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Apprehending that this frequent change in trajectory might impact the economic structure of the hills and plains of north Bengal to a great extent in the coming days, the irrigation department has decided to conduct a thorough “morphology survey” of the river Kolkata:...
LIC receives GST notice for Rs 806 crore
LIC will file an appeal before the Commissioner (Appeals), Mumbai, against the said order within the prescribed timeline. The total includes GST worth Rs 365.02 crore, penalty of Rs 404.7 crore and interest of Rs 36.5 crore New Delhi: The Life Insurance Corporation of...
US family credits Apple’s AirTag that tracked down stolen luggage, thief
Earlier this year, AirTag helped a passenger to track his lost wallet, even after American Airlines could not find it. The passenger shared the incident on X, mentioning that after realising that he lost his wallet, he contacted American Airlines and they said that...
FPIs inject Rs 1.7 trn into Indian equities in 2023, uptick in flows in Dec
The year 2023 has witnessed massive investment by FPIs, thanks to the sharp uptick in inflows of Rs 66,134 crore in December. Going forward, FPI flows are expected to be robust. However, their allocation is likely to be selective, said Kislay Upadhyay - smallcase...
Cell, gene therapy to rule pharma sector in 2024: Report
"Cell and gene therapies are gradually becoming more important focus areas within the healthcare industry and their full potential is still unrealised. While this is a relatively new area, with the first autologous dendritic cell therapy Provenge approved in 2010 for...
Japan issued tsunami alerts after a series of strong quakes in the Sea of Japan
A tsunami of about 3 metres high was expected to hit Niigata and other prefectures on the western coast of Japan. Smaller tsunami waves were already confirmed to have reached the coastline, according to NHK.The area includes a nuclear plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co.,...
Gujarat govt issues guidelines for liquor law exemption rules in GIFT City
Any unit situated in GIFT City, desiring to obtain an FL-III licence shall apply to the Superintendent of Prohibition and Excise, Gandhinagar in Form "A" Gandhinagar: About a week after relaxing the liquor consumption norms for the Gujarat International Finance...
Gujarat police register rape case against Cadila Pharma CMD after HC order
The CMD of the Ahmedabad-based pharma company was booked on Sunday under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 376 (rape), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace),...
Focus shifts to healthcare delivery in 2023 as Covid stress eases
A total of 6.11 crore hospital admissions involving expenditure of Rs 78,188 crore have been authorized under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) scheme, of which 1.7 crore hospital admissions worth over Rs 25,000 crore have been authorized...
Indian health insurance industry anticipates a transformative 2024
Prasun Sikdar, MD and CEO, ManipalCigna Health Insurance The initiatives such as a unified network of hospitals and 100% health insurance claim settlement system nationwide will offer flexibility to consumers and significantly reduce the financial burden With growing...
Progressive Indian general insurance sector
Ritesh Kumar, MD & CEO, HDFC ERGO General Insurance The IRDAI initiated the journey towards adopting IFRS 17 and implementing risk-based supervision and capital frameworks. Looking ahead, significant developments are anticipated in the general insurance...
Health Insurance: Key developments poised to redefine the sector
Krishnan Ramachandran, MD & CEO at Niva Bupa In a bid to simplify health insurance for customers, IRDAI has introduced standardization guidelines, with the latest being the Customer Information Sheet (CIS). This initiative aims to demystify policy benefits and...
Global Economy: Rising shipping costs to push inflation
Combined with disruptions at a drought-stricken Panama Canal in the Western Hemisphere, the rise in merchant shipping rates poses headwinds for central bankers in their inflation fight Shipping costs are rising as hundreds of container ships that typically transit the...
US sinks 3 Houthi vessels that attacked its container ship in Red Sea
CENTCOM said the navy responded to a request for assistance from the Maersk Hangzhou, a Singapore-flagged, Denmark-owned and operated container ship that reported coming under attack for a second time in 24 hours while transiting the Red Sea The Houthis have...
For large nation like India, deepfakes a problematic issue for conducting safe, fair polls: MoS IT
''We will keep an eye on the intermediaries for the 7-15 days after they come back from vacations…and if they still have not made a move, then we will basically amend the IT rules and notify amended IT rules to be as prescriptive as the advisories are,'' Union...
AI-powered deepfakes bare fangs in 2023, raise concern about impact on privacy, electoral politics
Supreme Court Advocate and chairman of the International Commission on Cyber Security Law Pavan Duggal said, ''It is a new emerging technology but is very quickly becoming a part of people's lives. More and more people are going to use deepfakes, not just by...
India to remain fastest-growing major economy in 2024
''After a couple of difficult years, the economic environment is turning more benign with inflation trending down and growth remaining robust. Most forecasts project that growth in 2024-25 would be close to but slightly lower than in 2023-24. The global slowdown and...
2023: AI becomes hashtag, goes mainstream; India sets guardrails for data privacy, user safety
India’s resolve to safeguard netizens from new kinds of user harms emerging in the digital space was clear, as the government moved decisively to craft regulations and laws. It crafted a future-ready framework that would not just protect digital personal data but also...