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Indonesia quake kills more than 50, wounds hundreds, destroys homes
The country of more than 270 million people is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its location on the Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin Jakarta; A 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed more than...
SAT upholds IRDAI’s rulings against Go Digit on combi product
IRDAI after examining Go Digit’s “Digital Group Total Protect Policy” filed under `Use and File’ norms had asked the company to withdraw the product as some of its features fall under life insurance products and can’t be offered by a general insurance company...
Covid can deteriorate diabetes, associated heath disease: Scientist
"One is cognitive dysfunction, which can lead to Alzheimer's disease. Second, it can enhance diabetes in pre-diabetic patients or pre-diabetic conditions. Third, it can exacerbate complications of diabetes such as cardiomyopathy or muscle dysfunction," he explained....
‘Piglets’ investments turn sour for scores of investors
According to one of the FIRs lodged with the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police, Mangat Ram Maini, a resident of Firozpur in Punjab, as well as his relatives and associates allegedly defrauded investors to the tune of hundreds of crores. New Delhi:...
Health ministry includes coronary stents in National List of Essential Medicines, 2022
Several anti-cancer drugs, antibiotics and vaccines were among 34 new additions to the National List of Essential Medicines released on September 13, taking the total number of drugs under it to 3 New Delhi: The Union health ministry has notified the inclusion of...
Govt to publish frameworks to check fake reviews on e-commerce websites
"After consultation with stakeholders, we have finalised frameworks to counter fake reviews. The BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) has also come out with a standard. The frameworks for fake review management will be published next week," Govt to publish frameworks to...
COP27 ends with historic decision on damage fund, little progress on other issues
“The countries fell short of agreeing to a phasedown of all fossil fuels, which speaks to the energy crisis and the hold of the oil and gas lobby at this COP,” Aarti Khosla, Director, Climate Trends New Delhi: While the UN climate summit in Egypt concluded with a...
World has waited far too long for this: India on compensation fund approved at UN climate talk
''We note that we are establishing a four-year work program on climate action in agriculture and food security. Agriculture, the mainstay of livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers, will be hard hit from climate change. So, we should not burden them with...
Demat accounts up 41 pc to 10.4 cr in Oct; incremental additions slowing down
Lesser number of new initial public offerings (IPOs) hitting markets this year compared to 2021 has also contributed to the lower number of demat accounts being opened in the last few months, he added. The number of demat accounts rose to 10.4 crore in October, 41 per...
Historic compensation fund approved at UN climate talks
The decision establishes a fund for what negotiators call loss and damage. It is a big win for poorer nations which have long called for cash sometimes viewed as reparations because they are often the victims of climate worsened floods, droughts, heat waves, famines...
Chubb receives regulatory approval to increase its Huatai stake to 83.2%
"China is currently the second largest insurance market after the United States. With an aging and more affluent society comes the growing demands for insurance and asset management products and services. We take a long-term view, and I am confident Huatai will grow...
EXPLAINER-COP27: What is ‘Loss and Damage’ funding, and who should pay?
Vulnerable countries and campaigners have argued that rich countries that caused the bulk of climate change with their historical greenhouse gas emissions should pay. The United States and European Union have previously resisted the argument, fearing spiralling...
Even govt will be held accountable for data breach, says govt source
The source said that there has been frivolous applications under the Right to Information Act which overburden government departments and therefore the government-notified entity has been exempted from RTI clause New Delhi; The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill...
Research: Potential threat to heart health from extreme weather
Study author Professor Stefan Agewall of the University of Oslo, Norway said: "The relationships between cold temperatures and deaths were more pronounced in men and people living in neighbourhoods with a low socioeconomic status. The links between cold and new-onset...
The Winter Session of Parliament will be held from December 7 to December 29 this year, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Friday. The upcoming Winter Session will have a total of 17 working days, he said. It isex
Extreme weather events to rise manifold in India due to climate change: IIT-G study
''The fraction of the total population and urban area exposed to sequential extremes will increase rapidly if the global mean temperature rises above 1.5 degrees Celsius from the pre-industrial level,'' Vimal Mishra, Professor, Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences,...
Big Pharma may have to reveal government deals in WHO’s draft pandemic rules
The aim of the pact, commonly known as the pandemic treaty, is to prevent the next global health crisis from being as devastating as COVID-19 and improving the global response that left many of the world's poorest countries behind The draft recognises the importance...
Punjab to implement Old Pension Scheme, state cabinet okays notification
State government contribution towards the pension corpus will be Rs 1,000 crore per annum initially and will gradually increase in future. In addition to this, the current accumulated corpus with NPS is Rs 16,746 crore for which the state government will request...