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Bloodbath: Stock market crashes over 5%, investors poorer by Rs 20.16 lakh cr in morning trade
The 30-share BSE benchmark tumbled 3,939.68 points or 5.22 per cent...
FinMin to implement ‘One State-One RRB’ soon to achieve better efficiency
As of 31 March 2024, 43 RRBs are operating through a network of...
Italy to pass ‘right to be forgotten’ law for cancer survivors – PM
Giorgia Meloni,Prime Minister, Italy According to campaigners, there are more than 900,000 cancer survivors in Italy who may face difficulties when taking out insurance or a loan, or applying for adoption, because of their health history The proposals would allow...
40 pc cancer cases caused by tobacco, alcohol, pan masala; no clue in 20 pc cases: Expert
"The maximum number of patients of breast cancer and cervical cancer are found in women in urban areas. Cervical cancer patients are found more in rural areas than breast cancer patients. A unique gall bladder cancer occurs only in people residing near and on the...
India to remain among fastest growing large economies in 2023: RBI Governor
Shaktikanta Das,Governor,Reserve Bank of India RBI Governor made the remarks at the opening plenary address of Summer Meetings organised by Central Banking, London, UK today. "…India's growth in the last few years is mainly driven by robust domestic demand, especially...
Amit Shah announces disaster management schemes worth Rs 8,000 crore
Amit Shah,Union Home Minister "A total of Rs 5,000 crore project to expand and modernize fire services in states, Rs 2,500 crore project for the seven most populous metros - Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune - to reduce the risk of...
Vumlunmang Vualnam appointed as addl secy, DEA
The government on Monday has appointed Vumlunmang Vualnam as the new additional secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs. Suchindra Mishra, additional secretary, DFS , who was also dealing with Insurance Department, has been shifted to Ministry of Defense.Shyam...
Guj prepares for impact as cyclone Biparjoy likely to make landfall between Kutch and Pakistan’s Karachi
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the ''extremely severe cyclonic storm 'Biparjoy''' is very likely to cross Saurashtra-Kutch and adjoining Pakistan coasts between Mandvi in Gujarat and Karachi in Pakistan around the noon of June 15 with a maximum...
California insurers’ inability to price risk is causing headaches
State regulations ask wildfire insurers to set rates for annual catastrophic coverage as a fraction of damages accrued over 20 years — without mention of models that can capture the accelerated rate of land use change and development, weather and wind trends or the...
‘India’s aircraft fleet doubled in past nine years, pvt investment to be over Rs 70k cr’
Domestic air travel in India has soared by an astonishing 130 per cent, with an estimated annual count of 145 million passengers exploring the country's skies "Additionally, international passenger movement has experienced a noteworthy upswing, registering a 50 per...
CEA against concept of Universal Social Security as it may generate ‘perverse incentives’
''For our country, when natural economic growth should take care of many of the aspirations, it (Universal Social Security) may not be necessary. We may be creating the ground for perverse incentives for people to not make their own effort in seeking such...
Climate Change: Coal India’s biggest expansion plans opposed in Chhattishgarh
Protests against plans for the Gevra site in the eastern province of Chhattisgarh threaten to complicate the company’s ability to win approvals to expand annual capacity to 70 million tons. Output at that volume would see the site become the single biggest global...