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Recent rainfall unlikely to damage major crops will boost production: Agriculture Secretary
"No damage has been reported so far due to sudden rainfall. It will...
Russia to defend its vessels in the Baltic Sea by all legal means
The comments come as Baltic nations grow increasingly concerned...
Maha: Excessive rainfall-affected farmers upset over getting paltry amounts as crop insurance
The state government data also revealed that out of 1.03 lakh farmers who submitted their claims for crop damage due to excess showers in Ahmednagar, only 20,226 claims have been approved so far and Rs 9.78 crore has been disbursed. Mumbai: A number of farmers in...
Avoid antibiotics for low-grade fever: ICMR guidelines
An ICMR survey conducted between January 1 and December 31, 2021 had suggested that a big chunk of patients in India may no longer benefit from the use of carbapenem, a powerful antibiotic administered mainly in ICU settings for the treatment of pneumonia and...
Outdated Covid travel advisories, conflicting norms causing inconvenience to people
While majority of states and union territories have relaxed Covid restrictions, a few still want unvaccinated travellers to mandatorily have either an RT-PCR test report within 48 to 96 hours before starting their journey or undergo a test on arrival at their...
EU postpones talks on Russian oil price cap as divisions stick
The EU sanctions would bar access to insurance and services for any ship transporting Russian oil. The cap allows access to those services, but only if the crude is purchased below a certain level. The US proposed the price cap earlier this year as an alternative to...
15-year-old govt vehicles will be scrapped: Gadkari
''Yesterday, I signed a file under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that all the vehicles of the Indian government which have completed 15 years will be scrapped. I have sent this policy of the Indian government to all the states. They should adopt this...
IRDAI eases norms for PEs to invest in insurance cos, Corporate agents can tie up with 9 insurers, Kshema General Insurance receives license, 19 pending
Corporate agents can tie up with 9 insurers (earlier 3 insurers) and Insurance Marketing Forms (IMF) can tie up with 6 insurers (earlier 2 insurers) in each line of business of life, general and health for distribution of their insurance products. The area of...
Lost crores, say Delhi traders affected by fire in India’s largest wholesale electrical, electronics market
New Delhi: In the narrow bylanes of Delhi's Chandni Chowk, firefighters toiled for hours to douse a blaze that overnight gutted around 100 shops of a wholesale market of electrical and electronic goods.Ignoring the intermittent sounds of blasts and policemen warning...
Govt open to making changes in PMFBY in response to recent climate crisis, tech advancement: Agri secy
Manoj Ahuja, secretary,Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare ''Since farming is exposed directly to such climatic catastrophes, it is important and critical to protect the vulnerable farming community of the country from the vagaries of nature. the government...
IRDAI plans to launch social safety net product “Bima Vistaar” on Bima Sugam
(Lto R)Thomas M Devasia, member-Non-Life, IRDAI, B C Patnaik, MD,LIC at 14th Assocham Global Insurance Summit Thomas M Devasia, member-Non-Life, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India said, “We are working on certain broad-based initiatives towards...
Hard property catastrophe reinsurance market to support 2023 margins: Fitch
Fitch forecasts broadly stable underlying profitability for the global reinsurance sector in 2023, and is maintaining its neutral fundamental sector outlook. Frankfurt/Chicago/London: Reinsurance rates for property catastrophe business should increase by well over 10%...