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GST rates will come down further: Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister Responding to a question...
Women hold 5.8 pc of board seats across Indian unicorns: Report
In contrast, women occupied 18.3 per cent of board seats across...
The disasters that never happened: how to soothe rising climate anxiety
A growing mental health crisis linked to climate change - often dubbed "eco-anxiety" - has come under the spotlight in recent years, from heat-linked suicides in Mexico and the United States to people who fear the future is too uncertain to have children "We have to...
Pandemic surveillance: is tracing tech here to stay?
From contact tracing apps to facial recognition, technology has become part of the arsenal used to protect public health. While this might have helped save lives, rights advocates say intrusive solutions could already be so entrenched that personal privacy is the...
Food emergency: Ukraine war compounds global hunger crisis
As a result, global food prices are already at record highs, with the benchmark U.N. index increasing more than 40% over the past two years. The surge has had crushing consequences. Food insecurity has doubled in the past two years, and the World Food Programme...
Swiss Re partners with NTUC Income to shield against future variation in Income’s annuity book
This partnership will help shield Income from future variations in its annuity book, by sharing with Swiss Re any future payments to annuitants who live beyond their age expectancy "In this instance, Swiss Re leveraged its global longevity reinsurance expertise,...
India, Bangladesh, Nepal finalise MOU for implementation of BBIN Motor Vehicles Agreement
The meeting was held to discuss the passenger and cargo protocols that are essential to operationalise the BBIN MVA for the regulation of passenger, personal and cargo vehicular traffic between Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal, signed on June 15, 2015 New Delhi:...
Hong Kong’s zero-COVID fight takes mental toll on society, experts say
The mental wear and tear for many of the city's 7.4 million residents often comes not from getting the virus but from the policy and messaging from authorities, prompting panic and anxiety, health experts said The burden falls more disproportionately on society's most...
GLOBAL MARKETS-Global shares fall, oil rises in volatile trading after Russia oil ban
The rally in oil and other commodities has heightened investor fears about global inflation. Data this week is expected to show the U.S. consumer price index climbed a stratospheric 7.9% on a year-on-year basis in February, up from 7.5% in January Solita Marcelli,...
India to resume scheduled international flight services from March 27 after two-year hiatus
''After deliberation with stakeholders and keeping in view the decline in the COVID-19 caseload, we have decided to resume international travel from March 27 onwards,'' Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said, adding that ''with this step, I am confident the...
India to become fastest-growing green economy of the world, says Piyush Goyal
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal stated, "As a leading agri-producer, we are taking significant efforts to promote biofuels. Now, food grains waste and sugarcane are converted into ethanol in a big way, with the ethanol blending programme making...
We see clear advantages in central bank driven digital currency: Nirmala Sitharaman
''We see clear advantages in a central bank driven digital currency, because in this day and age, bulk payments happening between- countries, large transactions between institutions and large transactions between central banks themselves of each country- are all...