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Except West Bengal, all states and UTs have been onboarded for Ayushman Bharat scheme: Nadda
More than 8.9 crore hospital admissions worth Rs 1.26 lakh were...
Japan to give crypto assets legal status as financial products, Nikkei says
As part of the move, crypto assets will be put under insider...
Losses from Sri Lanka’s riots manageable for insurers: Fitch
``We believe gross losses from the riots are likely to exceed LKR1 billion. However, NITF’s net loss will be limited to this amount due to the protection provided by its excess of loss reinsurance cover. We expect NITF to have sufficient liquid assets to meet its...
Increased ransomware attacks and global threats tempering executive confidence in cyber preparedness: survey
According to the survey by Marsh and Microsoft, leadership confidence in their organization’s core cyber risk management capabilities – including the ability to understand/assess cyber threats, mitigate/prevent cyber attacks, and manage/respond to cyber attacks – is...
MeitY issues draft norms to mobilise non-personal citizen data with govt
The draft also proposes setting up of an 'India Data Management Office (IDMO)', under the Digital India Corporation, which shall be responsible for framing, managing and periodically reviewing and revising the policy New Delhi: The Ministry of Electronics and IT...
PM Modi calls drones ‘game-changer’ in agriculture, important to improve last-mile healthcare delivery
"Agriculture is being revolutionised due to technology. Be it soil health cards, e-NAM or drones, they are emerging as a game-changer in the agricultural sector." New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday termed drones as a 'game-changer' in the agriculture...
World not spending enough to avert disasters as global calamities rise: UN
Developing nations bear the brunt of losses from disasters at 1% of gross domestic product a year, threatening to undo their hard-earned economic gains. That figure comes down to just 0.1%-0.3% for developed countries UN News: Nations are spending too little to...
Supecyclones may have much more devastating impact in India in future: Study
The study, published in the journal Climate Resilience and Sustainability, showed that if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current rate, more than two and a half times (250 percent) of India's population would experience flooding of greater than one meter,...
Govt to promote development of climate resilient structures under MNREGA: officials
The move is aimed at strengthening the planning of climate resilient works and help India become a net-zero carbon emission country in the coming years.It will also help the community to make smart decisions to mitigate the effect of change in the environment, the...
Fake reviews on e-commerce sites under Govt’s radar
The screening results underlines that at least 55 per cent of the websites violate the unfair commercial practices directive of the EU, which requires truthful information to be presented to consumers to make an informed choice The consumer affairs ministry along with...
UK’s Sunak extends one-off $46.6 bn y to ease a cost-of-living crisis for public
British finance minister Rishi Sunak A new, one-off GBP 650 payment will be offered to more than 8 million low-income households on Universal Credit, Tax Credits, Pension Credit and other benefits, with separate one-off payments of GBP 300 to pensioner households and...
World Bank’s Malpass says war in Ukraine may trigger global recession
David Malpass,President,World Bank Developing countries were being hit even harder given shortfalls of fertilizer and food stocks and energy supplies, he said "The idea of energy prices doubling is enough to trigger a recession by itself," he said World Bank...