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Centre committed to providing affordable and quality healthcare for poor Nadda : JP Nadda
JP Nadda,Union Health Minister Nadda stressed that simple changes...
Phasing out petrol diesel vehicles from Mumbai roads will have cascading effect on economy:Govt to Bombay HC
On January 9, the high court, while hearing a bunch of petitions on...
Biden proposes to raise taxes on high earners to avert Medicare funding crisis- WaPo
The White House's proposal would raise the net investment income tax, created by the Affordable Care Act, from 3.8% to 5% for all Americans earning more than $400,000 per year, according to the report. The White House will propose raising taxes on people earning more...
Fed likely needs to raise rates higher and possibly faster, Powell tells lawmakers
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell “From a broader perspective, inflation has moderated somewhat since the middle of last year but remains well above the FOMC’s longer-run objective of 2 percent,” Powell said in his prepared remarks released in Washington. Federal...
China to deepen financial reform, open to more foreign investment
"We need to deepen reform of the financial system, improve financial regulation, and see that all those involved assume their full responsibilities to guard against regional and systemic financial risks," Premier Li Keqiang Beijing: China will deepen financial reform...
Govt not in ‘crazy rush’ to sell everything: FM Sitharaman on privatisation
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Two years ago , the government had said it would privatise some PSU banks and one PSU insurance company but it seems they are no more government priorities now. The focus of the strategic disinvestment process in the coming year...
Select Central government employees can opt for Old Pension Scheme
"It has now been decided that, in all cases where the central government civil employee has been appointed against a post or vacancy which was advertised/ notified for recruitment/appointment, prior to the date of notification for National Pension System i.e....
Reverting to OPS will privilege govt servants at cost of larger public: D Subbarao
''That will be a decidedly regressive move both for our commitment to fiscal responsibility, and more broadly for the credibility of our reforms,'' former RBI governor D Subbarao New Delhi: The decision of some states to restart Old Pension Scheme will be decidedly a...
Himachal Pradesh to implement Old Pension Scheme from April 1, to bear a burden of ₹ 1,000-crore during 2023-24
The employees under the New Pension Scheme (NPS), who have retired after May 15, 2003, will be given OPS from the prospective date. The decision would put a burden of ₹ 1,000-crore on the state exchequer during 2023-24 financial year, Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh...
Ensure sustainable fund for Lysosomal Storage Disorders, other rare diseases: MPs to Health Ministry
Nearly 50 per cent of new cases occur in children, causing 35 per cent of deaths before the age of one, 10 per cent between the ages of one and five years and 12 per cent between five and 15 years. New Delhi: Patients diagnosed with ultra-rare genetic conditions,...
US urges Microsoft, Twitter to strengthen Cyber security
“Technology manufacturers must take ownership of the security outcomes for their customers.Microsoft, Twitter and other technology companies should by default enroll users in basic safeguards such as multifactor authentication,” Jen Easterly, director of the...
Disclosures in advertisements must be hard to miss by consumers: Govt
Rohit Kumar Singh, Secretary to the Department of Consumer Affairs emphasized the duty of manufacturers, service providers, advertisers, and advertising agencies to ensure that their advertisements do not mislead consumers. Disclosures made in advertisements must be...