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Power outage hits large parts of Spain and Portugal
Officials said the possibility that it was caused by a cyber attack...
Delhi launches free Rs 10 lakh health cover for senior citizens under Vay Vandana scheme
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Union Minister Hardeep Singh...
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...
India calls for global coordination to effectively regulate cryptocurrency
Nirmala Sitharaman,Union Finance Minister "The underlying principle is because the digital currencies are completely digitalised and technology-driven, the technology, which is very distributed, and sometimes identity is very difficult to be established, but which has...
Joshimath still to see enough long-term measures to address land subsidence, say experts
An environment expert, requesting anonymity, said satellite data analysis and geophysical subsurface investigation suggested that the crisis in Joshimath was caused by underground hydrological imbalance Demands of the Joshimath Bachao Sangharsh Samiti include...
Finmin explores options to allow firms to deploy blended finance instruments for green projects
The use of blended finance promotes investments in new and emerging sectors and it attracts commercial capital towards projects that contribute to sustainable development, while providing financial returns to investors, the sources said, adding, it holds the potential...
Govt likely to announce retail trade policy, accident insurance scheme for GST-registered traders soon
India is the world's fifth-largest global destination in the retail space. The commerce and industry ministry along with the department of financial services is also working on framing an insurance scheme for all the GST-registered retail traders New Delhi: The...
Macron pension reform ends cherished French exception
French President Emmanuel Macron Macron's government says that raising the retirement age will plug a 13.5 billion euro shortfall the pension system would otherwise be running by 2030 French President Emmanuel Macron may have pushed through his unpopular pension...
India overtakes China to become most populous country: UN report
The latest UNFPA report stated that in India 25 per cent of the population constitutes children aged 0-14, 18 per cent are those aged 10-19 years, 26 per cent belong to the 10-24 age group. About 68 per cent are in the 15-64 age category, while those above 65 are just...
Nine more US states join federal lawsuit against Google over ad tech
The government, which filed the ad tech lawsuit in January along with eight states, had argued that Google should be forced to sell its ad manager suite because it illegally abused its dominance of online advertising The Justice Department’s ad tech lawsuit followed a...
6,155 fresh Covid infections in India, active cases climb to 31,194
Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya In view of increasing cases of Covid-19, Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who chaired a review meeting with states on Friday, asked them to stay alert and remain prepared for the management of the disease The latest preprint...
FinMin sets up Somanathan panel to review pension system for govt employees
TV Somnathan,finance secretary, ministry of finance The announcement came in the backdrop of several non-BJP states deciding to revert to the DA-linked Old Pension Scheme (OPS) and also employee organisations in some other states raising demand for the same The state...