement in forecast New Delhi: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday...
I belong to middle class, understand their pressures, says Sitharaman days before Budget
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman The minister assured them that the government can do more for the middle class as its population is growing and it has become sizeable now New Delhi: Ahead of the Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on...
Covid cases in China touch 900 million,60,000 new coronavirus deaths in hospitals
A top Chinese epidemiologist has also warned that cases will surge in rural China over the lunar new year The peak of China's Covid wave is expected to last two to three months, added Zeng Guang, ex-head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control Some 900 million...
Govt’s goal is to cut down on accidents by 50% by 2024 end: Gadkari
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari India has only 1% of the total overall vehicles, the country accounts for 11% of the total global deaths due to road accidents. Greater Noida: India can become the number one automotive manufacturing hub in the world within five years, but...
TMK launches first life science insurance product, intellectual property and cyber coverage under one policy
Aoife Woulfe, head of intellectual property at TMK, added: “This is the first time an ‘all-singing, all-dancing’ intellectual property product has been released as part of a life science package to the Lloyd’s market, offering broad coverage for a full range of IP...
Cabinet clears Rs 2,600 cr scheme to promote RuPay debit card, low-value BHIM-UPI transactions
The scheme would help in building a robust digital payment ecosystem. It would also promote UPI Lite and UPI123PAY as economical and user-friendly digital payments In December alone, UPI achieved a record of 782.9 crore digital payment transactions with a value of Rs...
CSIR lab proposes disaster resilient model town for people displaced from Joshimath
The Roorkee-based institute of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has also suggested a three-pronged action plan for Joshimath that envisages demolition of tilted buildings, safety assessment of existing 4,000 buildings and providing...