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4 tankers with Russian oil idle off India as refiners seek steer
This week, the Trump administration cited the purchases as a reason...
Odisha announces launch of financial tech capability hub
Over the next five years, more than 7,000 students from every...
Consumer affairs ministry to meet e-commerce firms on May 15 to curb fake online reviews
The draft Quality Control Order(QCO) of Consumer Affairs Ministry mandates that the organisations will not publish reviews that have been purchased and written by individuals employed for writing review by itself or the supplier, seller, or by a third party New Delhi:...
Oil majors offered faster Nigerian exit if they pay for cleanup
Exxon, Shell, TotalEnergies, and Eni have all sought to leave Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger delta in recent years citing security concerns, including theft and sabotage, to focus on deepwater drilling. However, their exits have been delayed by regulatory hurdles. Major oil...
Brazil rejects Vale, BHP settlement offer for Mariana disaster
The November 2015 dam collapse at the Samarco iron ore mine near the town of Mariana, Minas Gerais, caused a vast flow of mud and mining waste that buried a nearby village, killing 19 people, leaving hundreds homeless and polluting the Doce River, a major river that...
Govt adopted pro-poor approach in GST implementation: FM Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman,Finance Minister GST, which was rolled out on July 1, 2017, had subsumed 17 taxes and 13 cesses into a 5-tier structure, thereby simplifying the tax regime. The turnover threshold for registration rose to Rs 40 lakh for goods and Rs 20 lakh for...
US -India collaboration for enhancing global access to affordable medicines
According to the IǪVIA Institute report, India has long been a critical source of affordable medicines for the United States. Ninety percent of all medicines prescribed for Americans are generic, and 47 percent of those prescriptions are filled with products produced...
SC to hear on May 8 plea on Uttarakhand forest fires
The petition has sought directions to the Centre, the Uttarakhand government and the principal chief conservator of forests in the state to make pre-fire arrangements and frame a policy to prevent forest fires New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Monday it will hear...
Financial Intelligence Unit arms itself with AI, ML tools to check money laundering
"Various measures are put in place to ensure security of data, including strong, end-to-end encryption, automatic blocking of logins after a set number of unsuccessful login attempts, controlled access to content stored on the portal, logging of security incidents,...
Stringent norms adopted for max pesticide residue limit in food items: Govt
"Some media reports are claiming that the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) allows 10 times more pesticide residue in herbs and spices. Such reports are false and malicious. India has one of the most stringent standards of Maximum Residue Limits...
More than 185,000 companies incorporated in FY24, highest in a fiscal year
A total of 1,85,314 companies and 58,990 Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) were incorporated in the fiscal ended March 31. New Delhi: More than 1.85 lakh companies were incorporated in the country in 2023-24, the highest number for any financial year. A total of...
WHO chief urges countries to finalise pandemic accord by deadline
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,Director-General, WHO One of the main points of disagreement between wealthy countries and developing states is the vexed issue of sharing drugs and vaccines fairly to avoid a repeat of COVID-era failures The only time in the organisation's...