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FIIs remain net buyers through primary market in 2024
In 2024, FIIs sold equity heavily for Rs 121,210 crore but they...
DPDP rules in monsoon session of Parliament, Digital entities to get 2-yrs to comply: Vaishnaw
"We have also kept graded punishments to protect the interests of...
Budget session of Parliament to begin on Jan 31
The Union Budget for 2022-23 will be laid in the Rajya Sabha after its presentation in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, February 1 at 11.00 am New Delhi: Budget session of Parliament is set to commence on January 31 and will conclude on April 8. The first half of the budget...
LIC’s mega IPO to hit markets by March
Officials are working on the valuation of the company which manages more than $450 billion of assets, and once that is done they will issue a draft IPO prospectus for investors, a government and two banking sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. New Delhi:...
ANALYSIS-India’s new COVID-19 rules aim to free up resources but carry risks
"This new strategy will affect data from rural India or certain states in a disproportionate way," said Bhramar Mukherjee, an epidemiology professor at the University of Michigan. "It will be harder to predict upcoming hotspots and epicenters," she added, which would...
Universal health care bill advances in California Assembly
first step toward abolishing the private health insurance market in the nation’s most populous state and replacing it with a government-run plan that they promised would never deny anyone the care they need SACRAMENTO, Calif: California Democrats on Tuesday took their...
Once in a lifetime COVID pandemic has reaffirmed importance of health sector: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi "The problem of shortage of doctors in India was well-known. But there were not enough efforts to address this problem. Perhaps vested interests also did not let previous governments take the right decisions. And, access to medical...
India reports 1,94,720 fresh COVID-19 infections, 442 fatalities
``Plateauing of hospital admissions is an indication that the wave may have peaked. We may see a decline in cases in two to three days.Cases have started declining in Mumbai and Delhi is likely to follow the same trend,'' Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said New...
Government may seek Rs 15 trillion valuation for LIC, aims to file prospectus for IPO by Jan end
The government is still awaiting the completed valuation report, the people said, and projected valuations may change based on that. They added that LIC could be valued at as high as five times the so-called embedded value — higher than 3-4 times for most insurers...
No complete ban on cannabis, medical use allowed: Centre to Delhi HC
The petition, which is listed for further hearing in March, has challenged provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act which prohibit the use of cannabis and has contended that the drug has medicinal and industrial benefits. New Delhi: The...
Government finalises medical insurance for retired Air India employees
Retired employees will get the Central Government Health Scheme facility for their OPD requirement and National Health Insurance Scheme for their hospitalisation requirements," a top government official told the paper. The airline has around 50,000 retired staff in...
Contacts of confirmed cases don’t need to get tested unless identified as high risk: Govt advisory
Asyptomatic patients undergoing surgical/non-surgical invasive procedures including pregnant women in/near labour who are hospitalised for delivery should not be tested unless warranted or symptoms develop, the advisory said. New Delhi: Contacts of confirmed Covid...