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IMF data shows India’s economy growing rapidly on strong domestic consumption: Economists
According to the IMF’s latest projections, India’s economy is...
EU adopts a new package of sanctions targeting Russia’s energy infrastructure
Along with a full transaction ban on two major Russian oil...
Top EU privacy regulator opens probe into Google’s AI
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), the lead EU regulator for most of the top U.S. internet firms due to the location of their EU operations in Ireland, said the probe concerned the Alphabet Inc unit’s Pathways Language Model 2 (PaLM 2) The top EU privacy...
Musk criticises Australia’s proposed `Misinformation Law’
Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X Australia’s Labor government unveiled legislation which could fine internet platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for enabling misinformation, joining a worldwide push to rein in borderless tech giants Elon Musk, owner...
RE-INVEST 2024: Pralhad Joshi says Rs 32.45 lakh cr finance pledged for renewables sector
Addressing the inaugural session of the 4th RE-INVEST 2024, Joshi said, “we have received overwhelming commitments from the states and UTs as well as from developers, manufacturers and financial institutions to support our goal of 500 GW by 2030.” Gandhinagar: Union...
2nd death from Nipah infection in Kerala, Nearly 151 people monitored for any symptoms
Parts of Kerala are among those most at risk globally for outbreaks of the virus, a Reuters investigation showed last year. Nipah, which comes from fruit bats and animals such as pigs, can cause a lethal, brain-swelling fever in humans A 24-year-old student has died...
Maha ends Rs3000 cr health insurance contract with United India in 2 months without any notice and reasons
United India Insurance, which has been the health insurer to Maharashtra for the last four years, had won a fresh mandate from the state for implementing a much larger scheme-universal health coverage- in this June and the cover was in force since July.UII can't...
GST Council forms GoM to review tax rate on insurance; report by Oct 30
The Terms of Reference (ToR) of the newly formed panel also include suggesting tax rate of health/medical insurance including individual, group, family floater and other medical insurance for various categories like senior citizens, middle class, persons with mental...
India’s household debts surge on back of housing loans, rising trend of unsecured lending
As per the report, as of FY23, India's household debt has reached 38 per cent of GDP, reflecting a growing trend in household leverage. The report noted that the household debt is linked to real estate, such as homes and properties and it is driven by investment...
Govt to spend Rs10,900 crore to enhance electric vehicle mobility
The primary objective of the PM E-DRIVE scheme is to expedite the adoption of EVs by providing upfront incentives for their purchase, as well as by facilitating the establishment of essential charging infrastructure for EVs. The PM E-DRIVE scheme aims to promote EVs...
National Health Authority and IIT Kanpur sign MoU for development of digital public goods for AI in Healthcare
Under this MoU, a federated learning platform across a variety of machine learning model pipelines, a quality-preserving database, an open benchmarking platform for comparing & validating AI models, and a consent management system for research under Ayushman...
Govt approves Rs 12461 crore budgetary support for cost of enabling infrastructure for Hydro Electric Projects
The government has been taking several policy initiatives to address the issues impeding Hydro Power development, viz., remote locations, hilly areas, lack of infrastructure etc New Delhi: The center today has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Power for...