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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarCost of 651 essential medicines down 7 pc from April as govt caps ceiling prices
In a tweet, the national drug price regulator said the government has been able to fix the ceiling prices of 651 medicines so far out of the total 870 scheduled drugs listed under National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) New Delhi: Cost of 651 essential medicines...
Mukesh Ambani ranks 9th in Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2023, highest in Asia
While Forbes' global count of billionaires slipped from 2,668 last year to 2,640 in 2023, the tally in India improved from 166 in 2022 to 169 this year. Forbes noted that falling stocks, wounded unicorns and rising interest rates translated into a down year for the...
Automobile retail sales see double-digit growth in FY23; PV offtake at record high
The two-wheeler segment fell to a seven-year low with total retail sales of 1.59 crore last year. On sales outlook for the current fiscal, the industry body noted: ''As the high-growth period has now passed, FY24 is expected to see tapered growth in the low single...
UN maritime agency raises concerns about shadow oil tanker fleet
Countries including Spain, Australia, the U.S. and Canada are part of a push at the IMO to increase oversight of the murky activities in oil trading that have emerged within the last year. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and subsequent sanctions by Western governments...
PM Modi calls for integrated response to disasters
Prime Minister Narendra Modi In his video address at the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure 2023, he noted that 40 countries have become part of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure in a few years New Delhi: Prime Minister...
April 1 renewals: Reinsurers maintain discipline, focus on pricing and contract improvements, Gallagher Re
``Despite this more uniform and global approach, a client-led underwriting process remained evident. Clients and markets who had seen significant price increases and tightening of reinsurance conditions in recent years consequently experienced more measured...
Data theft of 66.9 crore persons: Cyberabad police serve notices to 11 organisations
The accused person was found in possession of the data of students of edu-tech organisations as well as the GST details of persons and companies, and the consumer/customer data of major organisations such as road transport corporations of various states, major...
Air India escapes premium hike in hard Apr 1 renewal, Tata AIG Gen replaces New India as lead insurer for the cover
With a good track record, AI has managed to hold on to the last year premium of $30 million After a year of ownership of Air India, Tatas have preferred to make their own subsidiary Tata AIG General insurance as the lead insurer for the airlines by giving larger...
West Bengal records maximum coastline erosion in India between 1990 and 2016
Based on the observations highlighted in the 6th assessment report of the IPCC, the head of the energy economic programme of the Asian Institute of Technology and one of the authors of the same report, Joyashree Roy feels that the climatic hazards in the coastal belts...
New medicine found for treatment of heart failure, sleep apnea: Study
"These findings have real potential for improving the wellness and life expectancy of almost 200,000 people living with heart disease in Aotearoa New Zealand," said Professor Paton. A new medicine is showing promise in treating heart failure, a common ailment linked...
China cuts medical benefits for seniors due to cash shortage
In the longer term, the "grey hair movement" is indicative of a fundamental issue facing the Chinese government, how to care for a rapidly ageing society where 400 million people, or 30 per cent of the population, will be 60 or older by 2035. China's public health...
Remain cautious and wear mask, focus should be on clinical cases: Experts on Covid surge in Delhi
'The rise in Covid cases is led by the new variant ''Our focus should be on looking for clinical cases rather than laboratory-tested cases.For India, there is a 30-fold increase in cases but the daily deaths have not increased in that proportion. We should not worry...
Italy curbs ChatGPT, starts probe over privacy concerns
The rapid development of the technology has attracted attention from lawmakers in several countries. Many experts say new regulations are needed to govern AI because of its potential impact on national security, jobs and education. The European Commission, which is...
Govt raises interest rates on most small saving schemes
With the revision, a one-year term deposit with post offices would earn 6.8 per cent (up from 6.6 per cent), for two years -- 6.9 per cent (up from 6.8 per cent), three years -- 7 per cent (up from 6.9 per cent) and five years -- 7.5 per cent (7 per cent New Delhi:...
Investors’ wealth erode by Rs 5.86 lakh cr in FY23; Sensex marginally up 0.72 pc
''In FY23 we have seen events of decadal high inflation, aggressive monetary policy stance by global central banks w.r.t interest rate hikes, banking crisis in US and Europe, and continuing Russia-Ukraine war,'' said Srikanth Subramanian, CEO of wealth management...
Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Tata Motors report best-ever wholesales in FY23
''We expect the industry growth to be in the range of 5-7 per cent this fiscal and the company would like to perform better than the industry,'' said Shashank Srivastava,executive director,Maruti Suzuki India New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Tata Motors reported...
Centre reviews public health preparedness for management of Covid-19
States and UTs were briefed that India has been witnessing an increase in COVID-19 cases with average daily cases rising to 966 in the week ending March 23 2023 from 313 average daily cases in the week ending March 3 2023; and weekly positivity going up to 1.08 per...
New life players-Acko Life Insurance and Credit Access Life Insurance receive licenses from IRDAI
Three new players have been given licenses in FY2022-23. Another 20 players which intend to enter country's life, non-life and reinsurance sector are in the pipeline, said IRDAI on Friday. Hyderabad: Finally, the long dry spell of new life players have come an end...