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Domestic exporters said that the present situation is not alarming but if the illness spreads to other parts of the globe, it will have an impact on world trade as China is a hub of global manufacturing and exports New Delhi: Expressing concern over the current...
Bengal to go tough on sale of antibiotics without prescription
“Rampant use of antibiotics has become a vicious circle. Once certain drug-resistant bacteria for a certain level of antibiotics are developed in the human body, people are resorting to stronger dosage to antibiotics. This circle is resulting in the growth of multiple...
To begin with, Google's systems keep a constant eye on the unusual patterns in contributed content. When it detects suspicious activity, it acts quickly and may implement protections including taking down policy-violating content to temporarily disabling new...
India warns Facebook, YouTube to enforce rules to deter deepfakes – sources
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister, Electronics and Information Technology It comes amid growing concerns over deepfakes - realistic yet fabricated videos created by artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms trained on online footage - which a top minister this week said...
LIC exploring possibility of setting up fintech arm, BCG to implement the project: Chairman
Siddhartha Mohanty, Chairperson, LIC, administering the Pledge of Preamble to the employees of the corporation on the occasion of Constitution Day on Sunday ''Our objective is to get best in class digital initiatives for all our stakeholders, customers,...
Health needs to be prioritised of national plans to fight climate change
Climate change is already harming human health and wellbeing. From illness caused by extreme climate events to the increased incidence and spread of vector-borne diseases; and the rise in cardiovascular and respiratory diseases caused by extreme heat and air pollution...
India: Domestic air passenger traffic touches new high
As per official data, the total number of domestic passengers was 4,63,417 and the number of flight movements stood at 5,998 on Thursday (November 23) Domestic air passenger traffic touched a new high on Thursday as airlines carried 4,63,417 people. In November, the...
Autistic people experience a reduced life expectancy: Study
The researchers found that autistic men without a learning disability had an average estimated life expectancy of 74.6 years, and autistic women without a learning disability, around 76.8 years London: A new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers...
Workers face double hit from climate change and new technologies, ILO head warns
ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo also highlighted rising inequality, insecurity and vulnerability. He told the leaders that this made work on improving and protecting skills even more important ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, has warned that workers...
India needs additional 2.4 mn hospital beds to reach recommended ratio: Report
''India is emerging as one of the most affordable healthcare destinations in the world providing quality medical procedures at a relatively cheap cost. In the pre-pandemic years between 2014 and 2019, the inflow of foreign tourist arrivals on medical visa grew at a...
Medicines for four rare diseases become cheaper due to domestic production
Four more drugs for three diseases - Tablet Sapropterin for Phenylketonuria, tab Sodium Phenyl Butyrate and tablet Carglumic Acid for Hyperammonemia and Capsule Miglustat for Gaucher's disease - are under process for approval and are likely to be available by April...
PSU insurers’ shares see sudden spurt on Friday
After lying low in recent years, on Friday GIC Re's share price has risen by 15 per cent to Rs 304.45 while NIA's scrip has gone up by 20 per cent to Rs 209. LIC's share gained 10 per cent and closed at a monthly high of Rs 678 on Friday Mumbai: Though , Sensex fell...
Berkshire Hathaway exits Paytm; sells 2.46 pc stake for Rs 1,371 crore
The shares were disposed of at an average price of Rs 877.29 apiece, taking the transaction value to Rs 1,370.63 crore. Mumbai: Billionaire Warren Buffet-backed Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday divested its entire 2.46 per cent stake in Paytm’s parent company One97...
Closely monitoring outbreak of H9N2, clusters of respiratory illness in children in China: Govt
There is a low risk to India from both the avian influenza -- H9N2-- case reported in China as well as the clusters of respiratory illness.The usual causes of respiratory illness in children have been implicated and there has been no identification of an unusual...
Villagers resist India’s biofuel push, fearing hidden health risks
Touted as a green fuel and a solution to cut tailpipe emissions from vehicles when blended with gasoline, ethanol - a biofuel - is key to India's action to tackle climate change. But the residents of Chittanur village in Telangana state say they are not ready to pay...
WHO asks China for more information about rise in illnesses, pneumonia clusters
Outside scientists said the situation warranted close monitoring, but were not convinced that the recent spike in respiratory illnesses in China signalled the start of a new global outbreak Geneva: Chinese officials say they did not detect any ''unusual or novel...
Govt to enable citizens to file FIR against social media companies
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) will develop a platform on which users can notify about IT rule violation by social media platforms New Delhi: The government will assist...
Private sector banker Manoj Muttathil Ayyappan selected as DFS joint secy
Manoj Muttathil Ayyappan Manoj Muttathil Ayyappan will be filling up the vacancy of the post of joint secretary(Banking,Insurance & Pension) on contract basis (lateral entry) in the Departmentof Financial Services(DFS). Ministry of Finance(MoF), said a...