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US targets Iran oil network, names India-linked shipping firms
India-linked entities named include the Barbados-flagged vessel...
Insurance Amendment Bill,2025:Balancing innovation,capital inflows and policyholder protection
Nirmala Sitharaman,Finance minister Taken together,the Bill, that...
India on the verge of becoming clinical trials hub
India's clinical trials data market is estimated to touch $1.51 billion in 2025, according to U.S.-based GrandView Research. While India's reputation as a trusted region for conducting trials is improving, several challenges, such as a lack of standardized regulations...
SC sets aside Allahabad HC direction mandating govt officials to use public hospitals
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar said that such directives interfere with policy decisions and limit individual choice regarding medical treatment New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a 2018 Allahabad...
Regulatory standards must be stronger for quality medicines: Health secy
The meeting with state drug regulators comes in the wake of the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) prohibiting the production and export of all combinations of pain relief medicines tapentadol and carisoprodol, following reports that unapproved combinations of...
Govt seeks merchant bankers for selling equity in public sector banks financial institutions
As per the RFP (request for proposal) floated by DIPAM, the merchant bankers would be empanelled for a period of three years (further extendable by 1 year) and they would advise the government on the timing and the modalities of the transaction for dilution of equity...
SC seeks info from Centre on central, state mental health facilities
The top court previously said chaining of persons suffering from mentally illnesses could not be allowed and termed it as "atrocious" and "inhuman". The court said such acts were violative of their rights under Article 21 of the Constitution, which dealt with life and...
Machinery for citizens to flag misleading ads needed: SC
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said the Drug and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 was of vital importance New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday underscored the importance of creating a mechanism for citizens to file complaints...
LIC receives Rs 57.2 crore GST demand notice
The company has received a communication/demand order on Monday from Assistant Commissioner, Delhi regarding excess ITC availed, LIC said in a regulatory filing. New Delhi: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Monday said tax authorities have slapped a demand...
Govt takes stock of infrastructure of district hospitals for setting up daycare cancer centres
The estimated expenditure for setting up these centres will be Rs 3,200 crore, said Union health ministry officials New Delhi: The government has started a survey to identify gaps and review the infrastructure in all district hospitals in order to implement the budget...
India leading in AI adoption, governance: FM Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister The country recorded 3 billion AI-related app downloads in 2024, while the US and China had only 1.5 billion and 1.3 billion downloads, respectively Kottayam (Kerala): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday...
Former RBI governor Shaktikanta Das appointed as Principal Secy-2 to PM Modi
Shaktikanta Das, Principal Secretary-2 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi `Das will the Principal Secretary-2 to PM-with effect from the date of he assumes office. His office will be co-terminus with the term of PM,’’ said the ACC order. New Delhi: The government...