[ad_1] India has launched a massive drive to locate, identify, and inoculate an estimated one million children who have not received a single vaccine, as the world’s most-populous nation seeks to reduce disease burden. Under the programme spearheaded by the Union ministry of health and family welfare to cover these unvaccinated children, also known as…
[ad_1] New Delhi: The fourth national conference of chief secretaries, scheduled for November, will prioritize employment, entrepreneurship, skilling creating an enabling ecosystem for services in tier-2 and tier-3 cities, two persons directly involved in the process said. The apex meeting of the country’s top federal bureaucracy assumes importance against the backdrop of slowing growth and…
[ad_1] QR codes may be made mandatory for vaccines, cancer drugs and antibiotics to prevent the supply of counterfeits. These QR codes will validate the authenticity of the medicines, as scans will display the name and address of the manufacturer; batch number; date of manufacturing; date of expiry; and manufacturing licence number, among other details….
[ad_1] The Union government has finalized a uniform policy for speeding up organ transplants across that foes away with the need to screen organs at the airports. The policy drafted by federal policy think tank Niti Aayog in consultation with the ministries of civil aviation, housing and urban affairs, railways, transport and highways, ports and…
[ad_1] New Delhi: The ministry of consumer affairs has decided to extend the last date for submission of comments on the proposed new draft rules for breath analyzers, commonly known as breathalyzers. Originally set for 26 July, the new deadline is now 16 August, as stated in a government order. The consumer affairs ministry had…
[ad_1] The government is confident of achieving its fiscal deficit target and sticking to the glide path to trim it to 4.5% of the GDP by FY26, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Parliament on Tuesday, addressing concerns raised by the Opposition on the budget. Sitharaman also outlined the government’s budgetary allocations for social sector…
[ad_1] New Delhi: The environment ministry has asked for more transparency in the way money from the Environment Relief Fund is disbursed to victims of major environmental disasters. Draft regulations issued by the ministry on Thursday asks fund managers of the Fund to disburse all pay-ins to Central and state Pollution Control Boards (PCBs). The…
[ad_1] New Delhi: A ramp-up in the number of global capability centres (GCCs) is serving India well, creating jobs at a time when IT services companies, India’s largest mass recruiter of fresher tech talent, are witnessing a slowdown, the 2024 Economic Survey said. This will be key to driving higher contribution of GCCs to the…
[ad_1] Ahead of the Union Budget for FY25, to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23, India’s banking sector representatives, buoyed by recent growth and consolidation, have voiced their expectations from the government. Speaking with Livemint, many banking industry experts emphasised measures for financial stability and economic acceleration. One key demand is…
