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Govt moving ahead with IDBI Bank disinvestment plan in current fiscal: DIPAM Secy
Arunish Chawla,Secretary ,Department of Investment and Public Asset...
Automobile sales up almost 3 % in April, CV sales fall, says Fada
FADA President C. S. Vigneshwar attributed April sales to pull back...
Cyclone Biparjoy costs Gujarat economic loss of Rs 1212.50 cr
As per the memorandum received from the state government of Gujarat, a 1.33 lakh hectare area is reported to have been affected due to the cyclone 'Biparjoy', and it has projected a total economic loss of Rs 1212.50 crores in agriculture and horticulture crops in the...
Govt notifies Ayush visa for foreigners’ treatment under Indian systems of medicine
Ayush based healthcare & Wellness economy is estimated to grow to $70 billion by 2025. Introduction of Ayush Visa category is part of India’s roadmap for the Heal in India initiative of the government, which is intended at promoting India as a medical value travel...
Parliament Passes Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill
The amendment aims at encouraging cultivation of medicinal plants and removing compliance burden on Indian companies, he said "Our objective is also to decriminalise the offences… to reduce the fear among the stakeholders for effective compliance," Union Minister for...
Urgent need to introduce data protection law to curb cybercrime menace: Par Panel
In its submission to the panel, the Ministry of Electronics and IT representative said that any entity that takes consent which is beyond what is necessary for the stated, specified purpose, will be considered illegal ''Just like an illegal contract is no contract,...
No paucity of funds, asking states to increase expenditure on health and related infra: Mandaviya
Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya said the government is spending Rs 64,000 crore under the Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission to strengthen the healthcare infrastructure in five years On an average, Rs 100 crore would be spent in a...
Global Trade: War, AI and climate change shaking up $32 trillion supply chain risks
A shift from fossil fuels is spurring demand for materials essential for electrification. Artificial intelligence is forcing employees to learn new skills so they won’t be replaced by computers. Long before these trends are reflected in government data, they’re...
Focus on infra, investment, innovation, inclusiveness to make India developed nation by 2047: FM
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, infrastructure is not just going to be physical such as bridges, roads, ports or airports, but also creation of digital infrastructure is given importance New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said...
Over 350,000 children in developing world missing out on cancer treatment
The WHO also announced that cancer medicines are among those that have been added to the latest version of the WHO Essential Medicines List and the Essential Medicines List for Children, Geneva: Treatment remains out of reach for hundreds of thousands of children...
AIIMS-Delhi got Rs 23 cr from govt in 5 years for rare diseases: RTI reply
Overall the Centre has released around Rs 90 crore in funds to several Centres of Excellence (CoE) for treatment of rare diseases since 2019, the information received under the Right to Information (RTI) Act showed New Delhi: The AIIMS-Delhi received more than Rs 23...
Need to maintain balance between development and environment, says SC
The top court was hearing a plea arising out of a November 2017 order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which had passed a slew of directions while noting that unplanned and indiscriminate development in the core, non-core, green and rural areas within the Shimla...