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MHA forms teams to aid Himachal, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Punjab in flood relief
These central teams will visit the flood and landslide-affected...
NeGD achieves pan-India integration of nearly 2,000 e-govt services on DigiLocker, e-District platforms
The integrated services cover a wide spectrum of citizen needs...
Govt, exporters to discuss Red Sea crisis issue on March 8
After Yemen-based Houthi rebels have targeted ships in the Red Sea and surrounding waters over the Israel-Hamas war. the shipping costs have jumped and consignments are taking more time to reach Europe and the US as the ships are taking the Cape of Good Hope route,...
India to grow at 6.8 pc in FY’25, to become upper middle-income country by 2031
"A projected average expansion of 6.7 per cent in this period will make India the third-largest economy in the world and lift per capita income to the upper-middle income category by 2031," Crisil said.India, with a GDP size of USD 3.6 trillion, is currently the fifth...
Number of farmers under PM’s crop insurance scheme rises by 27 pc in 2023-24: Govt
During this period, a total amount of nearly Rs 31,139 crore was paid by farmers as their share of premium against which claims of over Rs 1,55,977 crore have been paid to them. Thus, for every Rs100 of premium paid by farmers, they have received about Rs 500 as...
India needs investments in geriatric care:Smriti Irani
Smriti Irani, Union Minister Women and Child Development ''The issue is: are we preparing for that reality from an economic and socio-economic perspective?'' She wondered if we have mapped the need for investments in geriatric care, stating that even though we may be...
EAC-PM pitches for mandating EV sales by all automobile manufacturers
As per the EAC-PM, the number of EVs as a percentage of total vehicles in the country stood at 0.21 per cent, while EV four-wheelers as a percentage of the total four-wheelers amounted to only 0.08 per cent New Delhi: The Economic Advisory Council to the PM (EAC-PM)...
Lloyd’s of London hits 35% female leadership target, says it has ‘way to go’
Lloyd’s, which employs around 57,000 people in insurance and broking firms and is aiming for gender parity by 2030, said women now made up more than 43% of the 57,000-strong workforce and that 46% of new hires were women in 2023 London: Lloyd’s of London has hit a...
European regulators crack down on Big Tech
The tech giants have been preparing ahead of a Wednesday deadline to comply with a new European Union law intended to increase competition in the digital economy. The law, called the Digital Markets Act, requires the biggest tech companies to overhaul how some of...
Govt launches Chakshu to report fraud calls, phone number leaks by firms
Union IT and Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that through digital measures to check fraud and crime, the Department of Telecom Services has been able to help citizens save around Rs 1,000 crore in the last nine months and Rs 1,008 crore has been frozen...
AI advisory applicable on big platforms, not on start-ups: MoS IT Chandrasekhar
''Advisory is aimed at the significant platforms and permission seeking from Meity is only for large platforms and will not apply to startups. Advisory is aimed at untested AI platforms from deploying on the Indian Internet,'' Minister of State for Electronics and IT...
Moody’s raises India’s 2024 GDP forecast to 6.8% from 6.1%, India to remain fastest growing G-20 nation ,
"Robust goods and services tax collections, rising auto sales, consumer optimism and double-digit credit growth suggest urban consumption demand remains resilient. On the supply side, expanding manufacturing and services PMIs add to evidence of solid economic...