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India and Fiji join hands for climate action, resilience building and sustainable development
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sitiveni Rabuka,Prime Minister,...
Kazakhstan presses on with $4.4 billion fine against global oil majors for ecological violations
Kazakhstan's government originally fined NCOC 2.3 trillion tenge -...
100 crore new jobs to be created globally in 20 years, India to have 25 pc share, says NSDC chief
As many as 12.5 crore jobs were created during the fiscal years of 2014-24, marking a four-fold jump from the 2004-2014 period, which saw the creation of about 2.9 crore jobs New Delhi:The world is likely to see a huge addition of 100 crore new workers in the global...
Household savings are choosing mutual funds, insurance and pension funds over banks to invest savings: RBI Governor
``While bank deposits continue to remain dominant as a percentage of the financial assets owned by the households, their share has been declining, with households increasingly allocating their savings to Mutual Funds, Insurance Funds, and Pension Funds" New Delhi:...
Health Ministry rejects reports on excess Covid-19 mortality in India
Using data collected from over 7.65 lakh individuals, researchers, including those from the University of Oxford, UK, evaluated changes in life expectancy between 2019 and 2020. Women experienced a life expectancy decline of 3.1 years, while men saw a 2.1-year...
Microsoft outage: CrowdStrike explains what exactly went wrong
George Kurtz, CrowdStrike's CEO, said in a post on X that CrowdStrike had deployed a fix for the issue. "This is not a security incident or cyberattack," he wrote. However, it is not clear how easily the affected systems can be fixed remotely, as the "Blue Screen of...
‘No work-no pay’ not for employees reinstated after full exoneration: HC
"It is apparent that on his reinstatement after the order of dismissal or removal is set aside, a government servant cannot be denied his entire pay and allowances for the period he was out of service," the court said on Tuesday, allowing the petition...
Railways to monitor untoward incidents in real time to check fraudulent claims
The board acted after it came to light that there were delays in fulfilling formalities related to cases of Man Run Over (MRO) by trains and other untoward incidents, due to which fraudulent cases were lodged at the Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), making it pay a heavy...
Livestock census to start in September Punjab Minister
This will be the first time that pet dogs and cats will also be counted and .This is also the first time that cattle at 'gaushalas' and cattle being reared by nomadic tribes will be counted separatel Chandigarh:Punjab Animal Husbandry minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian...
IMF raises India’s GDP growth forecast to 7 pc for 2024-25
"The forecast for growth in India has also been revised upward, to 7 per cent, this year, with the change reflecting carryover from upward revisions to growth in 2023 and improved prospects for private consumption, particularly in rural areas," the IMF said in its...
Robust economies set to drive global insurance growth and profitability, says Swiss Re
Jérôme Haegeli, Group Chief Economist, Swiss Re Jérôme Haegeli, Swiss Re's Group Chief Economist says, "The insurance industry has reached a new equilibrium after the challenges of recent years. The global economy has surprised on the upside, which should drive more...
Budget FY25: Healthcare leaders call for scaling up infra, medical tourism & tax reforms
Chronic diseases, building climate-resilient health structures, and the one health policy may be some of the other critical areas to target New Delhi: Prioritising and scaling up investment, infrastructure, medical tourism, and tax reforms will be key to creating a...