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Centre asks States/UTs to ensure prominent display of healthcare service rates at clinical establishments
Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava Union Health...
SC directs centre and state govts to link accident, vehicle, insurance databases within 4 weeks
The Supreme Court directed the Centre and states to complete the...
Regulatory frameworks need to keep pace with rapid geopolitical, technological and economic shifts:NITI Aayog member Gauba
Rajiv Gauba, Member, NITI Aayog Gauba underlined that while regulation is essential for safety, consumer protection, market integrity and systemic stability, excessive or poorly designed regulation can impede innovation, competition and investment. New Delhi: Rajiv...
CAFE III: Roadmap for technology flexibility and cleaner vehicle transition
"CAFE III regulation lays down a structured road-map with aggressive annual targets for next 5-years for the auto industry along with a market-based compliance mechanism. This will not only ensure reduction of overall fuel consumption from new passenger vehicle fleet...
SC asks Centre to examine statutory safeguards for minors on social media
The plea seeks safeguards for minors accessing social media, and to ensure no such platform enters into a contract with a child below 18 years of age. "Please pass directions under the intermediary rules that they fashion their software, or whatever the platform is...
5 Yrs of PM-Jay:60 cr beneficiaries,13 cr hospital admissions, Rs 2 lakh cr spent on treatments, says Nadda
J P Nadda,Union Health Minister Dr M Srinivas, Member (Health), NITI Aayog, said the next phase of PM-JAY should focus on strengthening continuity of care, quality and patient-centric healthcare, including seamless referral mechanisms for patients requiring...
Climate change: Centre assures support to farmers battling drought, floods
While some states in the country were dealing with floods, others have drought, the minister noted, adding, "We are witnessing adverse effects of climate change and we have to deal with them."Shivraj Singh Chouhan,Union Agriculture Minister Nagpur: The Centre will...
“Maritime security emerges as a major challenge in the world today”
Former National Shipping Board member Captain Sanjay Parashar said that maritime security has emerged as a major challenge before the world today and that seafarers working on ships should not become targets during situations of war and conflict. New Delhi: A...
Recurring landslides threaten to render West Sikkim village uninhabitable
Disaster Relief Commissioner Rinzing Chewang said a detailed geological survey would be conducted after the monsoon to assess the landslide and determine its causes through a multidisciplinary assessment involving various government departments. Gangtok: Recurring...
Iran Foreign Minister Aragchi offers seven-day plan to end conflict, open Hormuz and restart peace talks
Iran's foreign Minister Syed Abbas Aragchi "We have introduced a plan to the United States through the intermediators that if certain conditions are met, the Strait of Hormuz would be open on the end of the seventh day and talks would restart...it would be better, if...
Keralam govt forms panel to roll out Oommen Chandy Health Insurance Scheme with Rs 25 lakh cover
V.D. Satheesan,Chief Minister, Keralam Three insurance-sector veterans have been appointed as expert members: Girish Radhakrishnan, former CMD of United India Insurance Company, P. J. Joseph, former CMD and former Member (Non-Life) of IRDAI; and K. Sanath Kumar,...
India studying new US law on sanctions against Russian oil buyers: Piyush Goyal
Piyush Goyal,Union Commerce and Industry Minister The new law clears the way for the US administration to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on countries that continue to buy Russian oil and gas. The measure could expose major buyers such as India and China to...