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Does artificial sweetener aspartame really cause cancer? What the WHO listing means for your diet soft drink habit
Melbourne: The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has declared aspartame may be a possible carcinogenic hazard to humans. Another branch of the WHO, the Joint WHO and Food and...
South Korea flood death toll rises to 40, Yoon blames botched responses
The incident fueled questions over South Korea’s efforts to prevent and respond to flood damage. Some drivers who use the road regularly blamed the government for failing to ban access to the underpass even though floods were widely forecast South Korean President...
File ITR at earliest as govt not contemplating extension of July 31 deadline: Revenue secretary
About 5.83 crore income tax returns were filed as on July 31 last year, the last day for filing returns for assessment year 2022-23 New Delhi: Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra has asked income tax payers to file their return at the earliest as the finance ministry is...
Google AI health chatbot passes US medical exam: Study
To identify and cut down on "hallucinations" -- the name for when AI models offer up false information -- Google said it had developed a new evaluation benchmark Google's artificial intelligence-powered medical chatbot has achieved a passing grade on a tough US...
Losing weight right way, eating better and exercising more lowers the risk of heart disease
Eating better and exercising more leads to weight loss that lowers the risk of heart disease rather than skipping meals and taking diet pills. The study is the first to compare weight-loss strategies and results in the context of the American Heart Association's...
FPIs infuse Rs 30,600 cr in Indian equities in the first fortnight of July
The incessant buying by FPIs could be attributed to a variety of factors such as the country's robust economic growth, strong corporate earnings, and relatively competitive valuations of Indian equities compared to other markets, Sonam Srivastava, Founder of Wright...
Raj govt partners with Square Insurance
The objective of the MoU is to bring all the insurance products and services to the last mile person in Rajasthan by using e-Mitra network and provide an umbrella of all the insurance products in services offered by the largest and smallest insurance providers in...
DICGC asks banks to display its logo, QR code on their websites
''With a view to enhance the awareness about deposit insurance in a focused and sustained manner and in consultation with the RBI, it has been decided that all banks registered with DICGC shall henceforth display the logo of DICGC and QR code linked to the DICGC...
Investors prefer small-cap mutual funds over large-cap; invest Rs 11,000 cr in June quarter
The small-cap category in the mutual fund space has given impressive returns with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30-37 per cent for one year, 40-44 per cent for three years, and 18-21 per cent for five years Mumbai: Mutual funds focused on small-caps have...
Credit card spending hits record high at Rs 1.4 lakh crore in May; cards in use at 87.4 million
Indicating the rising stress level among individuals, a Transunion Cibil report last week said delinquencies in the credit card portfolio of banks have been rising and have jumped by 66 basis points to 2.94 per cent in March 2023. Credit card spending has hit a record...
She’s 47, anorexic and wants help dying, Canada will soon allow it
An expansion of the criteria for medically assisted death that comes into force in March 2024 will allow Canadians like Pauli, whose sole underlying condition is mental illness, to choose medically assisted death In 2021, the most recent year available, 10,064 people...
Flexi-work options, mental health top workplace expectations of Gen Z
"This study serves as a guide for leaders, HR professionals, and individuals to respond proactively to Gen Z's dynamic expectations and desires. This is an opportunity to redesign workplaces that inspire, invigorate, and extract the optimum from our emerging talent,"...
Himachal suffered losses of about Rs 8,000 crore due to rain: CM Sukhu
About 70,000 tourists have been evacuated from the state and 15,000 vehicles sent out, while around 500 tourists have voluntarily decided to stay back, Sukhu said in a statement issued here Shimla: Himachal Pradesh has suffered losses of about Rs 8,000 crore as heavy...
Russian oil headaches for buyers as crude prices hit $60
India and China have been the two dominant buyers of Russian crude since the invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago prompted others to shun the OPEC+ producer. As Urals climbs above the limit set by the Group of Seven, however, importers will face greater scrutiny...
Signs ‘crypto winter’ ending as regulatory fog begins to lift
"The regulatory environment is changing," said Matthew Dibb, chief investment officer at crypto asset manager Astronaut Capital. "And by what we have seen in the last 24 hours, it could be for the better." Cryptocurrencies were testing year highs on Friday as a run of...
Need to achieve 100 pc coverage under Ayushman Bharat insurance scheme, Mandaviya tells states
Mansukh Mandaviya,Union Health Minister More than 4.34 crore hospital admissions worth more than Rs 51,749.40 crore have been authorised under the Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY so far, according to government data Dehradun: The government plans to begin a mega enrolment...
Last month was hottest June ever recorded on Earth: NASA, NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) also found that it is virtually certain (above 99 per cent) that 2023 will rank among the 10-warmest years on record and a 97 per cent chance it will rank among the top five. The El Nino climate pattern is one...