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Climate Goals Still Make Business Sense, Rio Tinto CEO Says
Jakob Stausholm,Chief Executive Officer, Rio Tinto Group His...
Messages like ‘you are slim smart fair’ to unknown woman at night amount to obscenity: Court
Earlier, the accused was convicted by a magistrate court here in...
Sikkim disaster management authority, GSI sign MoU for early warning system for rainfall, landslides
Explaining the basic objective of the initiative, Raju said that the GSI proposed to share relevant and timely data on landslides to the state disaster management authority, which would go a long way in saving lives and properties of people as and when such natural...
UK updates Highway Code to prepare for self-driving cars
"This is a major milestone in our safe introduction of self-driving vehicles, which will revolutionise the way we travel, making our future journeys greener, safer and more reliable," said Transport Minister Trudy Harrison "The technology could be available in the UK...
India to introduce AYUSH Mark for traditional medicines, AYUSH visa: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi India will soon introduce the AYUSH mark, which will give authenticity to quality AYUSH products of the country. The mark will be given to products vetted using the latest technology. This will give confidence to people of the world that...
Postgraduate course in Family Medicine at six AIIMS on anvil
The post graduate course in Family Medicine would include studying general medicine, basic surgery, gynaecology, paediatrics etc To begin with, the PG course in Family Medicine will be started at AIIMS Raipur, Rishikesh, Jodhpur, Patna, Bhubaneswar and Bhopal...
34 per cent of Pakistan’s population lives on just Rs 588 a day income: World Bank
The poor spend around 50 per cent of their total consumption on food items, the World Bank said in the report released on Tuesday, the day Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appointed Isamil as the finance minister. Around 34 per cent of Pakistan's population lives on just...
Govt appoints Mandakini Balodhi as its nominee director in New India Assurance
The government has appointed Mandakini Balodhi, director, ministry of finance, as one of its nominee directors with effect from April 18, 2022. Balodhi has joined NIA in place of Vandita Kaul, additional secretary, ministry of finance. Sanjeev Kaushik, additional...
Bangladesh, World Bank sign $250m to enhance resilience to future shocks
It will also support the coverage, speed, and efficiency of social protection programs to help the government rapidly respond to extreme climate events such as floods and cyclones Dhaka; The Government of Bangladesh and the World Bank yesterday signed a $250 million...
Money laundering, terror financing biggest risks of crypto: Sitharaman
India's finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman "If I use 2019 data, the digital adoption rate in India is about 85 per cent. But globally that same year it was only somewhere near 64 per cent. So the pandemic time actually helped us to test and prove for ourselves that...
Global investors flee China fearing that risks eclipse rewards
Some international investors are finding an aggressive allocation to China increasingly unpalatable. Outflows from the country’s stocks, bonds and mutual funds accelerated after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while Norway’s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund has...
EU sanctions tweak allows some plane owners to sell to Russia
Under the amended provision, no economic resources can be made available to the Russian counterpart, except to transfer ownership of the plane after the EU company has been fully reimbursed An amendment to European Union sanctions last week created a potential path...