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Covid samples for RT-PCR test amid an uptick in coronavirus cases, officials said on Thursday. The department has also ordered them to conduct the genome sequencing of Covid-positive RT-PCR samples, they said.

₹27,360 crore spread over a period of 5 years which includes central share of ₹18,128 crore. The national master plan is a core planning body under PM GatiShakti and it helps in creating data layers for the different ministries such as education, water resources, drinking water and sanitation, railways, etc.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose just marginally last week, suggesting underlying strength in the economy as the year winds down.

Telangana government would order a judicial inquiry into power purchase agreements with Chhattisgarh as well as construction of the Bhadradri and Yadadri thermal power plants by the previous BRS government, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said on Thursday. During a short discussion on the power sector in the Assembly, Revanth Reddy said his government is willing to set up an all party fact-finding committee to look into the 24-hour free power supply initiative of the BRS regime. A White Paper on Telangana power sector, tabled by the Congress government in the House said the accumulated losses of Telangana discoms stood at Rs 62,461 crore as of March 31,2023 while the debt has mounted to Rs.

Income Tax department conducted searches against a distillery group based in Odisha recently, the CBDT said on Thursday. The business of the group is controlled by a family based in Ranchi in Jharkhand and one of the family members is a «politically exposed person», the Board said in a statement, without taking any name.

Brokerage industry employment transitions – job cuts and the movement of registered representatives to other firms and independent channels – likely has led to a spike of industry-related arbitration cases.

Brahmaputra Board, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, have developed an indigenous river model BRAHMA-2D (Braided River Aid: Hydro-Morphological Analyzer). This comprehensive mathematical model can help to understand flow of large braided rivers like Brahmaputra, providing valuable insights to field engineers to design sustainable hydraulic structures like Spurs, Revetment and other river bank protection measures.

fire broke out at a commercial building in New Delhi's Barakhamba Road area on Thursday afternoon, officials said. They said that the fire broke out on the eleventh floor of the building.

Hindustan Times, the initial programme is only open to Indians and Canadians. The US authorities will accept the application for the H-1B pilot program from January 29 to April 1, 2024.

Ayodhya on January 22, even foreign countries have witnessed an increase in demand for replicas of the Ram Mandir models in Ayodhya. Aditya Singh, owner of the factory that is involved in the manufacturing of Ram Mandir models, said while speaking to ANI, «We have been doing this work for the past three years. Earlier, the orders used to come from within India; now they are coming from outside, as well as from multiple departments like the police, court, electricity department and CBI branch.

FBI is offering a reward of up to USD 10,000 for information about a 29-year-old female student from India who went missing from New Jersey over four years ago. Mayushi Bhagat was last seen leaving her apartment in Jersey City on the evening of April 29, 2019, wearing «colourful pyjama pants and a black T-shirt.» Her family reported her missing to police on May 1, 2019. The FBI Newark Field Office and the Jersey City Police Department are seeking the public's help in solving Bhagat's disappearance.

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Ratan Tata receives threat call, Mumbai Police tracks down suspect According to the order, it is likely that terrorist or anti-national elements might make use of drones, remote-controlled microlight aircraft, and paragliders to target VVIPs and endanger the life of the public at large, destroy public property and disturb law and order in the metropolis. The police have issued an order banning the flying of such objects except for aerial surveillance by cops or under specific permission in writing by the deputy commissioner of police (operations).

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India Meteorological Department (IMD) in an official release predicted a forecast for isolated light rainfall or snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, and Himachal Pradesh from the 22nd to the 24th of December. Additionally, on December 23rd, isolated light rainfall or snowfall is likely in North Punjab, North Haryana, and Uttarakhand. The Kashmir Valley is experiencing frigid temperatures, with the minimum temperature remaining several degrees below freezing, as it prepares for the onset of 'Chilla-i-Kalan,' the 40 days of the harshest winter, PTI reported citing officials on Wednesday.

AstraZeneca Pharma India: The company plans to launch Enhertu in India in January 2024. The drug is used in the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have received a prior anti-HER2-based regimen. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders: The Ministry of Defence has signed a ₹1,614.89-crore deal with the company for six next-generation offshore patrol vessels for the Indian Coast Guard.

Nithin Kamath, Founder and CEO of Zerodha is now a nominated non-official member of the government's reconstituted National Start-up Advisory Council (NASC). The Centre on December 18 announced 31 such new members.

The government is of the view that to achieve the vision of Insurance for All, more concentrated steps need to be taken to drive health insurance penetration and keep it affordable. According to a recent report by the National Insurance Agency, over 400 million individuals, or about a third of the population, lack health insurance due to lower penetration, coverage inadequacy and rising healthcare costs. «There are various challenges and opportunities, such as standardisation of treatment costs and settling health claims, that can be addressed by a sectoral regulator in the health insurance segment,» said one of the officials aware of the developments. Another official said that the Department of Health and Family Welfare under the Ministry of Health is now expected to call a meeting of all stakeholders, including insurance companies, to thrash out a detailed plan and the role of a possible health regulator. «A health regulator can further broaden the scope of the national Health Claims Exchange and can be entrusted with more powers to function like an industry watchdog,» said another official, clarifying that some of these are preliminary suggestions. In January 2019, the government had reconstituted the National Health Agency as the National Health Authority (NHA), responsible for implementing India's flagship public health insurance/assurance scheme Ayushman Bharat. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) regulates insurers that provide health cover among other products.

Oil prices fell on Thursday, as concerns over low demand following a surprise U.S. crude inventory build outweighed jitters over global trade disruptions and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Brent crude futures fell 65 cents, or 0.8%, to $79.05 a barrel by 0120 GMT while U.S.

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