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SC asks man to file suit for damages after he claims disability post Covid-19 first dose
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih made the...
D-Street investors’ wealth swells by Rs 32 lakh cr in five-day stock rally
Renewed foreign interest coupled with a decline in crude oil prices...
India’s richest 1% own more than 40% of total wealth: Oxfam
Since the pandemic begun to Nov 2022, billionaires in India have seen their wealth surge by 121 per cent or Rs 3,608 crore per day in real terms, Oxfam said On the other hand, approximately 64 per cent of the total Rs 14.83 lakh crore in Goods and Services Tax (GST)...
India continuously striving to provide high-quality, cost-effective healthcare to everyone: Mandaviya
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya India's experience has reinforced the fact that capacity building of healthcare workers at various levels of governance, coupled with harnessing digital technology, is the way forward. With more than 1.3 million (13 lakh)...
Citing MHA circular, HC quashes finance ministry notification, orders OPS for all personnel of CAPFs
Delhi High Court has ordered implementation of the Old Pension Scheme for all personnel of the CAPF and directed the Centre to issue necessary instructions within eight weeks It quashed a 2003 notification of the Union Ministry of Finance and a 2020 Office Memorandum...
Environmental, social credit risks to rise in 2023, Moody’s says
“The rapid crystallization of climate change-related risks have highlighted the need for rapid decarbonisation and scaling up of adaptation finance, bringing longer-term environmental risks into sharper relief,” Rebecca Karnovitz, vice president – senior credit...
Environment risks dominate in “polycrisis” world – WEF survey
The interplay between climate change impacts, biodiversity loss, food security and natural resource consumption is a dangerous cocktail,” said John Scott, head of Sustainability Risk at Zurich Insurance Group, which partnered on the report with risk strategy group...
Study finds how retirement plans affect cognitive performance in older people
With a higher life expectancy and a decline in fertility in developing countries, the elderly population has become the most significant demographic source in Asia and Latin America, generating an urgent need for new, sustainable pension systems Study finds how...
Mayors from around the world to meet for first ever ‘healthy cities’ summit
"Through the Partnership for Healthy Cities, WHO and partners are working with mayors to create programmes and policies that place health at the centre of urban design, such as safe streets that promote active mobility, local sources of fresh and healthy food, and...
Shortage of healthcare workers globally may rise to 10 mn by decade-end: WEF study
Launched in the run-up to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2023 in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos, the report said the rise in healthcare spending has fast-tracked progress in telehealth, vaccines and precision medicine, but businesses and...
China not to include Pfizer Inc’s Covid drug in its insurance scheme
Boxes of Paxlovid are changing hands for as much as 50,000 yuan ($7,313.15), more than 20 times the original price of 2,300 yuan, according to local media reports and social media posts. Beijing has been largely resistant to Western vaccines, but has greenlighted...
Financial inclusion appears to be positively correlated with per capita income growth: IMF
IMF said, "For example, the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana programme in India in 2014, one of the world's largest financial inclusion initiatives to date, is one prominent example of India's national-level commitment to advancing financial inclusion."...