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"No person shall manufacture, pack, store, sell, market or otherwise distribute or import any food or food ingredient produced from GMOs, except with the prior approval of the food authority," the draft regulations said. New Delhi: FSSAI has come out with draft...
Cannot permit Bihar govt to play with lives of people, SC on plea for action against fake pharmacists
“If an untrained person administers wrong medicine or gives a wrong dosage, it will prove dangerous for the people. Who will be held responsible? In states like Bihar, the problem is not limited to fake pharmacists but fake doctors also,” the apex court bench said....
Govt announces new norms to curb fake online reviews of products services
However, the government has barred publication of reviews that "have been purchased and/or written by individuals employed for that purpose by the supplier or third party concerned" The BIS standards, prepared after extensive stakeholder consultations and to be...
WHO and FIFA luanch new digital app to help increase physical activity
WHO recommends all children and adolescents get an average of 60 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity per day, including activities that strengthen muscles and bones at least 3 times a week. Yet, more than 80% of adolescents do not meet these...
MRI shows significant brain abnormalities post-COVID: IIT Delhi study
Neurological symptoms associated with long COVID include difficulty thinking or concentrating, headache, sleep problems, lightheadedness, pins-and-needles sensation, change in smell or taste, and depression or anxiety. Among patients with long COVID, the most commonly...
FIR against 5 Noida hospital doctors over negligence leading to death of COVID-19 patient
The first information report (FIR) has been lodged against the doctors of Yatharth Hospital at the Phase 2 police station under Indian Penal Code section 304A (causing death by negligence) over a complaint by Gautam Buddh Nagar's deputy chief medical officer Dr Tikam...
Govt may remove penal offences covered under IPC from GST law
''Maximum sentence under section 420 of IPC for cheating cases is 7 years, whereas the same is ring-fenced to 5 years in GST code. With this change, deceitful taxpayers could be charged for up to 7 years of imprisonment under section 420 of IPC, irrespective of the...
Kotak Gen launches a car insurance add-on with cashback
Suresh Agarwal, managing director and CEO, Kotak General Insurance said, "Demand for need based insurance cover has been on a rise particularly post Covid. With hybrid and work from home policies coupled with higher fuel prices and increasing inflation has witnessed a...
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...