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Brazil and Indonesia lead the world in crypto adoption: Study
Brazil and Indonesia lead the world in crypto adoption, Gemini found, with 41% of people surveyed in those countries reporting crypto ownership, compared with 20% in the United States and 18% in the United Kingdom Gemini found that 79% of people who reported owning...
China sends military, doctors to Shanghai amid COVID-19 outbreak
Shanghai will conduct city-wide nucleic acid testing on Monday. The city on Monday reported 425 confirmed and 8,581 asymptomatic domestically transmitted cases, the highest daily increases since the latest outbreak, bringing the total number of COVID-19 infections in...
HDFC Bank, HDFC to merge in $40 billion deal to create lending behemoth
As part of the deal, shareholders of HDFC Ltd will receive 42 shares of the bank for 25 shares held. Existing shareholders of HDFC Ltd will own 41% of HDFC Bank Mumbai: India's most valuable lender HDFC Bank on Monday agreed to take over the country's largest mortgage...
Unemployment rate decreasing in India: CMIE
According to the data, Haryana recorded the highest unemployment rate in March at 26.7 per cent, followed by Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir at 25 per cent each, Bihar at 14.4 per cent, Tripura at 14.1 per cent and West Bengal at 5.6 per cent Unemployment rate in the...
WHO suspends Covaxin supply to UN agencies
A statement issued by WHO on Saturday said the suspension is in response to the outcomes of its post EUL (emergency use authorisation) inspection held between March 14–22, 2022 and the need to conduct process and facility upgrade to address recently identified GMP...
Demographic dividend may turn into liability sans enough jobs, skilled workforce: Report
The report points out that India will add another 183 million people to the working age group of 15-64 years between 2020-50 as per the UN Population Statistics database New Delhi; As the country is expected to add another 183 million people to the working age group...
India on cusp of major economic recovery: Niti Aayog VC Rajiv Kumar
" Notwithstanding economic uncertainties triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war that is also impacting global supply chains, Kumar asserted that it was quite clear from all accounts that India will remain the fastest growing economy in the world'' said Niti Aayog Vice...
FPIs withdraw Rs 41,000 cr in March
Himanshu Srivastava, Associate Director - Manager Research, Morningstar India, said the outflows can be attributed to the anticipation of rate hike by US Fed, and deteriorating geopolitical environment with Russia and Ukraine engaging in a war New Delhi: Continuing...
NHA invites all stakeholders to join hands in building Unified Health Interface
Under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), NHA invites contributors to participate in the open development of digital health protocols New Delhi: The National Health Authority (NHA) invites contributors and developers from the open community, especially those...
Indian Govt’s initiatives to control incidence of obesity
682 District NCD (Non-Communicable Diseases) Clinics, 191 District Cardiac Care Units, and 5408 Community Health Center NCD Clinics have been set up in the country As per the National Health Profile 2020, the prevalence of obesity among adult females (18+ years of...
NHAI invites tenders from insurers for providing cashless treatment facility on Golden Quadrilateral stretch
The scheme will cover the immediate needs of hospitalisation of the victims for the first 48 hours from the time of hospitalisation or providing necessary treatment, whichever occurs earlier, up to a cost of Rs 30,000 starting from the time of the ambulance reaching...
India sees warmest March in 122 years: IMD
The weather department attributed the unusual heat to the lack of rainfall due to the absence of active western disturbances over north India and any major system over south India The country as a whole recorded a rainfall of 8.9 mm, which was 71 per cent less than...
NMC recommends replacing Hippocratic Oath with ‘Maharshi Charak Shapath’
According to new guidelines, "Modified 'Maharshi Charak Shapath' is recommended when a candidate is introduced to medical education." The guidelines also recommend a 10-day yoga "foundation course", beginning June 12 every year and culminating on the International...
Russia registers nasal version of Sputnik V, world’s first nasal vaccine against COVID-19
"Laboratory tests show the Sputnik V protects against the Omicron in its ordinary injection form, and it will certainly be efficient in the nasal form," he added, according to TASS Moscow: Russian Health Ministry has registered the nasal version of Sputnik V, the...
New COVID-19 variant: No need to push panic button, but keep close watch, says TIGS Director
"It is unfortunate that a certain section of the society seems to be eager to declare that the pandemic is over. People should take care by using masks, administering vaccines as per rules and boosters wherever allowed and avoiding unnecessary clustering in crowded...
New COVID mutant ‘XE’ found in UK, more transmissible than Omicron sub-variant: WHO
Recombinant variants are not an unusual occurrence, particularly when there are several variants in circulation, and several have been identified over the course of the pandemic to date. As with other kinds of variant, most will die off relatively quickly," Professor...
U.N. launches group to hold companies to account for net-zero pledges
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said the group of 16 experts will analyze the net-zero plans of companies, investors, cities and regions in order to develop stringent and transparent standards to ensure they deliver their promises WASHINGTON: The United...
China and India biggest domestic market opportunities for insurance: HSBC
“Mainland China and India are growing at fast rates and are two of the biggest domestic market opportunities,” said Greg Hingston, global chief executive, HSBC Holdings Plc’s insurance Opportunities will likely be in places like Singapore, India and mainland China,...