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Parliament passes Water Act, decriminalises minor water pollution related crimes
According to the statement of objects and reasons of the bill, the amendment proposes to rationalise criminal provisions and ensure that citizens, businesses and companies operate without fear of imprisonment for minor, technical or procedural defaults. Also, the...
Adani Ports secures top position for climate actions
The company also secured the top rank in the marine ports sector on a low carbon transition rating by Sustainalytics New Delhi: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) on Sunday said it has secured top position for its climate actions and environmental...
Weakening El Nino conditions raise hopes of ‘bountiful monsoon’ in India
Weather scientists in India, tracking the developments closely, have said that La Nina conditions setting in by June-August could mean monsoon rains would be better this year than the last year.The southwest monsoon delivers about 70 percent of India’s annual...
RCap administrator objects Rs 118 crore special payment proposal to key team of Reliance General Insurance
`This action of yours in provisioning for the KMPs runs contrary to your representation on the solvency ratio post infusion of the additional funds, Also, we, have not granted any approval under section 197 of the Companies Act 013 for the payment of such remuneration...
In 2050, one-third of global river sub-basins could face water scarcity: Study
“These water scarcity hotspots were mainly distributed in southern parts of North America, Europe, parts of Northern Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, India, China, and Southeast Asia,” the researchers wrote. In 2050, one-third of global river sub-basins are...
Delhi HC orders Delhi Government to provide Rs 50,000 ex-gratia compensation to families of COVID-19 victims
In a judgment, the apex court had made clear that irrespective of the cause of death mentioned in the death certificate, if a family member satisfies the requisite eligibility criteria, he or she shall also be entitled to the ex gratia payment of Rs 50,000 on...
Amid political uncertainty, Pak biz tycoons shift business to Dubai
The political and economic uncertainties along with the deteriorating law and order situation frightened the business community who regularly pay ‘extortion money’ to one or another group in Karachi, Dawn reported Karachi: During the past 20 months, Pakistani...
Maruti Suzuki may see some increase in costs due to Red Sea crisis
Similarly, the situation in the Red Sea is creating supply chain issues for German luxury carmaker Audi, impacting car deliveries to customers in India in the first quarter but recovery is expected in the coming months, according to a senior company official. New...
Study finds body temperature is linked to depression
A small body of existing, causal studies has found that using hot tubs or saunas can reduce depression, possibly by triggering the body to self-cool, for example, through sweating A study from UC San Francisco revealed that individuals with depression may benefit from...
Study finds sugary drinks pose higher heart disease risk than physical activity alone
''Physical activity reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease associated with sugar-sweetened beverages by half, but it does not fully eliminate it,'' said Jean-Philippe Drouin-Chartier, professor at Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Laval, Canada, and co-author of the...
MoS Health Bharati Pawar lists out measures taken to ensure quality of medicines
Bharati Pravin Pawar,Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare The Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, have been amended, making it mandatory that before the grant of manufacturing licence, the manufacturing establishment be inspected jointly by the Drugs...
India has nearly 97 crore voters now, says Poll body
The gender ratio has increased from 940 in 2023 to 948 in 2024, the poll panel said New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday said nearly 97 crore Indians will be eligible to vote in this year's Lok Sabha elections. It also said over two crore young electors in age...
ESIC extends medical benefits to superannuated insured persons with relaxed norms
The persons who were in the insurable employment for at least 5 years after April 1, 2012 and superannuated/voluntarily retired on or after April 1, 2017 with wages up to Rs 30,000 per month will be benefitted under the new scheme New Delhi: The Employees’ State...
Britain’s financial regulators need ‘ambitious mindset’, says industry leader
“At Lloyd’s, we have the capacity and expertise to evaluate and approve a new underwriting syndicate within 30 days, but the external regulators require many months more before making a decision, causing businesses to set up outside the UK,” said Carnegie-Brown,...
Brazil subsidised rural insurance for Amazon deforested land
Among the companies cited by Repórter Brasil was a unit of Japan’s Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. In 2020, it provided policies to landowners in Mato Grosso, Brazil’s largest crop-producing state. About 70% of the property covered by the insurance was embargoed due to...
Regularly monitoring compliances of intermediaries with new IT rules: MoS IT
Rajeev Chandrasekhar,Minister of State for Electronics and IT “Intermediaries should take additional measures to not permit any advertisements of illegal loan and betting apps. Intermediaries have been warned that non-compliance will lead to losing exemption from...
EPFO fixes 8.25 pc interest rate on employees’ provident fund for 2023-24
"The EPFO's apex decision making body Central Board of Trustees (CBT) has decided to provide 8.25 per cent rate of interest on EPF for 2023-24 at its meeting on Saturday,” a source said New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO on Saturday fixed a three-year high interest...
RBI raises ceiling on remuneration of non-executive directors to Rs 30 lakh
"Considering the crucial role of non-executive directors in efficient functioning of bank boards and its various committees and in order to further enable the banks to sufficiently attract qualified competent individuals on their boards, it has been decided to revise...