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Siddhartha Mohanty, chairman Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) launched Jeevan Dhara, a non-linked, non-participating, individual, savings, deferred annuity plan. It has option to take death claim proceeds as lump-sum, in the form of annuitisation or in instalments....
60% kids under-5 in India are micronutrient deficient, 40% anaemic: AIIMS
“The high prevalence of anaemia indicates that anaemia is a serious public health problem among children aged 12 to 59 months in India. Micronutrient deficiency and anaemia are one of the major public health concerns and calls for immediate action,”the researchers...
In Davos, AI excitement persists but fears over managing risks
The IMF said AI would affect nearly 40 percent of jobs around the world, and some 60 percent in the advanced world -- replacing some jobs while complementing others Walking around in Davos where the global elites gathered for the World Economic Forum this week, there...
Video gamers at higher risk of irreversible hearing loss, finds research
The researchers said that "relatively little" attention has been paid to the effects of video games, including e-sports, on hearing loss, even as headphones, earbuds, and music venues have been acknowledged as sources of potentially unsafe sound levels New Delhi:...
Stress, junk food, pollution among reasons for rising cardiac arrests among youth: Dr Naresh Trehan
"We need to understand that in this current environment, we cope with the different elements that are producing higher incidents of heart disease, especially among the younger populace. Several young people are falling prey to cardiac events. This is a matter of...
FPIs pressed massive equity sale of Rs 24,000 cr in last 3 days
One, the US bond yield started rising with the 10-year yield rising from the recent level of 3.9 per cent to 4.15 per cent triggering capital outflows from emerging markets. It is important to understand that FPIs were big sellers in other emerging markets too like...
Traffic through the Panama Canal is being cut due to drought, disrupting global trade
On Wednesday, Panama Canal Administrator Ricaurte Vásquez said they would cut daily ship crossings to 24, after already gradually slashing crossings last year from 38 a day in normal times A severe drought that began last year has forced authorities to slash ship...
NGT fines Birla Carbon unit in UP Rs 12 lakh for discharging untreated water in drain
A bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava said an inspection on January 21, 2021, revealed the discharge of ''black material'' in the drain and the company did not object to the inspection report, nor did it give any explanation to the Uttar Pradesh...
NDRF developing app, national plan to bring down number of drowning deaths, pegged at 38k a year
NDRF Director General Atul Karwal said that every year, as per the NCRB data, about 38,000 drowning deaths are reported in the country. This is more than 100 deaths each day. We need to find ways to deal with this situation in the earnest New Delhi: Drowning accounts...
Health ministry urges doctors to make it mandatory to mention reason for prescribing Antibiotics
Director General of Health Services Dr Atul Goel has also appealed to all pharmacists to strictly implement schedule H and H1 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules and stop over-the-counter sale of antibiotics and sell them only on the prescription of a qualified doctor...
HC issues summons to TATA SIA Airlines on minor’s plea for Rs 2.5 cr damages for burns
The girl, aged 10, and her parents have claimed damages of Rs 2.68 crore along with medical expenses incurred by them in Frankfurt, Germany and other consequential reliefs arising from the incident that occurred on August 11, 2023 on the flight from Delhi to Frankfurt...
India saw 15% spike with 2,138 weekly cyberattacks per organisation in 2023: Report
According to the cybersecurity company Check Point Research (CPR), India emerged as the second most targeted nation, trailing only behind Taiwan's 3,050 incidents New Delhi: India has recorded a spike of 15 per cent in cyberattacks within APAC (Asia-Pacific), with...
Poverty, chronic inflammation together triple cancer death risk: Study
Poverty has been documented to individually heighten the risk of mental illness, heart disease, hypertension, and stroke, in addition to higher mortality and lower life expectancy The combined effect of poverty and chronic inflammation could more than double the risk...
COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1: India logs 1,226 cases, highest from K’taka, Andhra Pradesh
Data compiled by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) showed that 17 states and UTs have detected the presence of the variant New Delhi: A total of 1,226 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been reported in the country so far with Karnataka and...
Half- day holiday declared for PSU insurers on Jan 22
Public sector banks, insurance companies, financial institutions and regional rural banks will remain closed for half day on January 22 due to the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya. Earlier in the day, the Department of Personnel and Training issued an order...
Russia allocates another $1.23 bln to company buying planes from Western lessors
Russia has allocated an additional 107.7 billion roubles ($1.23 billion) from its rainy day fund to a state company that has been purchasing aircraft from foreign lessors, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry said it had purchased bonds of NLK-Finance,...
FB, Insta collect all the data they can: Report
a US judge has ruled that Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg must participate in a deposition as part of an ongoing lawsuit in Texas concerning the company's face recognition technology San Francisco: Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram are the two most...
Sensex crashes 1,628 points, Domestic equities plunge 2%
HCL Technologies, SBI Life Insurance, Infosys, LTIMindtree, and TCS were the top gainers on the Nifty, while the biggest losers were HDFC Bank, Tata Steel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Bank, and Hindalco Industries. Mumbai: The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex tanked 1,628...