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During the August meeting, the panel had tasked the fitment committee comprising tax officers from the Centre and states to analyse the implication of tax rate change on some items and gather more data New Delhi: The ministerial panel on GST rate rationalisation will...
Quad Cancer Moonshot: PM Modi announces $7.5 million support to fight cervical cancer
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister The Cancer Moonshot is a White House initiative to bring renewed leadership to the fight against cancer, facilitate new collaborations, and drive progress across the cancer journey utilizing all facets of the oncology community - federal...
Total AUM for Indian gold ETFs climbs to Rs 374 billion by the end of August
Total assets under management (AUM) for Indian gold ETFs climbed to Rs 374 billion (~USD 4.4 billion) by the end of August, marking an 8 percent month-on-month increase and a 54 percent year-on-year rise. So far in 2024, net inflows into Indian gold ETFs have reached...
Luxury carmakers Mercedes, Audi see record sales in festive season
This year, the luxury car industry in India will surpass 2018 volumes and reach the 46,000-47,000 unit mark. Delhi and Mumbai continued to lead the demand for our products in the festive season. We also continue to witness good demand from Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai,...
FPIs pump Rs 33,700 cr in Indian equities in Sept amid US rate cut
With this, FPIs investment in equities reached Rs 76,572 crore so far this year. Since June, FPIs have been consistently buying equities. Before that, they pulled out funds to the tune of Rs 34,252 crore in April-May New Delhi: Foreign investors have injected close to...
Rebounding Economy: Global money is chasing Indian stocks again as bull run extends
India has increasingly been touted as the next engine of global growth as China’s economy falters amid a lack of strong stimulus, a property crisis and persistent deflationary pressures. Abhishek Vishnoi and Winnie HsuOverseas funds are piling money into Indian...
Create awareness about rare diseases in society, CJI Chandrachud
DY Chandrachud,Chief Justice of India The CJI also emphasised how access to essential treatments is a fundamental aspect of the right to health, along with Article 21 of the Constitution (protection of life and personal liberty) and the need to devise strategies that...
Health ministry plans mandatory ‘non-skippable’ anti-tobacco spots on OTT
Considering public health as a priority issue, India in May last year became the first country to make it mandatory for OTT platforms to display anti-tobacco warnings and disclaimers as seen in movies screened in theatres and television programmes New Delhi: The Union...
Indian Cancer Genome Atlas launches the country’s first comprehensive cancer multi-omics data portal
The ICGA cancer multi-omics portal is the first in India to offer data that includes DNA, RNA, and protein profiles of breast cancer patients, integrated with clinical outcomes New Delhi: The Indian Cancer Genome Atlas (ICGA) has launched India's first comprehensive...
P K Mishra calls for expanding insurance coverage across diverse sectors
PK Mishra, Prime Minister's Principal Secretary "Should the government act as a catalyst, facilitating the growth of the insurance market, or should it take a more direct role such as purchasing insurance for certain sectors? How should the government create...
NCLAT rejects tax claim against RCom filed for assessment year after initiation of insolvency
A two-member NCLAT bench upheld the earlier order passed by the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), which had rejected the state tax department's second claim of Rs 6.10 crore New Delhi: The NCLAT has set aside a petition filed by the state tax...
Sensex surges to record high, investors gain Rs 6.24 trillion
"Markets were on a roll on the back of across-the-board buying as the US interest rate cut has triggered a downward spiral in both Indian and US bond yields, making India's financial assets more attractive," Prashanth Tapse, Senior VP (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd,...
Modi to launch U-WIN portal and larger Ayushman Bharat scheme in Oct
The expanded Ayushman Bharat scheme will benefit an estimated six crore citizens in about 4.5 crore households New Delhi: The U-WIN portal developed for maintaining an electronic registry of routine immunisations, currently operational on a pilot basis, will be...
Banks must use UPI to create more digital opportunities to empower millions: FM Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister As banks benefit from technology, they need to periodically learn to mitigate risks and improve customer service, credit assessments and fraud detection using technology, the Finance Minister noted Mumbai: As the unified...
Supreme Court’s YouTube channel hacked
In its e-initiative measures, the SC began live streaming proceedings of the Constitution Bench on YouTube and used artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology for live transcription of such hearings of national importance New Delhi: The Supreme...
LIC to tap NRIs and PIOs through Gift City
Siddartha Mohanty, CEO & MD,LIC Siddartha Mohanty, CEO & MD,LIC, addressed a conference of its CEO’s & Heads of foreign units from UK, Singapore, Bahrain, Kenya, Fiji, Mauritius, Nepal, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh at GIFT city, Gandhinagar on Friday Gift...
Role of food regulators more crucial to protect consumers’ health: JP Nadda
JP Nadda,Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Highlighting the country’s efforts in alternative measures to curb the increasing menace of plastic wastes, the minister said India is taking steps to reduce plastic wastes and adopting organic farming and organic...
Bombay HC quashes amended IT Rules on fake news; speaks of their `chilling effect’
The amended rules provided for the establishment of a fact checking unit (FCU) with powers to flag misleading or false online content concerning the government. Observing that the amended rules infringed the right to equality and freedom of speech, the court also said...