New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair NITI Aayog’s eighth Governing Council meeting on May 27, which will deliberate on several issues including, health, skill development, women empowerment and infrastructure development, with an aim to make India a developed nation by 2047. The council, the apex body of NITI Aayog, includes all chief ministers, lieutenant…
New Delhi: IRDAI Chairman Debasish Panda on Thursday said the regulator is working on three-pronged approach — availability, accessibility and affordability — to ensure ‘Insurance for All by 2047’. India will attain 100 years of independence by 2047 and Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has taken several steps in the last 10-12 months…
New Delhi: AAP leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was on Thursday admitted to the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital here after he collapsed in Tihar Jail due to dizziness, the party said. Jain has been lodged in prison since his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case in May. “Satyendar…
New Delhi: The upcoming Digital India framework will have a chapter devoted to emerging technologies, particularly Artificial Intelligence, and how to regulate them through the ‘prism of user harm’, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said asserting that India will do “what is right” to protect its digital nagriks and keep internet safe and trusted for its users….
New Delhi: Asserting that quality gets better market, Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday stressed the need to change the country’s mindset about the quality of products and services. Addressing the 44th plenary meeting of International Standard Organisation (ISO) Technical Committee on Consumer Policy, Goyal said, “Quality is not an abstract term. Quality is not…
New Delhi: Amid complaints about chemists insisting customers on buying entire strip of tablets or capsules, the Centre is making efforts to find some solution to protect the consumer interest and is holding consultations with the pharma industry. The forced buying of a full strip of medicine not only leads to medical wastage but also put…
New Delhi, The TMC, the CPI and the AAP on Tuesday announced they will skip the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building on May 28 and more opposition parties including the Congress are likely to join them. Amid demands from the opposition that the president should inaugurate the new building, leaders of like-minded opposition…
New Delhi: The suspended board of Go First on Tuesday filed caveats before the Supreme Court against four aircraft lessors of the crisis-hit airline. Four caveats have been filed by Varun Berry, the Chairman of the suspended board of Go First through his counsel advocate Pranjal Kishore, as per the information available on the website…
Chandigarh: Pharma major Venus Remedies on Tuesday said it has secured a good manufacturing practices (GMP) certification from Kenya for all its production facilities at Baddi, in Himachal Pradesh. The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) of the Kenyan Health Ministry granted the certification following a rigorous audit of the company’s production facilities in Baddi, a company…
Washington: Describing “Atmanirbhar Bharat” as a brilliant initiative which was long overdue, a top Indian-American CEO has said that the US is a natural partner in India’s initiative to make the country self-reliant in various fields, particularly in defence. The remarks by Vivek Lall, Chief Executive of General Atomics Global Corporation, came ahead of Prime Minister…
