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DoT WhatsApp collaborate for awareness campaign against online scam spam
Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia "As India advances on...
EPFO achieves a historic high of 21.6 million claim settlement as on March 6
At present, 96 per cent corrections are being done without any EPF...
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...
MHA adopts modified policy for appointment on compassionate ground
“ A holistic assessment of the financial condition of the family has to be made taking into consideration factors like presence of earning member(s), size of family, age of children and the financial needs of a family,” the guidelines said New Delhi: The Union Home...
Bhaskar gets additional power of NIA CMD
Madhulika Bhaskar, general manager, New India Assurance `The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the Department of Financial Services for entrusting financial and administrative powers andfunctions of the post of...