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UK-India investment treaty lets companies sue government
The Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism is aimed at...
Employee doesn’t have right to promotion but consideration if not disqualified: SC
"It is trite that the employee has no right to be promoted but has...
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...
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...