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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarKarnataka govt simultaneously launches 114 ‘Namma Clinics’ across State
Each Namma Clinic is expected to cater to a population of 10,000 to 20,000. The 12 kinds of services include pregnancy, postnatal, neonatal care, childhood and adolescent care, universal immunisation services, family welfare, contraceptive, infectious disease...
India’s COVID-19 tally not rising due to hybrid immunity -Top Health Expert
New Delhi: COVID-19 Working Group NTAGI Chairman N K Arora on Wednesday said that despite South Asian countries reporting an increase in COVID-19 cases, India is not getting affected because of hybrid immunization. However, Dr. Arora warned that India still needs to...
Govt extends bid submission deadline till Jan 7 for IDBI Bank sale
The government and the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) hold 94.71 per cent of IDBI Bank and are looking to offload 60.72 per cent in the state-owned bank. The successful bidder will have to make an open offer of acquisition of 5.28 per cent of the public...
Shift work affects risk of Covid-19, severity of infection, shows research
"However, they did not have a higher risk of getting a more severe outcome of the infection, compared to those not working face-to-face with others," said Bjorn Bjorvatn, Professor at the University of Bergen Shift work and working face-to-face with others affect the...
Combination of factors behind LIC share price going up: Experts
The LIC scrip on Wednesday opened at Rs 723 and during the intra-day trade it touched a high of Rs 732 and a low of Rs 719.95. A change in the accounting policy resulted in LIC's profit shooting up by Rs 14,271.80 crore to Rs 15,952.29 crore for the Q2FY23. Mumbai: A...
AIIMS Delhi server attack originated from China, say government sources; data from 5 servers safely retrieved
"AIIMS Delhi server attack was by the Chinese, FIR details that the attack had originated from China. Of 100 servers (40 physical and 60 virtual), five physical servers were successfully infiltrated by the hackers. The damage would have been far worse but is now...
GST Council likely to decide on decriminalisation of GST offences, setting up appellate tribunals on Saturday
The committee has also suggested that the fee for compounding offences be reduced to 25 per cent of the tax amount, from 50-150 per cent currently Currently as per the GST Act, the amount payable for compounding of offences is 50 per cent of the tax amount involved...
New Zealand passes minimum age law aiming to ban smoking for next generation
The law states that tobacco can't ever be sold to anybody born on or after January 1, 2009 - and from now on, the minimum age for buying cigarettes will keep going up and up New Zealand is not the only nation pushing to ban smoking for the next generations. In June, a...
ADB trims economic growth forecast for developing Asia, equity investors remain bullish
Monetary policy tightening by central banks globally and in the region, the protracted Russian invasion of Ukraine, and recurring lockdowns in the People's Republic of China (PRC) are slowing down developing Asia's recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, ADB said....
Russian insurer Ingosstrakh says no plans to cover new sanctioned clients
“We are not willing and will not provide short-term P&I (Protection and Indemnity) coverage for vessels caught up by the new Turkish regulations at the mouth of the Bosphorus,” Ingosstrakh said Russian insurer Ingosstrakh said on Monday it has no plans to offer...
Auction base price hiked by Rs 1.5K cr to Rs 6.5K cr for Reliance Cap bidders
According to the new rules, the bidders, in the first and second round, will have to increase the bid value by minimum Rs 1,000 crore each. This means the first bid has to be minimum Rs 7,500 crore and the second Rs 8,500 crore. The auction will now take place on...
India is largest ‘connected’ nation with 800 million broadband users: Chandrasekhar
``5G and the largest rural broadband connectivity network project at BharatNet will have 1.2 billion Indian users constituting the single largest presence of the global internet. He further said that we also expect further technological innovations as well as updated...
2302 claims of Rs 50 lakh each cleared under insurance scheme for health workers fighting Covid: Govt
Fifty-three claims have been paid to the families of doctors in Bihar, 64 in Uttar Pradesh, 43 in Maharashtra, 38 in Karnataka and 37 each in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said in a written reply to a question in...
Universal Sompo General partners with Zopper
Universal Sompo General Insurance, has partnered with Zopper, India’s largest insurance infrastructure API platform, to roll out offerings with personalised insurance solutions, as well as a hassle-free customer experience, from policy generation to claims...
BSE adds 1 crore investors in 148 days to reach 12 crore-mark
In terms of states, Maharashtra leads in terms of investors with a share of 20 per cent of the total 12 crore investors. This was followed by Gujarat at 10 per cent, Uttar Pradesh at 9 per cent and Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu at 6 per cent each Leading stock exchange BSE...
Too soon to call end to COVID-19 emergency, GAVI chief says
A World Health Organization (WHO) body meets every few months to decide whether the new coronavirus, which emerged three years ago in China's Wuhan, still represents a "public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)". Reuters: The head of the GAVI global...
Study discovers secrets of a good night’s sleep
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have discovered a signalling pathway within brain cells that controls the length and depth of sleep in a new study A good night's sleep can be beneficial to both the mind and the body. But what determines how much sleep we...
Small islands seek UN sea court’s opinion on climate change
Small island states are among the most vulnerable nations to climate change Specifically, the commission — backed by the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda and the Pacific island country of Tuvalu — wants the UN court to outline what obligations parties to the...