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Govt plans to simplify its income tax filing rules in new Budget
The possible changes involve simplifying the language and...
Explainer: Draft DPDP Rules 2025 aim to protect citizens’ data
The Act provides consent-based personal data processing by digital...
India on cusp of major economic recovery: Niti Aayog VC Rajiv Kumar
" Notwithstanding economic uncertainties triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war that is also impacting global supply chains, Kumar asserted that it was quite clear from all accounts that India will remain the fastest growing economy in the world'' said Niti Aayog Vice...
FPIs withdraw Rs 41,000 cr in March
Himanshu Srivastava, Associate Director - Manager Research, Morningstar India, said the outflows can be attributed to the anticipation of rate hike by US Fed, and deteriorating geopolitical environment with Russia and Ukraine engaging in a war New Delhi: Continuing...
Indian Govt’s initiatives to control incidence of obesity
682 District NCD (Non-Communicable Diseases) Clinics, 191 District Cardiac Care Units, and 5408 Community Health Center NCD Clinics have been set up in the country As per the National Health Profile 2020, the prevalence of obesity among adult females (18+ years of...
U.N. launches group to hold companies to account for net-zero pledges
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said the group of 16 experts will analyze the net-zero plans of companies, investors, cities and regions in order to develop stringent and transparent standards to ensure they deliver their promises WASHINGTON: The United...
China and India biggest domestic market opportunities for insurance: HSBC
“Mainland China and India are growing at fast rates and are two of the biggest domestic market opportunities,” said Greg Hingston, global chief executive, HSBC Holdings Plc’s insurance Opportunities will likely be in places like Singapore, India and mainland China,...
Ukraine guarantees insurance payouts for vessels damaged at its Danube ports
Ukraine exports almost all its commodities through Black Sea ports now blocked due to the Russian invasion. The government did not provide details of the insurance system but instructed the infrastructure ministry to develop a plan Marine fuel sellers have stopped...
Scientists publish the first complete human genome of world’s 7.9 billion people
"Generating a truly complete human genome sequence represents an incredible scientific achievement, providing the first comprehensive view of our DNA blueprint," Eric Green, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the U.S. National...
U.S. House approves bill setting strict cap on insulin costs
Currently, monthly supplies of the life-sustaining medicine average around $375 and can go as high as $1,000, causing some people to skip needed doses More than 34 million people in the United States have diabetes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Fossil fuel backers overshadow climate change talks in Dubai
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and other international bodies have said that to address climate change there should not be new investments in fossil fuel infrastructure and that the fuels, which are mostly responsible for climate change,...
Car sales in India rise but automakers warn of supply chain disruptions
"The impact of the crisis in the form of higher fuel and commodity prices also poses a risk to (automobile) demand prospects, in case it materialises into a long drawn out war," ICRA said Carmakers in India reported a sharp rise in annual sales for the fiscal year...