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India on brink of health crisis, surge in diabetes, heart disease and cancer: Doctors sound alarm
"Our ultimate goal should be universal healthcare. While India has...
EV manufacturers could lose edge if GST slashed on ICE vehicles: HSBC Report
HSBC outlines three possible scenarios. In the first, GST on small...
BJP’s women wing calls for probe into Foxconn India hiring practices
Foxconn hiring agents and HR sources interviewed by Reuters cited family duties, pregnancy and higher absenteeism as reasons why Foxconn did not hire married women at the plant. The story has sparked debates on TV channels and newspaper editorials New Delhi: The...
Insurance Awareness Day: Industry Leaders Lay Out Action Plans
The journey towards widespread insurance coverage begins with informed individuals and families. India's insurance penetration rate for 2023-24 is anticipated to be 3.8%, with life insurance penetration expected to be 2.9%. These figures underscore the pressing need...
Centre asks depts to timely review employees’ working to prematurely retire non-performers
In an order, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) asked ministries concerned to direct the public sector undertakings (PSUs), banks, autonomous institutions and statutory bodies under their administrative control to undertake the exercise of periodic review...
Budget fy25: Health experts urge FM to allow co-payment scheme for Ayushman Bharat in pvt hospitals, subsidise vaccines
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister The experts also highlighted that, under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme, patients often need to go to private hospitals because 85 per cent of tertiary care beds are in the private sector. They suggested implementing a co-payment...
Centre to conduct thorough check of airports, says Civil Aviation Minister
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, who visited the Terminal-1 site soon after the incident, said, "We will conduct a thorough check on all the airports that come under our purview…we will make the necessary report and see if there is a...
Wage negotiations for all PSU general insurers to begin soon
GIPSA informed deputy central labour commissioner on Thursday that the performance of all PSU general insurance companies has improved and they were are awaiting DFS go ahead for calling unions for wage revision negotiation. In turn, deputy CLC advised the DFS and...
Nifty surpasses 24,000 for 1st time, Sensex goes past 79,000 after sharp bull run
The market capitalization of BSE-listed firms hit a lifetime high of Rs 4,38,41,960.73 crore (USD 5.25 trillion), with investors' wealth increasing by Rs 3.93 lakh crore in just four sessions. Noteworthy, it took the BSE benchmark merely two sessions to move from the...
Apple unfairly fired an employee for making racist comments, says UK judge
The UK’s legal regime encourages employers to aim for a zero tolerance of race discrimination, which can attract the most severe punishment for any breach. Apple must clearly set out a zero-tolerance policy and the consequences of its violation in order to implement...
WHO, scientists call for urgent action on mpox strain
Mpox is a viral infection that spreads through close contact, causing flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions. Most cases are mild, but it can kill The spread of mpox in Africa needs to be addressed urgently, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as...
Korean explosion raises concerns over battery safety
Battery-related fires have also posed greater risks in recent years as countries pivot away from fossil fuels and expand the use of clean energy and vehicles. The growing demand has increased the number of battery producers around the globe, with fires breaking out...