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US agency probes TCS for workers’ bias claims
“Allegations that TCS engages in unlawful discrimination are...
In landmark ruling, UK’s top court says legal definition of woman refers to biological sex
The much anticipated ruling centred on whether a trans woman with a...
GST Council likely to decide on decriminalisation of GST offences, setting up appellate tribunals on Saturday
The committee has also suggested that the fee for compounding offences be reduced to 25 per cent of the tax amount, from 50-150 per cent currently Currently as per the GST Act, the amount payable for compounding of offences is 50 per cent of the tax amount involved...
New Zealand passes minimum age law aiming to ban smoking for next generation
The law states that tobacco can't ever be sold to anybody born on or after January 1, 2009 - and from now on, the minimum age for buying cigarettes will keep going up and up New Zealand is not the only nation pushing to ban smoking for the next generations. In June, a...
No proposal for restoration of old pension scheme Karad
"The state governments of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand, have sent proposals to the central government/PFRDA to return the accumulated corpus of subscribers under NPS to respective state governments. No such proposal has been received from the state...
Canada prepares to expand assisted death amid debate
Starting in March, people whose sole underlying condition is mental illness will be able to access assisted death. Mental illness was excluded when the most recent medical assistance in dying (MAiD) law was passed in 2021 More than 30,000 Canadians have died with...
PM Modi to lay foundation stone for National Institute for One Health in Nagpur today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi With increased interaction between humans and animals -- domestic and wild, and influenced by climate change, human health can no longer be seen in isolation. More than half of all infections that people get can be spread by animals. In...
Lack of climate risk expertise and data seen as main obstacles for climate-related financial disclosure in India: WTW
Eighty-two percent of companies have had some form of Board-level discussion on the financial impact of climate change to their business. 73% have Board-level or CEO level oversight of climate risk. New Delhi; With Asia being one of the most vulnerable regions to...
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...