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Maharashtra govt mulling policy to deny fuel to unfit vehicles: Minister
With the increase in the number of vehicles on roads, especially...
Govt notifies cashless treatment scheme for road accident victims nationwide
"Any person being a victim of a road accident arising out of the...
Climate change will speed up inflation in next decade, says ECB
Climate change poses risks to price stability by having an upward impact on inflation,” said the researchers Maximilian Kotz, Friderike Kuik, Eliza Lis and Christiane Nickel. That would “place global incomes under pressure from rising prices and could impact inflation...
PM asks states, districts to develop long-term vision to make India developed nation by 2047
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NITI Aayog’s eighth Governing Council meeting deliberated on several issues including, health, skill development, women empowerment and infrastructure development, with an aim to make India a developed nation by 2047 New Delhi: Prime...
Anti-tobacco warnings for OTT programmes soon, health ministry to amend rules
According to the proposed amendments to the Rules, the display of tobacco products or their use in online curated content will not be extended to the display of brands of cigarettes or other tobacco products. New Delhi: OTT platforms may soon be mandated to display...
UN says U.S. concerns have led to insurers quitting climate alliance
Reinsurer Swiss Re on Monday joined Munich Re, Zurich Insurance, and Hannover Re in exiting the Net Zero Insurance Alliance amid growing pressure in the U.S., where some Republican politicians say these alliances could be breaking antitrust rules The United Nations...
Covid kills one person every four minutes as vaccination rates fall
A key question is how to handle a virus that’s become less threatening to most but remains wildly dangerous to a slice of the population. That slice is much bigger than many realize: Covid is still a leading killer, the third-biggest in the US last year behind heart...
How the World Health Organization could fight future pandemics
A new pact is a priority for WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus who called it a “generational commitment that we will not go back to the old cycle of panic and neglect” at the U.N. agency’s annual assembly. It seeks to shore up the world’s defences against new...
Vaping ban violations: Centre issues public notice for stricter implementation of Act
Binoy Mathew, Manager, Voluntary Health Association of India, said, "Despite a ban on electronic cigarettes by the government of India in 2019, they are easily available in tobacco shops and online and are sold to children below 18 years of age". New DelhI: With...
Public sector banks’ total profit crosses Rs 1 lakh crore-mark in FY23
From posting a total net loss of Rs 85,390 crore in 2017-18, the Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have come a long way as their profit touched Rs 1,04,649 crore in 2022-23, according to an analysis of their financial results NEW DELHI: Public sector banks' cumulative profit...
CGHS beneficiaries to get cashless treatment at 6 AIIMS
According to the salient features of this initiative, the CGHS pensioners and other entitled categories of CGHS beneficiaries will be eligible for cashless treatment in OPD, investigations and indoor treatment at these six AIIMS New Delhi: Cashless treatment will now...
Re-thinking well-being : How outlooks on life are changing in Asia
Prudential commissioned Economist Impact to write a report exploring how people in Asia, at a time of heightened uncertainty, assess different aspects of their well-being, including their physical and mental health, personal finances, social lives, and interaction...