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India on the verge of becoming clinical trials hub
India's clinical trials data market is estimated to touch $1.51...
SC sets aside Allahabad HC direction mandating govt officials to use public hospitals
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and...
‘Gloomy’ information suggests ‘foreign hand’ behind cloudburst: KCR
K Chandrashekhar Rao,Chief Minister,Telangana ''A new method called cloudburst has come. They say there are conspiracies around it. We don’t know how far it is true. Some foreign countries are deliberately doing cloudbursts in our country. Earlier, they did it in Leh...
Wage-Revision: PSU general insurance unions threaten “2-day complete strike” from July 27th, demand pay parity with LIC
``In case of any failure on the part of our managements to revert on priority basis, we shall have no choice but to observe 2-day complete strike in PSGICs and GIC Re on 27th & 28th July 2022 and any other IR action as warranted, in consonance with the sentiments...
Punjab CM gives nod to state disaster mitigation fund
Bhagwant Mann,Chief Minister,Punjab The chief minister said a total sum of Rs 729.60 crore will be available in the SDMF from 2021 to 2026, which will be instrumental in further augmenting the preparedness of the state for any sort of natural disaster Chandigarh:...
Pandemic, supply disruptions pose risk to food security; urgent actions needed says World Bank led joint statement
Citing World Food Programme data, the joint statement said the number of acute food insecure people increased to 345 million in 82 countries "Making matters worse, around 25 countries have reacted to higher food prices by adopting export restrictions affecting over 8...
Pay GST on hospital rooms above Rs 5,000 from Monday
The government has now notified that all such clinical establishments including hospitals, nursing homes, and sanatorium would be liable to pay tax on the gross room rentals which is more than Rs 5,000 per day Services rendered by regulators such as RBI, IRDA and SEBI...
No cooperative sector database so far; govt has begun work to create it: Amit Shah
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said "neither do we have the database of cooperative societies of fishermen, nor do we have the database of cooperatives working in irrigation sector" Even, the Minister said,...
World Bank approves $100m to support Nepal’s green, resilient, and inclusive development
This shift will help the country continue to make progress on expanding and protecting prosperity while reducing poverty in the face of compounding challenges that affect Nepal's development, including COVID, disaster, climate and environmental risks," said Steve...
Don’t sell Ayurveda drugs without valid prescription: Govt to e-commerce platforms
E-commerce platforms have been advised that the sale or facilitating the sale of such drugs shall be done only after a valid prescription of a registered Ayurveda, Siddha or Unani practitioner respectively is uploaded by the user on the platform. Consuming such drugs...
Cost-Of-Living crisis to hit women hardest: Report
Saadia Zahidi, managing director at the forum, say women have been disproportionately affected by the cost-of-living crisis following labour market losses during the pandemic and insufficient “care infrastructure” — such as for the elderly or children A cost-of-living...
India ranks low at 135th globally for gender parity; worst for health & survival: WEF
On the health and survival subindex, India ranked the lowest at 146th place and figured among the five countries with gender gaps larger than 5 percent -- the other four being Qatar, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and China New Delhi: India was on Wednesday ranked low at 135th...