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Identify high-value cash transactions at hotels, hospitals; pursue arrear demands: CBDT to I-T dept
Senior IT officials told that transactions over Rs 2 lakh in cash...
Nagaraju Maddirala appointed as new DFS Secy
Nagaraju Maddirala, Secretary-Designate, Department of Financial...
Covid-19 deaths: SC allows Centre to conduct inquiry into fake claims
A bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna said the government can verify 5 per cent of claims in four states -- Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh -- where the gap between number of claims and recorded deaths was wide The top court also set a period...
Private vs. public: predicting and preparing for future pandemics
COVID-19 turned into a US$22-trillion disaster killing more than six million people globally partly because the dots between warning and action were not connected. Some governments took quick and precautionary action, especially those that had invested in their public...
MHA ends COVID-19 containment measures from Mar 31; wearing of face mask to continue
In a communication to the chief secretaries of all states, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said that over the last 24 months, significant capacities have been developed for various aspects of management of the pandemic, such as diagnostics, surveillance, contact...
Star Health launches exclusive cover for people above 50 years
The Star Health Premier Insurance Policy offers benefits such as Home Care Treatment for specified conditions (up to 10% of the sum insured subject to a maximum of Rs.5 lakhs), cover for inpatient hospitalization expenses and day care treatments under Ayush Treatment,...
Parliamentary panel for framing price control regime for COVID medicines, medical devices
''The Committee recommend that all medical devices critical to COVID-19 treatment like ventilators, oxygen concentrators etc. should be covered under the National List of Essential Medicines for effective price control,'' the report said New Delhi: Parliamentary panel...
No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021 – data
India's overall pollution levels worsened in 2021 and New Delhi remained the world's most polluted capital, the data showed. Bangladesh was the most polluted country, also unchanged from the previous year, while Chad ranked second after the African country's data was...
Global Covid caseload tops 472 mn, fatalities surge past 6.09 mn
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 79,775,780 and 972,603, according to the CSSE The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (43,009,390 infections and 516,510 deaths), followed by Brazil...
Telemedicine booms in S.Korea amid COVID,President-elect Yoon backs practice
A total 2 million people are under home care for COVID in the country. While there are two doctors per 1,000 people on average in South Korea, only six of 17 cities and provinces meet the average, showing how health care is thinner in many parts This gap in...
Govt should construct trauma centres near highways: Chowdhury
Every hour there are 35 accidents and one death in every four minutes and ''this is quite untenable,'' he said adding how many trauma centres are being set up to deal with the road accident cases. New Delhi; Expressing concern over road accidents and deaths, Congress...
Govt considers widening Covid booster shots to all adults in India: Report
The government is debating whether to provide boosters to other groups for free, said one of the sources, who both sought anonymity as the government has yet to make a decision. A health ministry spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment New...