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SC issues notice to Centre on plea seeking national guidelines on heatwave
A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine...
Global loss of tropical and boreal forests surge to a record high in 2024
All of this is occurring after the hottest year on record, with...
GST authority issues Rs 922 cr show cause notices to Reliance General Insurance
The GST department is of the opinion that there is no provision in the GST Act where one registered person can collect and disburse tax on behalf of another, regardless of any co-insurance arrangement On re-insurance commission, the GST authority said that it forms...
“If previous government had constructed properly…” Sikkim Chief Minister on hydel dam destroyed in flash floods
The Lhonak glacier in the Sikkim Himalayas burst and started to overflow breaching one side of the lake on October 3 leading to the rise in the water levels in Teesta and inundate several areas of the state. The 1200 MW dam Teesta Stage III hydel power project in...
Himachal govt to bring stringent laws to ensure safety of citizens from natural calamities
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu,Chief Minister,Himachal Pradesh The proposed laws will address issues such as structural engineering permissions, land weight limits, and effective drainage systems and appeal to people to support the government in its initiative Shimla:...
RBI retains repo rate; GDP growth at 6.5%, inflation at 5.4%
Shaktikanta Das,Governor,RBI Das said taking into account the economic factors the MPC has predicted GDP growth at 6.5 per cent in FY24 As regards the inflation rate, the MPC forecast was 5.4 per cent for 2023-24 taking into account the various domestic issues...
Farmers, fishermen getting benefits of state-of-the-art research in climate-weather forecasting, says Rijuju
India is making progress in the field of timely prediction of natural calamities like cloudbursts and earthquakes and the country will soon be able to accurately predict these and avoid large scale damage, Kiren Rijuju Union Minister of Earth Sciences Pune: Union...
Climate change damage to infrastructure poses ‘huge’ financial risks
Disasters are causing average losses of $732 billion-$845 billion each year to infrastructure and buildings, equal to 14% of growth in global gross domestic product in 2022, estimated the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) Climate-fuelled disasters...
Treasury’s Yellen says US overdependent on China for critical supply chains
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen The U.S. would face national security concerns without a robust semiconductor sector of its own, she said, adding that last year's Chips and Science Act will help reverse that trend. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on...
In Singapore, a certificate to own a car now costs $106,000
Singapore has a 10-year "certificate of entitlement" (COE) system, introduced in 1990, to control the number of vehicles in the small country, which is home to 5.9 million people and can be driven across in less than an hour To own a car in Singapore, a buyer must bid...
LIC gets income tax penalty notice of Rs 84 crore; insurer to file appeal
For assessment year 2012-13, the tax authority has imposed a penalty of Rs 12.61 crore, for 2018-19 Rs 33.82 crore, while Rs 37.58 crore for assessment year 2019-20, LIC said in a regulatory filing NEW DELHI: Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Tuesday said that the...
Lessor SMBC Aviation receives insurance settlement over Aeroflot jets stranded in Russia
The lessor under Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group said the settlement amount reflects its claims on Aeroflot's insurance related to 16 aircraft and their engines Ireland-based aircraft lessor SMBC Aviation Capital on Monday said it had received a cash insurance...