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India's role in medical product space represents unique opportunity: FDA

Dr Robert Califf, US FDA Commissioner will be one of the keynote speakers at the 18th edition of the annual largest gathering of pharma and healthcare sectors

Strategic location, significant investments: An expressway to industries

Despite challenges, areas around the 242-km Delhi-Jaipur Expressway, driven by strategic location, are attracting significant investments

Cost, speed top priority for logistics sector: Last-mile trends report 2024

"In last-mile delivery now top priority is cost and speed. The needle has shifted from cost and satisfaction to cost and speed," report said

Top IT firms report headcount drop amid weak demand, delayed deal cycle

Major Indian IT companies like TCS, Infosys, and Wipro saw a significant drop in employees during FY24 due to reduced client budgets and delayed deal cycles

DPDP rules, IT rules amendment on Meity's 100-day agenda after LS polls

The notification of the rules to India's data privacy law have been long awaited

Majority of top-100 firms making disclosures about carbon emissions: PwC

The survey further said that about 31 per cent of the respondent companies have disclosed their net-zero targets

Land deals on upswing; 721 acres closed in Jan-Mar: Anarock report

Land deals in terms of acres have increased 61 per cent annually in January-March 2024 and 58 per cent annually in 2023-24

Irdai removes age limit of 65 yrs for buying health insurance policies

Insurers have been mandated to offer health policies to individuals with pre-existing medical conditions of any kind

HHCN engages with states to boost preventive care for treating Haemophilia

Prophylactic treatment can reduce number of bleeds per year, improve quality of life, say experts

Industry keenly awaiting implementation of 30% UPI market share cap by NPCI

Presently, third-party app providers (TPAP) like Google Pay and Walmart's PhonePe have a majority 85 per cent share in UPI-based transactions

Gems and jewellery exports in FY24 down 12.17% at Rs 2.65 trillion: GJEPC

Provisional gross export of Polished Lab Grown Diamonds dipped by 13.79 per cent Rs 11,611.25 crores (USD 1,402.3 million in FY24 compared to Rs 13,468.32 crore (USD 1,680.22 million) of FY23

India growing when world is in stress: CII president-designate Sanjiv Puri

Speaking at an event here on Friday night, Puri, also the chairman and managing director of ITC Limited, said that the present juncture is an interesting moment

Artificial intelligence framework on the anvil, brainstorming begins

Dedicated regulation expected after the Lok Sabha elections

Air taxi fare for Delhi-Gurugram to be 1-1.5x of Uber: Archer Aviation

He mentioned that the aim is to keep the air taxi service "very affordable," and the lower labor costs (for pilots, maintenance) in India will assist in achieving this goal

Opening up several high band spectrum not enough for 5G, say telcos

Telecom service providers have pushed instead for opening up the 6 gigahertz band for auctions

Data protection law needs clarity on risk threshold for breaches: Group

BSA, which represents the global software industry, wants companies to get at least 72 hours to report data breaches

Press Council cautions newspapers against gambling, betting advertisements

In an advisory, the Press Council of India (PCI) asked the print media to strictly adhere to the directives issued by the Central Consumer Protection Authority

We are using AI to translate new criminal legislations: Ministry of Law

As far as the use of technology in the arbitration and mediation system is concerned, he said they have consciously incorporated the use of online mediation

Rajasthan govt plans a boost for its artisans in handicrafts, MSME sectors

Cluster development schemes are being run by various central government ministries such as MSME, textiles, food processing, information and technology, and commerce and industry to support MSMEs

Forget something? Uber's lost & found index may have the answer for you

The 2024 Uber Lost & Found Index showed that riders still keep forgetting the usual items - phone, keys, wallet - but many have left behind unusual, and sometimes questionable, items as well