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Asset valuer appointed for IDBI Bank; govt deliberating on share purchase pact: DIPAM secretary
The privatisation of IDBI Bank has been in process for over two and...
FM Nirmala Sitharaman chairs India-UK Investor Roundtable in London
The key priorities for the India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue...
Par panel stresses on urgent need to develop second-generation vaccines for COVID-19
The panel also observed that the provisions for Emergency Use Authorisation are absent in the New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019 and under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.It regretted that vaccines have been given EUA without any specific provision in the...
13.92 lakh cancer cases in India in 2020, projected to increase by 12.8 per cent: Health Minister Mandaviya
Under the Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN), financial assistance is provided to poor patients belonging to families living below the poverty line, suffering from major life-threatening diseases for medical treatment at any of the super specialty hospitals/institutes or...
Govt may seek a private sector chief to lead LIC – sources
"The government is planning to broaden the eligibility criteria for appointment of LIC CEO so that private sector candidates can apply," said one of the government officials, who declined to be identified as the discussions are private New Delhi: India aims to appoint...
Kerala govt releases revised action plan on climate change
Building disaster resilient infrastructure and strengthening institutional mechanisms for better disaster responses and raising incomes to bolster capabilities of individuals and communities to adapt to local impacts of climate change are important,'' said Kerala...
Sebi relaxes rules for govt for PSU disinvestment
Against this backdrop, Sebi has decided to dispense with the requirement of calculating 60 days' VWAMP for the determination of open offer price in case of disinvestment of PSU companies wherein it results in its change in control, either by way of direct acquisition...
Govt to allow foreign funds to own over 51% in IDBI Bank
The current guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India restrict foreign ownership in new private banks. The government and Life Insurance Corporation of India together hold 94.71% in IDBI Bank and are looking to sell 60.72%. New Delhi: The Indian government will allow a...
Govt mulls exempting early stage startups from data protection bill provisions
The draft DPDP has proposed exemption only for government notified data fiduciaries and data processing entities when it comes to data collection, data sharing, giving information around data processing etc New Delhi: The government is mulling exempting early stage...
PMFBY committed to providing comprehensive insurance coverage against crop loss: Govt
The acceptability of the scheme has increased amongst the farmers in the last 6 years, with share of non-loanee farmers, marginalized farmers, and small farmers increasing by 282% since the initiation of the scheme in 2016 Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers...
Swiss seek mandatory reporting of cyberattacks on key infrastructure
It asked parliament to approve legislation that creates the legal basis for reporting obligations and spells out the tasks of the National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) as the central watchdog for cyberattacks Zurich: The Swiss government proposed on Friday making it...
Overhauling Regulations: Time for spurring long-term sustainable growth
Unless the existent issue of muted demand for insurance, especially life insurance products, is not acknowledged and addressed by the regulator and the industry, such supply-side proposals alone will not be adequate to spur sustainable growth, says a report by Emkay...