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General Insurance industry premium degrows a bit in Dec
In the first nine months(Apr-Dec) of FY 23-24, the industry...
India economy to grow 6.4 pc in 2024-25, slowest in 4 years: Govt data
India's economic growth rate is estimated to slip to a four-year...
UK adds Covishield to approved vaccines list, but no quarantine relief for Indians in updated travel advisory
The move will also mean that a pre-departure PCR test is no longer required as long as vaccinated travellers pre-book a day two test post-arrival in England and complete the compulsory passenger locator form in advanc
India needs to make its air quality norms more stringent, say experts after new WHO guidelines
WHO’s new guidelines recommend new air quality levels to protect the health of populations by reducing levels of key air pollutants, some of which also contribute to climate change.”There is a body of scientific evidence to prove that air pollution is leading to severe health impacts and 90 per cent of the entire global population is breathing polluted air,” IIT-Kanpur professor S N Tripathi, said.
India likely to block Chinese investment in insurance giant LIC’s IPO -sources
State-owned LIC is considered a strategic asset, commanding more than 60% of India’s life insurance market with assets of more than $500 billion. While the government is planning to allow foreign investors to participate in what is likely to be the country’s biggest-ever IPO worth a potential $12.2 billion, it is leery of Chinese ownership, the sources said.
Tatas emerge as the most trustworthy amongst the investors, finds poll
Following the 153 year old conglomerate are AV Birla Group and Mukesh Ambani Group in the second and third place with merely 5.1 per cent and 4.7 per cent of the votes respectively.
India may allow smaller gap between Covishield doses sold privately: Report
Earlier this month, the high court in the southern state of Kerala ordered changes in the health ministry’s vaccine-booking platform to give people paying for vaccination this choice, which is already being offered to those flying abroad.
“Since the high court has given a judgement, it will have to be done,” said one of the sources. “For the government’s programme, the ideal gap remains 12 weeks.”
Adani calls for global unity in managing climate crisis
“In my country, more than a quarter billion households and millions of small businesses that generate jobs rely on the availability of cheaply produced electricity,” said Adani. “To switch off that power source without an economical alternative in place would put hundreds of millions of people on an accelerated path to darkness and there are several other nations in the same situation.”
India govt won’t buy Pfizer, Moderna vaccines amid local output -sources
That essentially means the globally popular vaccines, which their makers have pledged not to sell to private parties during the pandemic, will not be available for now in the world’s two most populous countries – China and India. The Indian government has also declined to meet the U.S. companies’ requests for legal protection over any side-effects from the use of their shots, which are currently made only in the United States or Europe, two of the sources said.
Road length rises 17 pc to 6.39 mln km, registered vehicles 41pc in 2015-19
According to the data, Tamil Nadu has emerged as the best performing states in fatalities reduction during 2015-20 period, followed by Kerala,Gujarat and West Bengal.
Law on population control will be brought ‘at right time’: UP CM
In July, a draft bill on population control was put up on the website of the Uttar Pradesh Law Commission, stating that people having more than two children in Uttar Pradesh will be debarred from contesting local bodies polls, applying for government jobs, or receiving any kind of subsidy.
NGT directs Maharashtra to deposit Rs 1 crore as interim compensation for restoration of water quality near Trimbakeshwar
The bench was hearing an application filed by Kiran Ramdas Kamble and others seeking to take action for failure of the Trimbakeshwar Municipal Council and other concerned authorities of Maharashtra in preventing discharge of Municipal waste into the river which joins Godavari in violation of the judgement of the Supreme Court, in spite of at least four orders of NGT in the last two years and also general orders in other cases.