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Cabinet approves bill to regulate online gaming platforms, real money games may face ban
Sources said that the decision has come following observations from...
Centre pushes financial inclusion with insurance, health schemes for all
Pankaj Chaudhary,Minister of State for Finance According to the...
El Niño sees African Union Insurance Agency pay out $60 million
El Niño is caused by ocean currents that bring dry and hot weather to Southern Africa. Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia have declared national state of disasters The African Union’s climate insurance agency will pay out at least $60 million to four southern African nations...
EPFO evaluating course of action over HC ruling on foreign workers
India presently has social security agreements with 21 countries. These agreements ensure continued social security coverage for employees from these nations on a mutually reciprocal basis. When citizens from these countries take up employment in each other’s...
Election uncertainty could hurt Indian auto sales in May, says Fada
"The auto industry remains cautiously optimistic about its near-term outlook," it said.Auto sales are keenly watched as a key indicator of private consumption in India. The auto sector contributes around 7% to India's economy.Retail car sales grew nearly 16% in April,...
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,...