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Choose correct ITR to report foreign assets; 2 lakh such returns filed: CBDT official
The shares obtained and income earned by resident tax Indians from...
Developing nations blast $300 billion COP29 climate deal as insufficient
The showdown over financing for developing countries comes in a...
Investors lose Rs 7.35 trn as markets plummet over new variant concerns
"Equity markets have plunged almost 2 per cent amid the emergence of a new, highly mutated Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant. The EU announced a temporary ban of flights from South Africa and few EU countries are already under full lockdown scenario. Mumabi: With...
India needs national disaster pool to hedge natural disaster risks: Report
Since 2001, a total of 100 crore people have been impacted and nearly 83,000 lost lives due to these disasters. If the losses are adjusted with current prices, the losses come out to a staggering Rs 13 lakh crore or 6 per cent of the GDP, State Bank of India (SBI)...
Bihar, J’khand, UP among poorest states; Kerala, Goa have lowest poverty: Niti Aayog
Kerala (0.71 per cent), Goa (3.76 per cent), Sikkim (3.82 per cent), Tamil Nadu (4.89 per cent) and Punjab (5.59 per cent) have registered the lowest poverty across India and are at the bottom of the index. The report said India's Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)...
Mobile health teams save lives in Afghanistan’s most remote areas
It just one year old, Shahpirai’s son was suffering from severe malnutrition. Yet without the means or available facilities for him to receive proper health care, his mother could only hope he would improve at home.Shahpirai, 30, is the sole provider for her husband...
One billion more people could join the ranks of those already unable to afford healthy diet
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected global food systems worldwide, causing food insecurity and malnutrition The UN agency underscored the urgency of strengthening their capacity to endure shocks, including extreme weather events and surges in plant and animal diseases...
Chinese regulators ask Didi to delist from US bourses on security fears
Didi sparked the ire of Beijing when it proceeded with its New York stock offering this summer, despite regulatory requests that it ensure the security of its data before the IPO. Chinese regulators quickly launched multiple investigations into the company and have...
New Covid variant: Centre’s fresh advisory to states for international travellers
In a letter to additional chief secretaries or principal secretaries or secretaries (Health) of the states and union territories, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan asked them to ensure that samples of travellers turning positive are sent to the designated IGSLS or...
93 countries adopt the first global agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
“The world needs rules for artificial intelligence to benefit humanity. The Recommendation on the ethics of AI is a major answer. It sets the first global normative framework while giving States the responsibility to apply it at their level. UNESCO will support its...
New legal framework evolving on tech, internet; data protection bill step towards that: MoS IT
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar After nearly two years of deliberations, the Joint Committee of Parliament on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 on Monday adopted the report on the Bill, which provided the government with...
India ranks high in Cyber security ranking:MeitY official
Congratulating the technical stakeholders for improved cyber ranking, Amitesh Kumar Sinha, joint secretary, e-Governance, Meit said, “India is ranked among top 10 countries, out of 182, in cyber security posture for the year 2020, jumping from the 47th position in the...