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Campaigners who want to end all experiments on mice, rats and other animals gathered enough signatures to stage the vote under the Swiss system of direct democracy, meeting strong opposition from the country's huge pharmaceutical sector Voters in Switzerland will...
FPIs net sellers at Rs 14,935 cr in first half of Feb
''FPIs sharply increased the pace of selling after the US Federal Reserve indicated an end of the ultra-loose monetary policy regime. Besides, globally, the bond yields have surged in recent times on expectation of a hike in interest rates by the US Fed,'' Himanshu...
Portugal: Church sex abuse panel unearths more than 200 cases
“This suffering is associated with feelings of shame, fear, guilt and self-exclusion, reinforcing the idea of lives where the sensation of `standing on the sidelines’ was always present,” the committee said in a statement A lay committee looking into historic child...
Solar Storm hits SpaceX Satellites, pushes them out of Orbit
Up to 40 of the 49 small satellites launched last week have either reentered the atmosphere and burned up, or are on the verge of doing so, the company said in an online update Tuesday night There is no danger from these newly falling satellites, either in orbit or on...
NGT junks plea seeking permission to use 10-year-old diesel vehicle in Delhi-NCR
The NGT had earlier dismissed the Centre's plea seeking modification of its order banning 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the Delhi-NCR It had noted that emissions from diesel vehicles are carcinogenic in nature and one diesel vehicle causes pollution equivalent to 24...
Media report on excess Covid deaths in India ‘purely speculative’: Govt
In written reply to a question, Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said the international magazine in its report in January 2022 speculated excess deaths than the official number of COVID-19 fatalities "The report was purely speculative that made...
Why cage-free eggs becoming norm: It’s what people want
The change marks one of the animal welfare movement's biggest successes after years of battles with the food industry. The transition has cost billions of dollars for producers who initially resisted calls for more humane treatment of chickens but have since fully...
Second electric bus accident in Kanpur in two weeks; six injured
Senior officials announced suspension of electric bus services for the next three days. Additional DM Atul Kumar and Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Raveena Tiyagi have been asked to conduct an inquiry and get technical inspection of all electric buses done and...
Covid-19 pandemic: Era of restrictions is fast coming to an end
Expanding home-testing, improving ventilation in public buildings, increasing efforts to track mutations and developing better vaccines and drugs that can work against a broad range of variants and other diseases are all part of the toolkit. Soumya Swaminathan, chief...
Tesla manufacturing in China and selling in India not digestible: Gadkari
Nitin Gadkari,Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Stressing that Musk has to manufacture here first in order to roll out Tesla cars on the roads, the Minister said: "Now his (Musk's) interest is to manufacture the Tesla car in China and make it sell in...
Pandemic has not ended as more variants expected:WHO chief scientist
Soumya Swaminathan,chief scientist,World Health Organization, "Our expectation is that the acute phase of this pandemic will end this year, of course with one condition, the 70 percent vaccination (target is achieved) by mid this year around June, July," Tedros...
NFT marketplace shuts, citing ‘rampant’ fakes, plagiarism problem
Sales of NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, soared to around $25 billion in 2021 leaving many baffled as to why so much money is being spent on items that do not physically exist and which anyone can view online for free The platform which sold an NFT of Jack Dorsey's...
NHA announces integration of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission with Aarogya Setu app
People can use their Ayushman Bharat Health Account number to link their existing and new medical records, including doctor prescriptions, lab reports, hospital records and also share those with health professionals and health service providers New Delhi: The National...
New India’s net profit at Rs 493 crore, pays Rs 866 crore of Covid claims in Q3 FY2022
Atul Sahai, CMD, New India Assurance Atul Sahai, the outgoing CMD of NIA, said,`` The company is focused on pursuing profitable growth and has been performing exceedingly well in recent times. But Covid-Pandemic claims worth Rs 866 crore impacted the bottom line...
Shift in mobility trends with focus on electric, hybrid vehicles: Deloitte Study
More than a third of Indian consumers have expressed interest in electrified and hybrid vehicles, as the segment sets steam with India's focus on environment friendly, self-manufactured and sustainable solutions post pandemic, as per the findings of the annual report...
ESG rater says green push compliance tough for Indian companies
The government’s move has pushed the Securities and Exchange Board of India to roll out a series of rules in the past year and create a standardized ESG framework for the country’s top 1000 listed companies While Indian companies have shown an eagerness to embrace...
Cyber criminals extort $1.3B in ransom payments over 2 yrs: Report
Criminals netted $1.3 billion in ransom payments from hacking victims in the past two years, reflecting a massive surge in cyber-crime that has prompted a global effort to stop it, according to a new report from Chainalysis Inc Hackers have adopted advanced...
Taxing cryptos income doesn’t make them legal: FM Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, "I am not going to legalise it or ban it at this stage. Banning or not banning will come subsequently, when consultations give me input". About the profit emanating from transactions in cryptocurrencies, she stated that...