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Govt implements comprehensive technical legal measures to deal with cyberattacks: Vaishnaw
"The government is cognizant of the increasing frequency and...
Parliament approves Finance Bill 2025, completes Budget FY26 exercise
"But, here we wanted to use this opportunity to show our respect...
India must implement global best health practices after considering local needs: Rajesh Bhushan
Rajesh Bhushan,Union Health Secretary National Medical Library's Electronic Resources in Medicine (NML-ERMED) Consortium is the flagship electronic resources consortium by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and the health ministry, wherein access to 228...
Chinese technology in ‘Internet of Things’ poses new threat to West: Reports
The Internet of Things (IoT) has evolved from niche industrial applications to being ubiquitous in homes, offices and some vehicles. These technologies are great to help in our day-to-day life but it turns out to be data collectors which can be used by a hostile state...
Assam govt planning universal health insurance: Himanta
Himanta Biswa Sarma,Chief Minister,Assam “We are planning to come up with universal health insurance through Ayushman Assam for those left out of Ayushman Bharat. The scheme will cover senior citizens, journalists, people without NFSS ration cards, etc.” Assam Chief...
India’s annual green finance is just one-fourth of its needs, finds study
The report estimates that for India to achieve its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris agreement, the country requires approximately Rs 162.5 lakh crore (USD 2.5 trillion) from 2015 to 2030, or roughly Rs 11 lakh crore (USD 170 billion) per...
Wage Revision: PSU general insurance industry unions stick to their demand of pay parity with LIC
``Pay scales offered to us as on 01st August 2017 with loading factor of 10 per cent put us in most disadvantage when compared to those granted to LICI and ECGC,’’ said unions in their letter to Suchita Gupta, chairperson of GIPSA, the official coordinating agency...
Finance ministry invites application for PFRDA chairperson post
Besides senior government officials, private sector employees who have worked at the level of CEO, CFO, COO or equivalent are also eligible to apply for the post. The position is also open for persons from an academic backgrounds New Delhi: The government has started...
No established mechanism to rank cities on pollution: Govt to Lok Sabha
''The government is aware that several private institutions and universities are ranking cities adopting different methodologies, different datasets and using different weightages to parameters. The data used for ranking is extracted primarily from satellite imagery,...
EPFO’s Rs 1.59 lakh crore investment in ETFs rises to Rs 2.26 lakh crore
The EPFO invests 85 per cent of the funds in debt instruments and 15 per cent of the investment is made in ETFs, as per the investment pattern notified by the government New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO has invested Rs 1,59,299.46 crore in Exchange Traded Funds...
Lok Sabha passes dill to promote non-fossil fuels
It also seeks to introduce new concepts such as carbon trading and mandate the use of non-fossil sources to ensure faster decarbonisation of the Indian economy and help achieve sustainable development goals in line with the Paris Agreement The amendments also seek to...
Malaysia to offer crop insurance to push food security Push
The Agro-Food Takaful Insurance Scheme will be launched through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries and will initially be offered to the nation’s 189,500 rice farmers, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said. The insurance cover will be expanded in stages...