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Climate change impacting India severely, moonshot tech key for sustainable development: NITI Aayog
“India’s development journey is unprecedented -- our economy...
At least 320 dead in Himachal floods, losses over Rs 3,000 crore
The state has suffered losses of over Rs 3,040 crore due to 91...
No sweeping power or a draconian move: MoS IT on govt’s fact-checking unit
Rajeev Chandrasekhar,Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Replying to a tweet from Independent MP Kapil Sibal, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the new IT rules "already provide for social media platforms to...
Unseasonal rains: Crops on 60k hectares in Marathwada damaged, affects 1.22 lakh farmers; Nanded worst-hit
Quoting figures from the crop loss assessment survey carried out by the state government, he said Nanded saw the maximum loss with crops getting damaged on 21,579.50 hectares and affecting 36,543 farmers. Aurangabad: Crops on more than 60,000 hectares of land in...
RCap resolution plan deadline may be extended
All the three bidders-- IndusInd International Holdings Ltd (IIHL) of Hinduja Group; Torrent Investment and Singapore-based Oaktree -- who will be participating in the extended challenge mechanism (second round of auction), are still engaged with the Committee of...
FinMin sets up Somanathan panel to review pension system for govt employees
TV Somnathan,finance secretary, ministry of finance The announcement came in the backdrop of several non-BJP states deciding to revert to the DA-linked Old Pension Scheme (OPS) and also employee organisations in some other states raising demand for the same The state...
Gehlot writes to Modi seeking change in rules for PM crop insurance scheme
Ashok Ghelot,Chief Minister,Rajasthan The chief minister has also demanded to change the rule of compensating farmers for loss of crops on only two hectares of land in cases of natural calamity and increase this limit, according to a statement. Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief...
XBB.1.16 accounting for 38.2% of COVID-19 infection in India, says INSACOG bulletin
A few BA.2.10 and BA.2.75 sublineage was detected in some part of the country whereas XBB was the most prevalent sublineage of the Omicron variant. The INSACOG said globally, nearly 3.7 million new cases and 26,000 deaths have been reported in the last 28 days New...
Andhra Pradesh CM launches family doctor scheme to take services to doorstep
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy observed that the State brought in revolutionary reforms in healthcare with one primary health centre serving every 2,500 people and the family doctor programme...
Indian general insurance industry’s prm rises 16.50 % to Rs 2,56 trillion in fy2022-23, pvt sector captures 61.56% market share
Though, the actual figures are yet to be known for the whole year, this the second year, when the health business will be largest portfolio of the industry, followed by motor and crop At the end of Fy 2022-23, the four public sector general insurers, NIA,United India...
RBI to set up portal to search across multiple banks for unclaimed deposits
About Rs 35,000 crore unclaimed deposits as of February 2023 were transferred to RBI by public sector banks (PSBs) in respect of deposits which were not operated for 10 years or more Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Thursday announced to set up a centralised portal to...
RBI holds the key lending rate at 6.50% after six repo rate hikes in a row
Shaktikanta Das,Governor, Reserve Bank of India The monetary policy committee (MPC), which has three members from the central bank and three external members, retained the key lending rate or the repo rate at 6.50%, in a unanimous decision Retail inflation...