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‘Heal in India’: Govt plans interpreters, special desks at 10 airports for ease of overseas patients
The government has identified 44 countries from where a large number of people visit India for medical purposes, official sources told PTI, adding the cost and quality of treatment in these nations were also taken into account These are predominantly African, Latin...
From 7-11s to train stations, cyber attacks plague Taiwan over Pelosi visit
Taipei has not directly blamed the attacks on the Chinese government, but has said that the attacks on government websites — which paralyzed the sites’ operations — originated from addresses in China and Russia. It also said the firms whose displays were changed had...
Russia finds a new route to oil market via a tiny Egyptian port
The unusual move makes the cargo’s ultimate destination harder to track, adding to a trend of Russian oil shipments becoming increasingly obscured since European buyers began to shun them following the nation’s invasion of Ukraine Russia appears to have found a new...
Ukraine seeks to extend shipping safe passage deal beyond grain
“We expect that the security guarantees of our partners from the U.N. and Turkey will continue to work, and food exports from our ports will become stable and predictable for all market participants,” Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said on...
Japan truck manufacturer Hino says it faked emissions data for 20 years
Teams that were developing engines knew they couldn’t meet targets and felt so pressured they falsified test results, Ogiso said. That led to more deception, as workers covered up their wrongdoing. No safety problems are believed to be involved, Ogiso said TOKYO: Hino...
Twitter rejects Musk’s claims that he was hoodwinked
The two sides head to trial on Oct. 17 after Musk sought to abandon his deal to acquire Twitter over what he says is a misrepresentation of fake accounts on the site Twitter Inc. on Thursday dismissed Elon Musk’s claims in a Delaware court filing that he was...
Berkshire Hathaway posts massive $43.8 bln loss; operating results improve
Warren Buffett, chairman, Berkshire Hathaway Operating results, as improved results from reinsurance and the BNSF railroad offset a loss from the Geico car insurer, where car parts shortages and higher vehicle prices boosted losses on accident claims. The slide in...
Centre writes to States/UT over rising COVID cases; stresses on five-fold strategy
The letters were sent to the State Health Secretaries of Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Telangana on reporting a high number of COVID cases and positivity rate New Delhi: The Centre on Saturday wrote to six states and the Union Territory...
With huge push from the regulator IRDAI, some of the general insurers including three financially weak public sector companies, have started firing from all cylinders to expand their topline July. ongoing General insurance companies have reported a lower growth in...
CSR comes of age with Impact Assessment becoming mandatory: SoulAce
The new amendments require all Corporates with an average CSR obligation of Rs 10 crore or more in the previous three fiscal years to do CSR Impact Assessment Studies of their projects through independent agencies for projects above Rs1 crore Impact Assessment assists...
WMO reports decrease in likelihood of severe Atlantic hurricane season ahead
Over the past 50 years, every single day, they have caused on average 43 deaths and $78 million in damages, according to WMO statistics from 1970-2019 However, based on the data, death tolls have fallen dramatically. This development is thanks to improvements in...
1.5 lakh Ayushman Bharat Health & Wellness Centres to be opened by December: Health Minister
''By the end of December, 1.5 lakh Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres will be available to serve the country,'' Mandaviya said while replying to a discussion on the Right to Health Bill, 2021, a private member's bill introduced by RJD MP Manoj Jha last month...
Renewable energy generation accounts for 25-29 pc of India’s total power amid high demand: Minister RK Singh
Singh informed that when power demand increased this year in recent months, renewable energy (RE) accounted for 25 to 29 per cent of the total power generation and the RE is a major sector New Delhi: Renewable energy accounted for 25 to 29 per cent of the total power...
PSU gen insurers suffered huge losses of Rs 26,364 cr between FY17 & FY21, flouted govt norms in their health insurance business: CAG
CAG audit analysed TPA-wise allocation of business (annual premium) and TPA wise Incurred Claims Ratio (ICR) and found that all the four PSU insurers allocated major share of business (15 to 44 per cent) to one TPA (Medi Assist India TPA Pvt. Ltd.) despite high ICR of...
Shippers rerouted vessels as China began military drills around Taiwan
The Taiwan Strait is a key route, with almost half of the global container fleet passing through the waterway this year. The disruption is just the latest inconvenience for supply chains, which have been reeling since the start of the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of...
PFRDA looks to offer guaranteed pension programme under NPS
Supratim Bandyopadhyay,Chairperson,PFRDA ''The Minimum Assured Return Scheme is under development. Tentatively, we may start from September 30,'' PFRDA Chairperson Supratim Bandyopadhyay told reporters here on Friday New Delhi: The Pension Fund Regulatory and...
Airlines scrap, reroute flights as China fires live missiles in drills near Taiwan
The airspace involved is comparatively small, but the disruption from the largest military exercises by China in the area since it fired missiles off the coast in 1996 is hampering travel between Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia SEOUL: Airlines have cancelled flights...
RBI raises key lending rate by 50bps to 5.40 %, inflation forcast at 6.7%, growth projection at 7.2%
Shaktikanta Das,Governor,Reserve Bank of india This is the third consecutive rate hike after a 40 basis points in May and 50 basis points increase in June. In all, the RBI has raised benchmark rate by 1.40 per cent since May this year "With growth momentum expected to...