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The contributions are part of a G20 initiative - led by France and the United States - to reallocate $100 billion worth of SDRs to the world's most vulnerable countries Paris; France will release some 4 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) Special Drawing Rights...
Indian Aviation safety rankings jumped to 48th rank in International Civil Aviation Organization’s report
Arun Kumar, Director General of DGCA said that it is a great achievement in terms of ranking as they have jumped from the 102nd rank four years ago to the 48th spot this year New Delhi:India has been ranked among the top 50 countries of the world in terms of...
‘Fintechs replacing banks a misconception; CBDC experience so far comforting’
"It's a misconception to view Fintech entities as a possible replacement to banks," he said, stressing that these modern age enterprises facilitate banking and are not a competition to banks in anyway. Mumbai: Speculation around fintechs replacing banks is a...
PMFBY committed to providing comprehensive insurance coverage against crop loss: Govt
The acceptability of the scheme has increased amongst the farmers in the last 6 years, with share of non-loanee farmers, marginalized farmers, and small farmers increasing by 282% since the initiation of the scheme in 2016 Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers...
FACTBOX-How many people might die, and why, if China loosens COVID restrictions
China could see 1.3 million to 2.1 million people die if it lifts its zero-COVID policy due to low vaccination and booster rates as well as a lack of hybrid immunity, British scientific information and analytics company Airfinity said on Monday. The company said it...
Many persons with disabilities face premature death due to health inequities
“It's a significant reason for these early deaths because of poor quality health services. There's also a higher incidence of diseases such as tuberculosis, diabetes, stroke, sexually transmitted infections, and cardiovascular problems among persons with disabilities,...
Ransomware attack on AIIMS a conspiracy, planned by forces that are significant: MoS IT Chandrasekhar
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar ''It is clearly a conspiracy and it has been planned by forces that are pretty significant. It is a sophisticated ransomware attack. We will wait for the outcome of CERTin and NIA (National Investigation...
Covid still highly transmissible between mammals
Researchers including an Indian-origin scientist at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in New York in the US, developed computer simulations that show the coronaviruses use their spike proteins to attach themselves to the host cells in both bats and humans in...
EU takes ‘first step’ to certify removing CO2 from atmosphere
The EU has committed to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 from 1990 levels, and reach “net zero” emissions by 2050 – meaning that any remaining emissions that cannot be completely cut in sectors like agriculture or cement making must be balanced by...
Double finance for nature-based solutions to deal with climate, biodiversity crises: UN report
The analysis shows that finance flows to NbS are currently only USD 154 billion/year, which is less than half of the USD 384 billion/year investment needed by 2025 and only a third of investment needed by 2030 (USD 484 billion/year) Geneva: Financing for nature-based...
Air pollution linked with multiple long-term health conditions: Study
“Our research has indicated that those people that live in areas of higher traffic-related air pollution are at greater risk of having multiple health conditions. People with more than one long-term health condition have a lower quality of life and greater dependence...
Covid pandemic altered teens’ brains, study finds
By comparing MRI scans from a cohort of 163 children taken before and during the pandemic, the study showed that this developmental process sped up in adolescents as they experienced the COVID-19 lockdowns, said first author on the paper, Ian Gotlib, Stanford...
Govt likely to bring Data Protection Bill in next year’s Budget Session
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill is legislation that frames out the rights and duties of the citizen (Digital Nagrik) on one hand and the Obligations to use collected data lawfully of the Data Fiduciary on the other hand The Digital Data Protection Bill,...
WHO and European Commission partner to achieve universal health coverage
Strengthening health systems and advancing universal health coverage worldwide is one of the three key priorities of the Strategy Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission yesterday agreed on reinforcing a decade-long collaboration to...
Drop in COVID alertness could create deadly new variant – WHO
"Gaps in testing … and vaccination are continuing to create the perfect conditions for a new variant of concern to emerge that could cause significant mortality," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. COVID-19 infections are at record highs in China...
EU agrees $60 Russian oil price cap
The G7 price cap will allow non-EU countries to continue importing seaborne Russian crude oil, but it will prohibit shipping, insurance and re-insurance companies from handling cargoes of Russian crude around the globe, unless it is sold for less than the price cap...
Centre finalises easy template for online filing of consumer complaints
There has been a steep rise in consumer grievances related to the e-commerce sector on the National Consumer Helpline (NCH). Out of the 90,000 complaints registered on NCH every month, 45-50 per cent of the total complaints pertain to e-commerce, an official statement...
Swiss seek mandatory reporting of cyberattacks on key infrastructure
It asked parliament to approve legislation that creates the legal basis for reporting obligations and spells out the tasks of the National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) as the central watchdog for cyberattacks Zurich: The Swiss government proposed on Friday making it...