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Oldest person in China dies at 135
Alimihan Seyiti The improvement of health services has partly contributed to longevity of the people. The local government has provided contracted doctor service, free annual physical checks, and monthly advanced age subsidies for the elderly aged above 60 China's...
Europeans reimpose restrictions as Omicron variant sweeps continent
As case numbers escalated, alarmed ministers in France, and Austria tightened travel restrictions. Paris cancelled its New Year's Eve fireworks. Denmark closed theaters, concert halls, amusement parks and museums. French Prime Minister Jean Castex said Friday that...
Personality traits predict performance differently across different jobs: Study
"These findings should prove useful for scholars pursuing a richer understanding of personality -- performance relations and for organizations honing employee talent identification and selection systems," said Wilmot and Deniz Ones, professor of psychology at the...
4 labour codes likely to be implemented by FY23 as many states ready draft rules
Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav in a reply to the Rajya Sabha earlier this week had said that the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code is the only code on which the least number of 13 states have pre-published the draft rules New Delhi: The...
RBI favours total ban on cryptocurrencies
Nearly 15 million Indian retail investors representing 1.8 per cent of the population have invested over $6.6 billion in crypto assets Government is not likely to bring a bill on cryptocurrency in the ongoing winter session of the Parliament Lucknow: RBI discussed...
Traders brace for third Covid wave as Omicron cases rise in Delhi
"We will soon be asking all our traders to enforce Covid protocols in their shops. In the last 10 days, there has been visible decrease in footfalls in the market. The business is slowing down due to the increasing cases of Omicron in the city," said Sanjay Bhargava,...
The five-day office week isn’t coming back. WFH is here to stay
A fundamental and lasting shift toward teleworking would have significant implications for the structure of economies, from productivity to worker rights and childcare provision There may be no going back to the five-day week in the office, according to a survey of...
Omicron cases doubling in 1.5-3 days in areas with local spread: WHO
The WHO warned that with cases rising so rapidly, hospitals could be overwhelmed in some places The Omicron coronavirus variant has been reported in 89 countries and the number of cases is doubling in 1.5 to 3 days in areas with community transmission, the World...
ICAI to soon get powers to act against erring partnership firms
As part of efforts to bolster the disciplinary mechanism of the ICAI as well as the institutes of cost accountants and company secretaries, Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to amend the Acts governing these...
Govt saves Rs.2.25 lakh crore by DBT to the genuine beneficiaries through Aadhaar
Saurabh Garg, CEO,UIDAI "We want to use new technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and machine learning to strengthen Aadhaar and to make it more secure and the last thing I want to focus on is information security and privacy.Aadhaar architecture is...
IMF board forms group to review data integrity after World Bank scandal
"As part of this effort, the Board's steering group and the staff working groups will take stock of current procedures and systems in place, assess their effectiveness, and recommend improvements as needed to ensure that arrangements reflect best practices," the IMF...
Indian Diagnostic industry may log 55 pc revenue growth in FY22: Report
The diagnostics industry led by national-level players like Lal Pathlabs, Metropolis Healthcare, Thyrocare Technologies, SRL, Vijaya Diagnostic Centre, Krsnaa Diagnostics, saw a sharp 74 per cent jump in revenue in April-September partly due to low base and partly due...
Biden’s highway safety pick vows to reduce US traffic deaths
An estimated 38,680 people were killed in traffic crashes in 2020, the most since 2007 in USA , even though total miles driven dropped at the beginning of the pandemic. In the first three months of 2021, 8,730 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes, a 10.5%...
World coal power demand to hit new high after China, India, U.S. surge,undermining greenhouse gas emissions, – IEA
IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said the increase was "a worrying sign of how far off track the world is in its efforts to put emissions into decline towards net zero." Rising consumption in China, India and the United States could bring global coal-fired power...
Tesla faces investor lawsuit over Musk tweets on 10% stock sales
The lawsuit, filed with the Delaware Court of Chancery on Thursday, seeks to obtain records and books related to his tweets, including documents to identify whether the stock sales tweets were reviewed or pre-approved in advance In 2018, Musk settled a lawsuit by the...
Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka’s sovereign rating to ‘CC’
''The downgrade reflects our view of an increased probability of a default event in coming months in light of Sri Lanka's worsening external liquidity position, underscored by a drop in foreign-exchange reserves set against high external debt payments and limited...
WHO lists 9th COVID-19 vaccine Covovax for emergency use
The vaccine, Covovax, is produced by the Serum Institute of India, under licence from Novavax, and will now be part of the COVAX facility portfolio, boosting efforts to vaccinate more people in lower-income countries. WHO Assistant-Director General for Access to...
Competition Comm suspends approval for Amazon-Future Coupons deal; slaps Rs 202 cr penalty on e-retaile
The watchdog noted that Amazon had failed to disclose true and complete details of the purpose of the combination, which were required to be given while seeking the approval New Delhi: In a significant development, the Competition Commission on Friday suspended its...