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FM to meet heads of public sector banks on June 27 for annual review
Comprehensive review of various segments and progress in government...
No MDR will be charged on UPI transactions: FinMin
"Speculation and claims that the MDR will be charged on UPI...
Centre plans to introduce cashless treatment of accident victims pan India
According to Road Transport and Highways Secretary Anurag Jain, it is envisioned to provide access to cashless trauma care treatment for road accident victims at the nearest appropriate hospital in the country, in accordance with the Supreme Court ruling, and by...
AM Best revises outlook on India’s Non-Life Insurance segment to stable
The Best’s Market Segment Report, “Market Segment Outlook: India Non-Life Insurance,” notes that factored into the outlook revision are recent regulatory shifts that have allowed for increased and new investments in Indian insurers by multinational players and direct...
Equity benchmark indices jump more than 1 pc to hit life-time peaks
The market capitalisation of all listed companies on BSE surged by Rs 4.09 lakh crore to Rs 341.76 lakh crore BJP's clear majority in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh state elections further fuelled the positive sentiment built up last week on the back of...
India’s emission intensity reduced by 33 per cent between 2005 and 2019: Govt report
Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said that India reduced its GDP emission intensity by 33 per cent between 2005 and 2019, achieving the target 11 years in advance. India created an additional carbon sink of 1.97 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent during this period...
LIC amends norms for inclusion of shareholders’ directors on its board
The person elected as a shareholders' director would be appointed by the board for a term of 4 years and eligible for re-election and re-appointment for another term of 4 years, it added New Delhi: State-owned insurer LIC on Saturday said it has amended a framework to...
World Bank to boost climate financing share to 45%, broaden climate debt clauses
World Bank President Ajay Banga also said that the World Bank would broaden the scope of Climate Resilient Debt Clauses in its loans to cover all existing World Bank loans for the most vulnerable countries. The clauses provide for a suspension of repayments in the...
Europe agrees on rules to protect smart devices from cyber threats
Manufacturers will have to assess the cybersecurity risks of their products, provide declarations of conformity and take appropriate action to fix problems during the expected lifetime of the product or for at least five years EU countries and EU lawmakers on Thursday...
India turns to coal as hydro generation falls
Coal satisfied 80% of electricity demand up from 73% a year earlier, while the hydro share fell to 9% from more than 15% LONDON: India produced a record amount of electricity from coal in October to make up for a shortfall in hydro generation following...
Steps being taken to embrace AI for cutting edge medical research: DGAFMS
Explaining how the centre will work, Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) Lieutenant General Daljit Singh said, “Be it chest X-ray, CT scan, MRI, the images will be put together in a database. Suppose, there is no radiologist available but there is...
134 countries sign declaration to address global emissions, protect farmer lives
The 134 signatory countries to the Declaration are home to over 5.7 billion people and almost 500 million farmers, produce 70 per cent of the food, and are responsible for 76 percent all emissions from global food systems or 25 per cent of total emissions globally...