US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick recently took a jab at India, and this time it wasn't about India purchasing Russian oil. It's about American corn. Yes! Lutnick questioned why a country with a population of 1.4 billion people does not buy corn from the US. This has left people wondering, why is he talking about the cereal grain all of a sudden, and what's India's stance on it. Watch this episode of Biznomics, where we break it down for you.


US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick recently took a jab at India, and this time it wasn't about India purchasing Russian oil. It's about American corn.

Why the US is desperate to sell corn to India - and why India says no | India-US trade war | Tariffs

Why the US is desperate to sell corn to India — and why India says no | India-US trade war | Tariffs

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Four people were killed and 27 others injured after a bus collided head-on with a truck on Jaipur-?Bikaner National Highway in the Sikar district of Rajasthan on Tuesday night.
The sleeper bus was travelling from Bikaner towards Jaipur when they rammed into each other.
The police said that four persons died in the accident, adding that 15 injured were admitted to the Sikar district hospital while 13 were given primary treatment at Fatehgarh. One critically injured person referred from the Sikar district hospital to SMS Hospital in Jaipur died during treatment, the police said.
The group of passengers was returning Gujarat after visiting Jammu and Kashmir when the accident occurred, the police added.

The police said that four persons died in the accident, adding that 15 injured were admitted to the Sikar district hospital while 13 were given primary treatment at Fatehgarh

Press Trust of India

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Healthcare industry body NATHEALTH has asked the government to increase public spending on healthcare to over 2.5 per cent of GDP with urgent action to tackle non-communicable diseases, including tax deductions of up to Rs 10,000 on individuals for preventive health check-ups.
In its pre-Budget recommendations to the government, NATHEALTH said it outlined a roadmap to strengthen healthcare delivery, foster innovation, and expand insurance and preventive coverage.
The recommendations call for a balanced mix of fiscal support, structural reforms, and public-private collaboration to build a robust, future-ready health system, it said in a statement.
In its recommendations, NATHEALTH asked the sector to be declared 'core infrastructure' and create a healthcare infrastructure fund of Rs 50,000 crore, saying currently there is limited access to long-term, lower-cost capital for hospitals and diagnostic networks.
New projects have long gestational periods requiring flexible mid-term ...

In its pre-Budget recommendations to the government, NATHEALTH said it outlined a roadmap to strengthen healthcare delivery, foster innovation, and expand insurance and preventive coverage

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