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Traditional medicine doesn’t get recognition it deserves, has to win confidence via science: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Addressing the WHO Global Summit on...
Seth urges insurers on timely and effective resolution of policyholders’ grievances
``When a citizen takes the trouble to write a grievance,they are...
FPIs pulled out Rs 10,355 cr from equities in last 4 trading sessions on US tariffs
"The potential for a full-blown trade war could have far-reaching consequences, affecting global trade and economic growth. However, the steep decline in the dollar index to 102 is seen as favourable for capital flows into emerging economies like India," VK...
Corporate affairs ministry proposes changes to rules related to fast-track mergers
In her Union Budget speech on February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said the government would rationalise the requirements and procedures for speedy approval for mergers of companies and the scope for fast-track mergers would be widened New Delhi: The...
Kerala launches digital payment system, online services in govt hospitals
Kerala Health Minister Veena George The system enables payments for services at health centres statewide using credit cards, debit cards, and UPI (Google Pay, PhonePe), among other methods. This initiative has been carried out in collaboration with the Information...
Delhi govt inks a MoU with the Centre to implement AB-PMJAY
With this, Delhi has become the 35th state/Union Territory to implement the health insurance scheme. West Bengal is now the only state which has not implemented the scheme New Delhi: In a move towards expanding people's access to healthcare in the national capital,...
Can med for rare disorder SMA be made available at lower price in India: SC to drug manufacturer
During the hearing on Friday, the bench was told by senior advocate Anand Grover, appearing for a 24-year-old woman, that the price of the medicine for SMA patients is cheaper in Pakistan and China because of intervention of the governments of those countries. New...
NPS corpus touches Rs 14.4 lakh crore with 8.4 cr subscribers in FY 25: PFRDA chairman
L TO R- Deepak Mohanty, chairman,PFRDA , Nagaraju Maddirala, Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Pankaj Chaudhary,Minister of State for Finance at 'International Research Conference on Pension 2025' organised by PFRDA and IIM, Ahemedabad in New Delhi Minister...
SC says no to plea for barring kids below 13 from using social media
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih, however, granted a liberty to the petitioner to make a representation to the authority concerned New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to examine a plea seeking to prohibit children below 13 from using...
Developing countries’ climate targets at risk without enough finance from developed world India
Together, BRICS nations account for 47 per cent of the world’s population and contribute around 36 per cent of global GDP in purchasing power parity terms. By 2050, BRICS will play a key role in the energy sector, with 54 per cent of global oil production, 53 per cent...
Announcements by US to have substantial implications for global trade: WTO DG
"While the situation is rapidly evolving, our initial estimates suggest that these measures, coupled with those introduced since the beginning of the year, could lead to an overall contraction of around 1 per cent in global merchandise trade volumes this year,...
Fitch cuts China’s credit rating on rising debt, weakening finances
"The downgrade reflects our expectations of a continued weakening of China's public finances and a rapidly rising public debt trajectory during the country's economic transition," Fitch said in a statement Global ratings agency Fitch on Thursday downgraded China's...