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NATHEALTH asks govt to increase public spending on healthcare to over 2.5 per cent of GDP
Chronic diseases now account for nearly 65 per cent of all deaths...
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...
Social media and digital accounts accessed only in search, survey ops: I-T official
"These powers are only to be executed during the course of a search or survey operation, and that too when the assessee being searched or surveyed refuses to share the passwords for digital storage drives, emails, Clouds and communication platforms such as WhatsApp...
EU’s aggressive environmental regulations biggest hurdles of FTA talks with India: GTRI
"The EU is urging India to adopt stronger privacy regulations aligned with GDPR, but India sees this as an unnecessary burden on its digital economy. India has just enacted its Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, which it argues should be sufficient, though it...
US tariff imposition to hit pharma segment; auto sector likely to face minimal impact
Terming India as a very high tariff nation, US President Donald Trump has said that reciprocal tariffs on countries that impose levies on American goods will kick in on April 2 New Delhi: Enhanced tariffs on pharma imports in the US can severely impact Indian drug...
GST rates will come down further: Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister Responding to a question ’ on whether it is time to rationalise GST rates and slabs, Sitharaman said ”that work has almost reached a finale”. Mumbai: In an Indication that the GST rates on Health Insurance and Term Life...
Gadkari blames faulty DPRs, road designs for increasing road accidents in India
Nitin Gadkari ,Minister of Road Transport & Highways Gadkari said India witnessed 1,80,000 deaths due to road accidents in 2023.with road safety a top priority, the government aims to reduce number of road accidents by 50 per cent by 2030 New Delhi: Union Minister...
Miller establishes new M&A and Strategic Solutions Team
The team will sit within Miller’s Professional & Financial Risks business and will be based in London advising its client base of private equity, hedge and sovereign wealth funds, corporates, law firms and corporate financiers on domestic and cross-border risks...
Govt wants insurance payouts to replace its compensation in managing natural disasters: DFS Secy
L to-R-Hitesh Kotak, Chief Executive, Japan, India, Korea, and South-East Asia at Munich Re,Krishna S Vatsa, Member, NDMA,Safi Ahsan Rizvi, Advisor (Mitigation), NDMA, M Nagaraju, Secretary, Department of Finance (DFS), Mandakini Balodhi, Director(Insurance),...
Draft Insurance Laws Amendment Bill in advanced stages, to be tabled in Parliament shortly: Minister Pankaj Chaudhary
Pankaj Chaudhary,Minister of State for Finance M Nagaraju, Scretary, DFS, mentioned that to ensure greater consistency, consumer protection, transparency, and grievance redressal, the department is proposing setting up a unified forum where regulators and authorities...
Govt approves Rs 3,880 crore scheme for Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme
Scheme will help in prevention and control of livestock diseases through vaccination, surveillance and upgradation of healthcare facilities New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today approved the Revision of Livestock Health and...
SC issues contempt notice to Punjab for failing to implement pension scheme
"In spite of repeated undertakings given to the high court, compliance has not been made by the state government. Therefore, we issue showcause notice to K A P Sinha, chief secretary, State of Punjab calling upon him to showcause why action under the Contempt Of...