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India will take 20 yrs, 8-9% growth to become developed nation: Rangarajan
In order to reach the level of an upper middle-income country, the per capita income will have to be at a minimum of USD 13,205 and that will take more than two decades of strong growth of between 8 to 9 per cent to achieve it. Achievement of a USD 5 trillion economy...
RT-PCR test mandatory for arrivals from China, 4 other nations: Union Health Minister Mandaviya
"The RT-PCR test to be mandatory for international arrivals from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand. On arrival, if any passenger from these countries is found symptomatic or tests positive for Covid-19 infection, then he/she will be put under...
India doesn’t need to ban int’l flights, impose lockdown right now: Experts
"Overall, there is no increase in Covid caseload and India currently is in a comfortable situation. Under present circumstances, there is no need to restrict international flights or impose a lockdown," Dr Randeep Guleria, a former AIIMS director, told PTI on Friday...
Researchers discover Artificial intelligence tool that helps in cancer surgery
"We are using the power of artificial intelligence to address an age-old problem at the intersection of surgery and pathology," said corresponding author Faisal Mahmood, PhD, of the Division of Computational Pathology at BWH The surgical procedure is frequently not...
Monitor Influenza-like and Severe Acute Respiratory Illness district-wise: Health Ministry to States, UTs
Rajesh Bhushan,Union health secretary In a letter written to additional chief secretaries, Administrators of all the states and union territories, Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, "Considering the upcoming festive season and New Year celebrations, there was...
Ministry asks banks to cease from using unethical practices to sell insurance policies
There have been instances where life insurance policies were sold to customers aged above 75 years in Tier II-III cities. Usually, branches of the banks push products of their subsidiary insurers. The department has already issued a circular wherein it has been...
Investors’ wealth erode by Rs 15.77 lakh cr in four days
''Besides spurt in Covid cases in China and Japan, the better-than-expected US Q3 GDP numbers further raised concerns that the Fed will go for more rate hikes to tame inflation, which further accentuated selling pressure in the markets,'' said Amol Athawale, Deputy...
Chinese EV firm Xpeng Aeroht’s $1,40,000 car can fly over traffic jams
“The flying car is approaching reality and we think it was the right time to chip in,” Brian Gu, Xpeng’s president, said on the sidelines of the Dubai event, called GITEX In fact, the model is designed to be driven on the road for more than 90% of the time and only...
India plans to make COVID-19 negative test mandatory for passengers from high caseload countries
"In the next one week, selected countries will be identified where the caseload is higher today," minister Mansukh Mandaviya said. "People from there who come to India will have to upload their (COVID-19) RT-PCR reports and only then come." New Delhi: India is...
Bharat Biotech’s intranasal Covid vaccine approved by govt, to be available on CO-WIN soon
It is likely to be rolled out in the national Covid vaccination programme soon. The approval for the vaccine comes amid a spurt in Covid cases in China and some other countries. New Delhi: Bharat Biotech's intranasal Covid vaccine has been approved by the Union Health...
“Country’s Covid positivity rate declining week-on-week…” Health Ministry
The average daily cases during the week ending December 21, India has contributed only 0.03 per cent of Covid cases in the cases reported globally. India's global contribution of only 153 cases is highly lesser, as compared to 1,54,521-- 26.8 per cent of Japan, Health...
Research shows significant cardiovascular benefits at 6,000 daily walking steps at any pace
The meta-analysis of 15 studies involving nearly 50,000 people from four continents found that walking between 6,000 and 8,000 steps per day was linked with a lower risk of death from all causes among older adults The evidence-based health benefits of walking continue...
DGCA carries out 4,378 surveillance activities among Indian airlines this year
"As a result, the Effective Implementation score of India has risen from previous 69.95 per cent to 85.49 per cent, thereby changing India's Safety Oversight ranking from 102 to 48 among the 193 contracting states," it said. New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on...
China in a bind: Whether to recover economy or control Covid spike
Analysts have forecast China's economic growth to slump to 2.8-3.2 per cent this year, which would be the lowest in five decades. China has, for the first time, officially acknowledged Covid deaths in recent weeks. This has given credibility to reports of heavy death...
Meta agrees to pay largest $725 million to settle privacy lawsuit
It’s “the largest recovery ever achieved in a data privacy class action and the most Facebook has ever paid to resolve a private class action,” the plaintiffs said in a court filing late Thursday. Lawyers for the consumers had steadily gained leverage to pry into the...
U.S. population growth inches higher in 2022, driven by immigration
The country's population expanded 0.4% this year to 333.3 million after nearly stagnating at 0.1% in 2021 when the coronavirus exacerbated a trend of more subdued growth in prior years The population of the United States accelerated in 2022 from its slowest rate on...
Grievance redressal mechanism of e-commerce players not up to mark: Consumer Affairs Secy
Rohit Kumar Singh,Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs Talking about other initiatives of the ministry, Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said the government will soon come out with guidelines for social media influencers, making it mandatory for them to...
Goyal introduces Jan Vishwas bill in Lok Sabha to decriminalise minor offences in 42 Acts
Besides the decriminalisation of minor offences, the bill envisages the rationalisation of monetary penalties, depending on the gravity of the offence, bolstering trust-based governance New Delhi: Commerce and industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday in Lok Sabha...