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The Lancet' will be published in Hindi for the first time, it was announced here on Thursday, a development that coincided with 'Hindi Diwas'.Madhya Pradesh Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang said 'The Lancet Regional Health — Southeast Asia' — will be translated into Hindi in coordination with experts from the Bhopal-based Gandhi Medical College (GMC) and MP directorate of medical education (MP-DME), and will be published bi-monthly. The British peer-reviewed general medical journal in its 200th year of publication. «This is for the first time that any Lancet publication is being brought out in Hindi. It is an opportunity to make science and content more accessible and inclusive to researchers and students,» The Lancet's deputy publishing director, Fiona Macnab, told reporters at GMC. Currently, The Lancet publications are available in Spanish and Portuguese besides English, she added. Minister Sarang said the BJP government in MP is promoting Hindi in medical education for students not comfortable with English and described the development as a 'landmark' event. Announcing a tie-up with the leading global health journal, the minister said, «The venture with The Lancet is a landmark development aimed at promoting Hindi in medical education.» «The Lancet Regional Health — Southeast Asia — will be translated into Hindi in coordination with experts from the GMC and Madhya Pradesh directorate medical education (MP-DME),» he added. Last year, MP-DME translated the first year MBBS course in Hindi.

space sector.Q. What is the core of your research?A. I bring the tools of economics to the rapidly changing space sector.

China's crisis-hit property sector's outlook to negative from stable, citing economic growth challenges the ratings agency said would dampen sales despite government support. Moody's said it expected contracted sales to fall by about 5% over the next six to 12 months in China, and the impact of government measures to boost property purchases was likely to be short-lived and uneven. The outlook downgrade comes amid a string of debt defaults by cash-squeezed developers.

Food regulator FSSAI on Thursday said 1,411 prosecution cases have been filed since April against food business operators (FBOs) found to be violating food safety laws. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said in a statement that it has taken stern action against FBOs found to be violating food safety laws. «According to the records, 1,411 prosecution cases have been initiated against FBOs found violating the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006, since April 1, 2023,» it said. The prosecution initiated against the FBOs covers different violations committed, including carrying out a food business without a valid license and manufacturing or selling unsafe food. Since the beginning of this financial year, a number of food products across various categories like milk and milk products, spices, packaged drinking water, nutraceuticals, sauces, pickles, chips, jaggery, etc.

BAE Systems and Larsen & Toubro have teamed up to bring the AATV to the country under the 'Make in India' programme, it said. «The two companies have signed an agreement to offer the BvS10 for an Indian armed forces programme», the statement said. Under the agreement, L&T is the prime bidder for the Indian market, with the support of BAE Systems Hagglunds, the Swedish manufacturer of the highly successful BvS10 family of vehicles. «BAE Systems and L&T have upgraded the BvS10 to meet the specific requirements of the Indian armed forces. This new variant will be known as the 'BvS10-Sindhu'.

NEW DELHI : French beauty products giant L’Oréal plans to double its India business over three to five years, growing at twice the pace of the local personal care market, expecting higher disposable incomes to spur demand for hair colours, skin care creams and fragrances. L’Oréal, which entered India in 1994, sells a range of beauty, personal care and coloured cosmetic products under brands such as Garnier, Maybelline New York, L’Oréal Paris and Kiehl’s. Garnier, its mass market brand for hair colours, shampoos and skin care products, is the company’s largest brand in the country.

Transport Minister Catherine King has refused to provide documents explaining her decision to deny Qatar Airways additional landing rights to the Senate, citing public interest immunity.

Kuwait has warned the Albanese government that its proposed ban on live sheep exports is effectively futile because the emirate will not buy any more chilled meat from Australia and will simply source livestock from other countries instead.

Eighteen months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Western countries still haven’t swung the developing world behind supporting Kyiv. Europe, Ukraine and the U.S. have successfully orchestrated several United Nations votes condemning Russia’s invasion.

A Mediterranean city dotted with historic mosques and the ruins of a nearby Byzantine church, Derna was once a haven for artists and intellectuals in Libya. Now, it is a wasteland after a deadly storm caused floods that broke dams, swept entire buildings out to sea and killed thousands of people. The natural disaster was decades in the making—a result of years of official neglect of two nearby dams during the authoritarian regime of Moammar Gadhafi and the political crisis and war since his ouster in a 2011 revolution.

NEW DELHI : The Union health ministry has proposed sweeping changes to its drug licensing programme, aiming for uniformity across India to boost drug safety, after cough syrups made in the country were allegedly linked to the deaths of children overseas, two people familiar with the development said. The proposal also follows a government expert panel emphasizing the need for uniform implementation of documentation and dossier-based approval processes for drugs manufactured in the country to ensure consistent quality and safety.

Earth into a danger zone. The study reveals that human actions have breached the boundaries of limit and several key indicators of planetary health.

The storied Italian lagoon city of Venice escaped inclusion on UNESCO’s list of world heritage in danger during a meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Saudia Arabia on Thursday, as member states commended efforts to preserve both the storied and ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—American defense giant RTX and a Saudi weapons firm were heading toward a multibillion-dollar deal when it was abruptly called off early this year. The reason, say people familiar with the talks, was RTX’s concerns that its Saudi partner’s companies were pursuing business with sanctioned Chinese and Russian entities. That unease was a deciding factor for an advisory board of retired American military officers to resign from the Saudi company, Scopa Defense, the people said.

₹7,502 per bbl, having swung between ₹7,364 and ₹7,505 per bbl during the session so far, against a previous close of ₹7,338 per barrel. The continuing supply cuts could lift Brent futures above the $100 a barrel threshold before the end of the year, according to analysts at Bank of America. -Earlier this month, oil producers Saudi Arabia and Russia extended their voluntary oil output cuts of a combined 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) to the end of the year which resulted in a sharp surge in international crude prices - reaching a 10-month high peak.

Hindi Diwas, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, "Hindi is the name for unifying the diversity of languages ​​of India, the world's largest democracy. From the independence movement till today, Hindi has played an important role in uniting the country." Also Read: Hindi Diwas Celebrated with Wishes from PM Modi Home Minister Shah and Uttarakhand CM Dhami His remark didn't sink well with the DMK leaders. That's why, he openly condemned the Union Home Minister for making the statement.

As per the Liberalized Remittance Scheme (LRS), an Indian citizen can send $250,000 per year. Can this amount be used for investments in futures & options (F&O) trading on international listed derivatives. For example, can a trading account be opened with an international broker in foreign geography to trade exchange products such as S&P 500 futures, crude oil options, gold, Comex (F&O market for commodities), etc. What is the taxation if the account is opened in Dubai, UAE or Singapore; jurisdictions which have double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) with India? —Name withheld on request Remittances under LRS are allowed only in respect of permissible capital or current account transactions or a combination of both.

NEW DELHI : The government is set to push for a better Logistics Performance Index (LPI) with plans to brief the World Bank about recent reforms and measures taken to improve logistics efficiency through schemes such as PM Gati Shaki, an official said on Thursday. Special secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Sumita Dawra said there was a need for greater emphasis on an objective methodology for LPI scoring whereas the World Bank’s methodology was based on perception surveys. India aims to break into the top 25 countries in the index ranking by 2030.

NEW DELHI : Japan is looking to revive a dialogue with India focused on Indo-Pacific issues by the end of this year, according to persons aware of the matter. This dialogue, which was last held some years ago, is expected to take in topics ranging from economic security and China’s military expansionism to Indo-Japanese cooperation with third countries in the region. The move to revive this dialogue comes amid escalating tensions in the Indo-Pacific in recent months.

India can't seem to see the point in their preferred phones being made in India, yet costing more. And, yet, that is precisely the point. It doesn't matter that iPhones are expensive in the country as long as more of them are made here.

Amit Shah on Thursday said Hindi unites the diversity of languages in India and it has honoured different Indian as well as global languages and dialects. In a message on 'Hindi Diwas', Shah said Hindi has never competed nor will compete with any other Indian language and that a strong country will emerge only by strengthening all its languages. «India has been a country of diverse languages.