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Professor Seung-Jae V. Lee said, "Our study raises the exciting possibility of simultaneously promoting longevity and health in humans by slightly tweaking the activity of one protein, PTEN." Daejeon: While everyone wants to live a long and healthy life, it isn't...
Europe’s Covid-19 crisis pits vaccinated against unvaccinated
With infections spiking again despite nearly two years of restrictions, the health crisis increasingly is pitting citizen against citizen - the vaccinated against the unvaccinated Brussles: This was supposed to be the Christmas in Europe where family and friends could...
Joint bank account not mandatory for spouse pension, says govt
All banks disbursing central government pension have been advised that in case the spouse (family pensioner) opts for the existing joint bank account for credit of family pension, banks should not insist on opening a new account, it said New Delhi: Joint bank account...
EPFO empowers advisory body FIAC to take call on investment in new instruments like InvITs
Explaining the rationale behind the decision, Labour Secretary Sunil Barthwal told reporters,''If we want to provide high rate of interest then we have to follow guidelines of finance ministry. There are certain instruments (prescribed in norms) where we were not able...
Common Service Centres records more that 80% informal workers’ registrations on e-Shram portal
"We would like the CSCs to become labour welfare centres and help every worker get his/her due benefit under central/state government schemes," CSC SPV Managing Director Dr Dinesh Tyagi said According to the latest data available on the e-Shram portal, as many as 8.43...
EPFO net adds 15.41 lakh subscribers in Sept
Age-wise comparison of payroll data shows that the age-group of 22-25 years registered the highest number of net enrolments at 4.12 lakh during September 2021. This was followed by 18-21 years with around 3.18 lakh net enrolments. This indicates that many first-time...
Sitharaman announces clearance to 3 key projects worth Rs 500 crore for IFSCA
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman underlined that the central government's commitment to make GIFT City a world-class fintech hub as stated in the Union Budget 2021-22 GIFT-IFSC is especially targeted towards companies...
Idemitsu Kosan provides brain MRI facility at gas stations in Japan
At the gas station of Shizuoka Prefecture, a facility of brain MRI service is being provided. The purpose of this service at the station is a preventive medical emergency which will contribute to keeping good health of the people Japanese company Idemitsu Kosan has...
Swachh Survekshan: Indore is Cleanest City For 5th Year In A Row; Chhattisgarh Cleanest State
The 10 top-ranked cleanest cities, having a population of more than one lakh, are Indore, Surat, Vijaywada, Navi Mumbai, New Delhi, Ambikapur, Tirupati, Pune, Noida and Ujjain. Lucknow has been ranked the lowest among 25 cities in the same category. New Delhi: Indore...
Govt mulling changes in I-T laws to bring cryptos under tax net
New Delhi: The government is mulling changes in the income tax laws to bring cryptocurrencies under the tax net, with some changes that could form part of the budget next year, a top official said. Revenue secretary Tarun Bajaj said in terms of income tax, some people...
Insurers run from ransomware cover as losses mounT
"Insurers are changing their appetites, limits, coverage and pricing," Caspar Stops, head of cyber at insurance firm Optio, said. "Limits have halved – where people were offering 10 million pounds ($13.50 million), nearly everyone has reduced to five." Lloyd's of...
China fines tech giants Alibaba, Baidu for failing to report 43 old deals
In December last year, it fined Alibaba, Tencent-backed China Literature and Shenzhen Hive Box 500,000 yuan each for not reporting past deals properly for antitrust reviews, the first time it had ever done so. BEIJING: China's market regulator on Saturday said it was...
COVID-19 lockdown fears trigger European bond rally
Germany's coronavirus situation is so grave that a lockdown, including for people who have been vaccinated, cannot be ruled out, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday. Europe has become the epicentre of the pandemic again in recent weeks. Markets, which had been...
PM Modi to inaugurate IFSCA’s InFinity Forum on December 3
IFSCA is a unified authority for the development and regulation of financial products, financial services and financial institutions in the International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs) in India. New Delhi; Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 'InFinity...
What’s inside Biden’s $1.85T social and climate measure
US President Joe Biden' ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE CHANGE — Clean energy tax credits would receive USD 320 billion worth of funding. These credits over 10 years would help businesses and homeowners shift to renewable energy sources for electricity, vehicles and...
Yara debuts world’s first autonomous electric container ship
"This isn't about replacing the sailors, it's replacing the truck drivers," Yara's Jostein Braaten, project manager for the ship, said at the ship's bridge, which will be removed when the vessel is running at full automation. The ship will load and offload its cargo,...
Maharashtra govt files FIR against Reliance Gen for non-payment of PMFBY claims to farmers
The FIR said: "In the kharif 2020 season, 7,00,129 farmers had paid a premium of Rs 277.65 crore to the company. Of these, 1,61,390 farmers' claims amounting to Rs 107.94 crore were approved by the company. Of these (approved claims), the company paid Rs 52.84 crore...
Covid boosters cleared for all US adults as FDA widens access
“We have absolutely no chance in the current situation to control the pandemic without providing boosters to everyone,” BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin told reporters during a visit to Washington last week. “ US regulators on Friday opened up COVID-19 booster shots to all...