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J&J hip implant case: Panel recommends per person compensation of Rs 2 mn

Recommends per person compensation of Rs 2 million; changes to rules governing medical devices

States' spending on salaries, pensions and interest payments going down

Capex on social sector rises; differences in GST accounting make trends on the revenue front unclear

Govt hopes RBI will tread middle path on stressed power assets issue

Before September 11, the government has to take a decision in consultation with the RBI

Govt may not allow FDI in online firms selling via inventory-based model

Several complaints against e-tailers violating the FDI norms, may be investigated soon

30 stressed power accounts set to go to NCLT as RBI's NPA deadline ends

Allahabad HC on Monday had denied relief to power sector

Securitisation volume doubles to Rs 315 billion in the first quarter

Mortgages continued to be the driver of non-PSL securitisation

Solar rooftop tariff touches lowest-ever rate of Rs 1.58 in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh's RESCO tender attracted 31 international and domestic bidders

India's foodgrain production likely to touch record 284.83 million tonnes

The ministry releases total five estimates of foodgrain production at different stages of crop growth

Maharashtra govt denies report of penal action on agricultural traders

The clarification came after media reports that the state cabinet had decided to penalise any buying of produce from farmers below the central government-set MSP

India set to stress on RCEP in Singapore on Thursday after PMO nod

The RCEP is a proposed pact between 10 Asean economies

Irdai allows inclusion of 10 more insurers for medical treatments

The Irdai has also deleted a few procedures in the circular

Maha farmers need permission to grow water-guzzling crops; experts disagree

Rice, wheat and sugarcane which together account for 43 per cent of total cropped area, consume almost 80 per cent of freshwater available in the country, shows a study

Here's why stressed power accounts are unlikely to impact SBI numbers

With provision coverage ratio satisfactory, credit cost expected to stay within earlier forecast levels, feel analysts

Ban manufacture, sale and advertisement of e-cigarettes: Govt to states

Electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes, the most common prototype, are devices that do not burn or use tobacco leaves but instead vaporise a solution, which a user then inhales

Railways to convert diesel locomotives to electric, says Piyush Goyal

He added the Railways is looking for conversion of existing diesel locomotives to electric ones at a cheaper cost, compared to refurbishment

Ayushman Bharat: Health and wellness centre a booster dose for Chhattisgarh

The third of the four-part series looks at the readiness for Ayushman Bharat in Chhattisgarh, a state which took the lead in the initiative

Allahabad High Court order fails to resolve all issues of power sector

A high-level committee under Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha will also come up with a report on power sector woes within two months

Govt wants 50 mbps broadband for all, but no one knows who'll pay for it

Govt hopes the national digital communications policy will generate fresh investments of $100 bn in the digital-telecom space

Govt, World Bank, EESL ink $300 mn pact to push energy efficiency programme

The programme will help scale up the deployment of energy saving measures in residential and public sectors, strengthen EESL's institutional capacity

PM Modi to focus on greater connectivity, trade during BIMSTEC summit

Leaders of the seven nation grouping will meet in Kathmandu for a two-day summit beginning August 30