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Govt considering legislative amendments to push private investments in nuclear space: Shripad Naik
Shripad Naik, Minister of State (MoS), Power The Civil Liability...
Lloyd’s to venture into GIFT-IFSC, to apply for a license from IFSCA soon
This will be Lloyd’s second entry into Indian reinsurance market as...
Shipping firms impose surcharges as Red Sea attacks hit global trade
In total, Maersk said a standard 20-foot container travelling from China to Northern Europe now faced an extra charge of $700, consisting of a $200 TDS and $500 PSS. Containers bound for the east coast of North America will be charged $500 each, consisting of the $200...
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission ensures robust patient data security measures: NHA
Vikram Pagaria, joint director of the mission under the National Health Authority, highlighted that around 2,50,000 health facilities have been connected so far under the ABDM run by the NHA. Pagaria said that under this mission, there is no question of the patient's...
Shipping costs soar as war and climate risks choke key waterways
This week, provisional chartering rates for a Suezmax tanker to move oil from Iraq to the Mediterranean rose above 90 worldscale points, said shipbrokers. That’s a sharp jump from between 75 to 85 points in provisional bookings made in the past week. These points...
Red Sea attacks a risk for Indian exports
New Delhi may consider an alternate route along Africa for shipments of basmati rice if attacks by Yemen's Houthi group persist, which could lift prices by about 15% to 20%, the source added New Delhi: India's exports face a shortfall of about $4 billion to $5 billion...
JN.1 variant is fast spreading; vulnerable for older people with multiple comorbidities: Health expert
"JN.1 is a fast-spreading variant, it could go into the next tier of the population, which is the vulnerable age group, older people and also people with multiple comorbidities. In such individuals, their underlying conditions can destabilise and could result in their...
WHO classifies ‘low’ risk JN.1 coronavirus strain as ‘variant of interest’
The United Nations agency said current vaccines continue to protect against severe disease and death from JN.1 and other circulating variants of the COVID-19 virus Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday classified the JN.1 coronavirus strain as a...
DFS Secy Joshi initiates move to set up of an Indian Health Regulator
Vivek Joshi, secretary, Department of Financial Services ``I request you to initiate a meeting of General Insurance Council along with the senior executive of leading insurance companies, National Health Authority (NHA) and Department of...
China’s magnitude-6.2 earthquake kills over 100 in impoverished northwest
About 400 people were injured, thousands of buildings collapsed and some infrastructure were damaged, according to state media Beijing: Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for efforts to minimize casualties after an impoverished region in the northwest was hit by an...
India Wellness Index: Booming Health techs and strained social bonds
“Spending quality time with family sees a decline among working women, leading to a decreased feeling of well-being, with only 53% of women claiming they spend quality time with their families & community in 2023, compared to 64% in 2022. This reflects the...
PMJDY remains driving factor behind empowerment of unbanked; 51 cr accounts opened
More than 41 crore beneficiaries have benefited from accident insurance worth Rs 2 lakh under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana New Delhi: Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) remains the driving factor behind the empowerment of countless unbanked citizens with...