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Japan’s 3 major casualty insurers plan to sell $9.5 billion of cross-held shares
Eliminating cross shareholdings is seen by many as a yardstick for...
Tax department notifies ITR-U; taxpayers can file updated ITR for 4 years
For ITR-U filed within 12 months and 24 months of the end of...
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...
NMC asks health institutions to constitute sexual harassment probe committees
In a letter to the institutions and medical colleges, the Commission referred to the directions of the Supreme Court regarding the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013 New Delhi: The National...
Par panel asks govt to design framework to deal with cyber crimes
Noting that current compensatory mechanism for victims of cybercrime in the financial sector has limited scope and coverage, the panel said financial institutions must play a supportive role as there is a fiduciary relationship between financial institutions and their...
Govt sets up working group to decriminalise legislations to promote ease of doing biz
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal 'The government has decriminalised 3,600 laws and reduced the burden of 40,000 compliances under different laws in the last nine years to promote ease of doing business and ease of living,'' said Commerce and Industry...
Japan’s population falls while foreign residents rise to record
The number of Japanese nationals fell for a 14th year, by about 800,000 people, to 122.42 million, according to resident registration data as of Jan. 1, 2023, released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. For the first time, the number of Japanese...
Govt working on mission mode to address mental health as a public health concern: MoS
Bharti Pravin Pawar,minister of state, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare She said according to a National Mental Health Survey of India conducted through NIMHANS, Bengaluru in 2016, the prevalence of mental disorders in adults aged above 18 years is "about 10.6...
Scindia unveils UDAN 5.2, says aviation sector fleet size has expanded 75 pc since 2013
Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia ``We today started UDAN 5.2 programme for small aircraft. We have awarded 22 routes, which underlines the fact that air travel facilities are being made available to citizens living in remote areas,'' Scindia said at...
Centre will adopt UP’s health fair model: Mansukh Mandaviya
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya ''A health fair is organised every week at every primary health and wellness centre in the state. Two and a half to three lakh poor people are treated at such fairs. We will implement this model in the whole...
Personal consumption,residential investments would grow slowly in FY24
Household household net financial savings (NFS) had fallen to a three-decade low of 6 per cent of the GDP in FY23E, almost half of the peak in FY21 and down from 7.5-8.0 per cent of the GDP in the pre-Covid period New Delhi: The entire theme of financialisation of...