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ICMR proposes revised version of National Essential Diagnostics List
The district-level hospitals must facilitate CT scan, MRI,...
High nitrate levels in groundwater threaten public health in 440 districts: Report
Rajasthan, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu had over 40 per cent of...
UN to finalise science report on how warming hits home hard
Without getting into specifics, report co-chair Hans-Otto Poertner said the science is clear that there are limits — including temperature limits — to what key ecosystems, species and humans can withstand. And in some places, warming is near those limits and in a few...
LIC IPO: Market crash makes India’s biggest listing a tough task
India will need bulky commitments from anchor investors, who will raise about a third of the total money. A further 35% -- or Rs 21,000 crore, based on the estimated valuation -- will be sold to millions of retail investors. That’s a challenging task To overcome a...
India bans 54 more Chinese apps citing security concerns
The apps banned by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology include those belonging to large China tech firms such as Tencent, Alibaba and NetEase, and are re-branded versions of apps already banned by India in 2020, the people said asking not to be...
What coronavirus has in store for the world next
The crisis isn’t over until it’s over everywhere. The effects will continue to reverberate through wealthier nations — disrupting supply chains, travel plans and health care — as the coronavirus largely dogs under-vaccinated developing countries over the coming...
Switzerland to vote on becoming first nation to ban animal testing
Campaigners who want to end all experiments on mice, rats and other animals gathered enough signatures to stage the vote under the Swiss system of direct democracy, meeting strong opposition from the country's huge pharmaceutical sector Voters in Switzerland will...
NGT junks plea seeking permission to use 10-year-old diesel vehicle in Delhi-NCR
The NGT had earlier dismissed the Centre's plea seeking modification of its order banning 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the Delhi-NCR It had noted that emissions from diesel vehicles are carcinogenic in nature and one diesel vehicle causes pollution equivalent to 24...
Covid-19 pandemic: Era of restrictions is fast coming to an end
Expanding home-testing, improving ventilation in public buildings, increasing efforts to track mutations and developing better vaccines and drugs that can work against a broad range of variants and other diseases are all part of the toolkit. Soumya Swaminathan, chief...
Tesla manufacturing in China and selling in India not digestible: Gadkari
Nitin Gadkari,Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Stressing that Musk has to manufacture here first in order to roll out Tesla cars on the roads, the Minister said: "Now his (Musk's) interest is to manufacture the Tesla car in China and make it sell in...
ESG rater says green push compliance tough for Indian companies
The government’s move has pushed the Securities and Exchange Board of India to roll out a series of rules in the past year and create a standardized ESG framework for the country’s top 1000 listed companies While Indian companies have shown an eagerness to embrace...
Taxing cryptos income doesn’t make them legal: FM Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, "I am not going to legalise it or ban it at this stage. Banning or not banning will come subsequently, when consultations give me input". About the profit emanating from transactions in cryptocurrencies, she stated that...