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Auto sales: Retail sales up 9% in India, crosses 26 million units in 2024
In 2024, EV sales reached 1.95 million units, up from 1.5 million...
ICMR proposes revised version of National Essential Diagnostics List
The district-level hospitals must facilitate CT scan, MRI,...
Census unlikely anytime soon as fear of 3rd wave of Covid looms large
The total number of districts in the country in 2011, when the last census was conducted, was around 640. India now has about 100 more districts The number of statutory towns stands at 4,657 -- up from 4,041 in 2011 and the number of census towns is 5,050 -- up from...
Covid-19: Centre allows WFH for 50% of its staff below under secretary-level
Central government officers/staff will have to follow staggered timing to avoid overcrowding in the offices, the order said New Delhi: The Centre has allowed 50 per cent of its employees below the level of Under Secretary to work from home amid rising coronavirus...
Set up makeshift hospitals, constitute teams to monitor patients in home isolation: Centre to states as COVID-19 cases rise
"A mechanism wherein citizens can call and get ambulance and a bed in a transparent manner needs to be operationalised. The call centres, district or state-level dashboards/portals can play an important role in organising the same," New Delhi: To tackle a possible...
Interest rates on small savings schemes unchanged for Q4FY22
Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC) will continue to carry an annual interest rate of 7.1 per cent and 6.8 per cent, respectively, in the fourth quarter as well New Delhi:The government on Friday kept interest rates on small savings...
Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in India, Health Ministry
New Delhi: A total of 1,270 Omicron cases have been detected across 23 states and UTs so far, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Friday Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in the country in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases and positive...
Four climate lawsuits to watch in 2022
Baltimore claims that about two dozen fossil fuel companies knowingly contributed to climate change. The city says it is vulnerable to sea-level rise driven by climate change The year 2022 could see the U.S. Supreme Court redefine the scope of the country's most...
2022: Daunting labour reforms, informal workers’ social security fund await take off
There is a provision in the industrial relations code that any unit with up to 300 workers will not need permission from the appropriate government for closure, retrenchment and lay off. At present, the threshold is 100 workers New Delhi: Ushering in a big wave of...
Germany to pull the plug on three of its last six nuclear plants
The phase-out of an energy deemed clean and cheap by some is an irreversible step for Europe's biggest economy, facing ambitious climate targets and rising power prices BERLIN: Germany will pull the plug on three of its last six nuclear power stations on Friday,...
Govt asked 8 states to increase Covid testing, strengthen hospital preparedness
India on Thursday registered 13,154 fresh Covid cases and 268 deaths in a span of 24 hours. With the addition of the new deaths, the total death toll reached 4,80,860 The Omicron infection tally has also climbed to 961 across the nation. However, out of total Omicron...
Govt releases additional Rs 3,063 crore to 6 states hit by floods, landslides, cyclones
Union Home Minister Amit Shah A home ministry statement said among the funds approved include Rs 1,133.35 crore to Gujarat, which was affected by cyclone 'Tauktae', and Rs 586.59 crore to West Bengal, which was affected by cyclone 'Yaas' Apart from Gujarat and West...