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UK parliament votes for assisted dying, paving way for historic law change
The "Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life)" law would give mentally...
AIC launches a new cover for aquaculture industry
(L to R) Lavanya R Mundayur, CMD, Agriculture Insurance Company, M...
India boosts AI in weather forecasts as floods, droughts increase
The India Meteorological Department expects the AI-based climate models and advisories it is developing to help improve forecasts.The weather office has used AI to generate public alerts regarding heatwaves and such diseases as malaria.It plans to increase weather...
Govt grants one-time exemption to LIC to achieve 25 pc MPS in 10 yrs
LIC stock jumped over 7 per cent to reach its 52-week high in morning trade on Friday after getting a one-time exemption to achieve 25 per cent Minimum Public Shareholding (MPS) within 10 years. The stock climbed 7.25 per cent to reach its 52-week high of Rs 820.05 on...
2024: Reforms to keep Indian insurance sector buoyant
Sumit Rai, MD & CEO, Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance One of the awaited developments of 2024 is that the government will table the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill as it has the potential to bring another round of positive reforms and bolster the growth prospects of...
DFS Secy Joshi initiates move to set up of an Indian Health Regulator
Vivek Joshi, secretary, Department of Financial Services ``I request you to initiate a meeting of General Insurance Council along with the senior executive of leading insurance companies, National Health Authority (NHA) and Department of...
Over 7.40 crore persons filed ITRs in FY23, 5.16 crore showed zero tax liability
The number of ITRs filed in the 2021-22 fiscal rose to over 6.94 crore and further to over 7.40 crore in the 2022-23 fiscal. The number of persons whose I-T returns amount to zero tax liability during the last four years increased from 2.90 crore in fiscal 2019-20 to...
2,500 fraudulent loan apps weeded out from Google Play Store: Sitharman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman said that in accordance with the revised policy, only those apps are allowed on the Play Store which are published by Regulated Entities (REs) or those working in partnership with Res New Delhi: Google has suspended or removed over...
Rising Covid cases: Health Ministry asks states to maintain ‘constant vigil’
Looking at the upcoming festive season, the Union Health Secretary advised the states to put in place requisite public health measures and other arrangements to minimise risk of increase in transmission of the disease by adherence to maintenance of respiratory hygiene...
Britain’s National Grid drops China-based supplier over cyber security fears – FT
The decision came in April after the utility sought advice from the National Cyber Security Centre, a branch of the nation’s signals intelligence agency GCHQ, the newspaper quoted a Whitehall official as saying Britain’s National Grid has started removing components...
Small cities to play key role in achieving resolve of developed India by 2047: PM Modi
The government is committed to saving money for urban families, be it exemption in income tax or low-cost treatment. The inclusion of crores of urban poor in the Ayushman Bharat initiative has helped them save Rs 1 lakh crore on medical expenses. Medicines were made...
By 2047, India to remain a lower middle country if growth remains 6%: Rajan
"We will start the process of aging at some point around that time, which leads to the alarming question if we don't grow faster, we will grow old before we grow rich, which means we all have all the burdens of an aging population to deal with also at that point,"...