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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarFire incidents in electric vehicles unlikely to impact EV sales in long-term: Crisil
''It may have a near-term impact which is a little negative but over the long-term, I don't think this is going to be an impediment (in EV sales). This is a new age industry and any such industry will find teething issues,'' said Hemal Thakkar, Director at Crisil, at...
India’s crypto exchanges block deposits via state-backed system, stir alarm
No official data is available on the size of the Indian crypto market, but industry estimates suggest investors number from 15 million to 20 million, with total holdings of about 400 billion Indian rupees ($5.25 billion) Mumbai: Big Indian crypto exchanges CoinSwitch...
Haryana launches portal to redress grievances related to crop insurance
Haryana Agriculture Minister J P Dalal said,the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana has been implemented in the state since 2016.Under this scheme, barley, maize, cotton, paddy and bajra are insured in Kharif season and wheat, gram, mustard and sunflower crops in Rabi...
UNDP and Generali partner to develop insurance and risk finance solutions
"On average, the world's poorest countries lose $29 billion every year from disasters yet a meagre 3% of these losses are covered by insurance," says UNDP Administrator, Achim Steiner "This new partnership with Generali will allow UNDP to extend much-needed insurance...
Andhra CM inspects information kiosk model to be set up in Aarogyasri hospitals
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy The Chief Minister stated that the government embarked on bringing revolutionary reforms in the health sector for providing better services to the people right from filling up all the vacant posts, to revamping all...
Structural safety certificate from project engineer must be made mandatory for buildings, says advisory panel
During the third meeting of the Central Advisory Council (CAC), constituted under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, called as RERA , measures to ensure structural safety in high-rise buildings and prevent loss of life as well as property, besides...
Carry out safety audit of all ropeway projects: MHA to states and UTs
Three people were killed while being rescued from cable cars in Jharkhand's Deoghar district after the ropeway connecting a hill malfunctioned on Sunday afternoon. In a communication to all states and Union territories, Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla also said that for...
Uganda fights crop-devouring armyworm, blaming climate change
Uganda said climate change had probably caused the infestation as the armyworm migrated to Uganda from countries that were hotter because of global warming Uganda's government said on Tuesday it was deploying pesticides to fight an outbreak of African armyworm, which...
J&J must pay $302M in pelvic mesh case: US Court
Superior Court Judge Eddie found after a non-jury trial that the company made misleading and potentially harmful statements in hundreds of thousands of advertisements and instructional brochures for nearly two decades SAN DIEGO: A California appeals court has upheld a...
Global initiative to combat noncommunicable diseases, responsible for 7 in 10 deaths worldwide
NCDs are largely preventable and treatable, nearly seven million lives could be saved for just US$ 0.84 per person per year from now until 2030, says the UN health agency This investment would realize more than $230 billion in economic and societal benefits and head...
UN: COVID plunged 77 million into poverty before Ukraine war
According to the U.N., 812 million people lived in extreme poverty — on USD 1.90 a day or less -- in 2019, and by 2021 amid the pandemic the number had risen to 889 million A UN analysis indicates ''1.7 billion people are faced with exposure to spiking food, energy...
Sri Lanka’s doctors association urgently seeks medicines to tackle drug shortage amid economic crisis
“Due to poor financial and economic management, the Sri Lankan healthcare sector is on the verge of a severe crisis in saving the lives of patients caused by severe drug and equipment shortages. We need your generous support at this crucial time to continue the...
IRDAI to hold `Open House’ with various industry players on 15th of every month
Debasish Panda, chairman,IRDAI ``All the regulated entities are requested to make use of this initiative to interact with the chairperson, whole-time members and senior officials of IRDAI and offer pragmatic solutions to reduce significant insurance penetration gap in...
25 people dead as typhoon triggered landslides
Nearly 140,000 people have been affected by the storm locally known as Agaton, which made landfall over Eastern Samar province on April 10, the nation’s disaster risk-reduction and management council said. Megi is this year’s first tropical storm to hit the...
Chilean state sues mining multinationals for causing environmental damages
Chile’s leftist President Gabriel Boric has made environmental protection a key focus of his administration, including rights over water, since taking office in March In March, Chile’s environmental watchdog SMA fined Escondida for exceeding the maximum level allowed...
DHL run Boeing jet breaks in two after skidding off runway
The jet spun about 180 degrees and its tail went down an embankment. Photos showed the tail section snapped off from the main fuselage A Boeing Co. 757 cargo jet operated by DHL broke in two after skidding off the runway at Juan Santamaria International airport in...
Russia- Ukraine crisis could slash global trade growth by half in 2022: WTO
The conflict has pushed up food and energy prices, and reduced the availability of goods exported by Russia and Ukraine, said the Secretariat note.Russia and Ukraine are both important suppliers of essential products, notably food and energy, according to the note...
Jharkhand ropeway accident: 2 dead, 15 trapped mid-air as rescue ops halt
Around 32 people have so far been rescued while 15 people remain trapped mid-air in a row of cable cars, nearly 28 hours after the accident took place around 20 km from the famous Baba Baidyanth temple in Deoghar town Deoghar (Jharkhand): One more person died on...