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Insurers’ climate losses almost match premiums from fossil fuels
On average, fossil-fuel premiums account for less than 2% of total...
India achieves total fertility rate of 2.0: Centre
Anupriya Patel,Union Minister of State for Health and Family...
Maharashtra implements Motor Vehicles Act; hikes compounding fees for traffic offences
Driving without insurance will be punishable with Rs 2,000 compounding fees State transport commissioner Avinash Dhakane said the hike in compounding fees will help bring down accidents and ensure discipline among the citizens. "This will help improve overall road...
LS passes Bill on assisted reproductive tech clinics; MPs flag exclusion of single parents, LGBTQ people
The Bill, which envisages prevention of misuse, and safe and ethical practice of assisted ART services, also seeks to set minimum standards and a code of conduct for fertility clinics and egg or sperm banksAny clinic or bank advertising or offering sex-selective ART...
First case of Omicron detected in Delhi, more in Maharashtra
"So far, 17 COVID-19 patients and six of their contacts have been admitted to the Lok Nayak Hospital. The Omicron variant has been found in one of the 12 samples sent for genome sequencing so far, according to a preliminary report," Health Minister Satyendar Jain...
Lot of unhealthy speculation on crypto taking place, says FM: FM
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021, has been included in the Lok Sabha Bulletin-Part II for the introduction in the ongoing Winter Session.The bill seeks to create a facilitative...
MeitY releases national strategy on blockchain for its adoption in govt systems
"The national strategy to evolve a trusted digital platform for providing e-governance services using blockchain lays out overall vision and the development and implementation strategies for a National Blockchain Platform covering the technology stack, legal and...
Work underway to set up EV charging stations at 22,000 of 70,000 petrol pumps in country: Government
"Our ministry along with the ministries of petroleum and power are jointly working towards implementation of FAME India. We are working towards setting up charging stations in 22,000 of the total 70,000 petrol pumps across the country and work is on in this regard,"...
soil salinization poses riskS to global food security:FAO
New report on soil shows 55 percent of countries surveyed lack adequate capacities for soil analysis Some of the worst affected regions are in Central Asia, the Middle East, South America, North Africa and the Pacific. “Soil is the foundation of agriculture and the...
WHO Tells Asia-Pacific To Brace For Omicron
"People should not only rely on border measures," Takeshi Kasai, WHO regional director for the western Pacific, told a virtual media briefing. "What is most important is to prepare for these variants with potential high transmissibility. So far the information...
Omicron impact may be less severe due to vaccination, Delta exposure: Govt
From the list of FAQs, the ministry, answering to whether the existing vaccines work against the Omicron variant, said, "While, there is no evidence to suggest that existing vaccines do not work on Omicron, some of the mutations reported on spike gene may decrease the...
Setback for PepsiCo as India revokes patent for Lay’s potatoes
In 2019, PepsiCo sued some Indian farmers based in the western state of Gujarat for cultivating the FC5 potato variety, which has a lower moisture content required to make snacks such as potato chips. Withdrawing the lawsuits the same year, the New York-based company...