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Trump issues order to block climate change laws
U.S. President Donald Trump The order directed the U.S. attorney...
SC summons MoRTH top officials for failing to implement `golden hour’ scheme for road accident victims
Sources in the industry pointed out that the MoRTH has already...
Funding winter: IFSCA aims to hand out Fintech grants to Indian innovators from early next year
''We have an external committee which will be looking into these applications. Probably, from early next year, the grants will start flowing,'' he said on the sidelines of Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) held 2-4 Nov 2022 The grants are for bootstrap innovators, and...
Reeling from floods, Pakistan seeks climate compensation, debt relief
Pakistan and other climate-vulnerable countries are demanding that the U.N. climate talks this year in Egypt take steps to mobilize "loss and damage" funds for disaster-hit nations, and some say rich nations have a duty to pay these costs because their historical...
Inflation top worry for G20 countries -survey
Although central banks worldwide have embarked on a path of aggressive monetary policy tightening, their efforts to tame inflation run the risk of tipping the global economy into a recession Runaway inflation, an unfolding debt crisis and cost-of-living problems pose...
COP27 begins a ‘new era to do things differently’, issue of “loss and damage” to be discussed
29 countries have now come forward with tightened national climate plans since COP26, five more since the publication of last week’s UNFCCC NDC Synthesis report, but still not a majority, said Simon Stiell, the new Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Convention...
Dutch govt to stop banks credit insurance for fossil fuel exports
Around 20 countries including Germany, the United States, Britain and Canada made similar commitments, but only a few including France have so far implemented them into policy The Dutch government on Thursday said it intends to stop giving companies and banks credit...
Govt mapping laboratories to plug critical gaps: Goyal
The government has issued 450-odd quality control orders and asked BIS along with the commerce ministry to set up a crack team to do a complete study on quality standards New Delhi: The government is mapping all laboratories in the country in a bid to plug the...
EPFO coverage to be expanded to 10 crore subscribers: Minister Bhupender Yadav
Bhupender Yadav,Union Labour Minister ''We have subsumed 29 labour laws into four broad codes. These codes provide for expansion of social security schemes, including EPFO,'' the minister said New Delhi; Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday said retirement...
Car or robot? Unlocking the future of autonomous vehicles
The successful adoption of autonomous vehicles in and by cities also requires innovative policies. Regulatory bodies need to emphasize how these vehicles interact with pedestrians and other vulnerable road users not only algorithmically but also through...
Govt clears 10 GMDs for 4 PSU general insurers
After a gap of almost one year, the government on Saturday has cleared the appointments of 10 general manager and directors(GMDs) in the four PSU general insurance companies. Earlier, the government head hunting agency FSIB had selected lnderjeet Singh, Madhulika...
Along with environment, job protection is a concern: Rijiju
''Today, the per capita GDP of India is 2,100 dollars and it is very less, but India as a whole, when we calculate, it's close to a 3.23 trillion dollar economy. It is the fifth largest economy (in the world),'' he said. Kaziranga: Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren...