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`Golden hour’ cashless treatment scheme for road accident victims to be implemented within a week, Govt to SC
Additional Solicitor General Vikramjit Banerjee appearing for for...
SC notice to Centre on plea to ban sexually explicit content on OTT social media
The plea sought the Centre to stop access to social media and OTT...
Govt amends power policy draft to halt new coal-fired capacity: Reports
India, whose proposed coal power capacity is the highest after China, had repeatedly refused to set a timeline to phase out coal, citing low per-capita emissions, surging renewable energy capacity and demand for inexpensive fuel sources India and China account for...
Delhi HC directs authorities to take action against fitting crash guards on vehicles
A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela noted that crash guards and bull bars on motor vehicles are not allowed and the government agencies shall implement the provisions of law rigorously New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday...
Australian government cracks down on smoking and vaping
“Vaping has become the No. 1 behavioral issue in high schools, and it's becoming widespread in primary schools. This must end.'' Butler said the hard-won gains in public health relating to the reduction in smoking could be undone by the “new threat”. Canberra:...
Executive bonuses in crosshairs under new EU ESG rules
C-suite managers at companies with more than 1,000 employees will be held personally responsible if trajectories for emissions cuts don’t align with the objective of limiting global warming to 1.5C, according to the current text of the Corporate Sustainability Due...
Enrolments under Atal Pension Yojana cross 5.20-crore mark
According to Finance Ministry sources, the scheme enrolled more than 1.19 crore new subscribers in 2022-23 as compared to 99 lakh in the corresponding fiscal, registering a growth of 20 per cent As on date, the total assets under management (AUM) in APY is more than...
Wary of cyclone, Odisha gears up for calamity
IMD said the state government was informed that there was no possibility of any low-pressure formation in the Bay of Bengal in the next 15 days and therefore no possibility of a summer cyclone now Bhubaneswar: After being hit by summer cyclones for three consecutive...
Private health care booms in UK as state-run health service buckles
Private health care procedures paid out of pocket have risen more than 33% since before the pandemic, according to Private Healthcare Insurance Network data comparing the third quarter of last year with the same period in 2019 British patients are turning to private...
EU lawmakers back human rights, environmental checks for big companies
EU lawmakers backed a legal requirement for directors of companies with over 1,000 staff to be responsible for implementing a plan for cutting carbon emissions. Member states will have to set out penalties for breaches European Union lawmakers on Tuesday backed rules...
SC sets aside Gujarat HC order to treat Ayurveda physicians at par with allopathy doctors
While recognising the importance of Ayurveda practitioners and the need to promote alternative or indigenous systems of medicine, the top court said that it cannot be oblivious of the fact that both categories of doctors are certainly not performing equal work to be...
Big Tech crackdown looms as EU, UK ready new rules
Violations could result in fines worth up to 6% of a company's annual global revenue — amounting to billions of dollars — or even a ban on operating in the EU The European Commission's list of very large online platforms is limited to those with at least 45 million...