New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The government has issued draft guidelines to make audio‑visual content on online curated content platforms (OTT platforms) accessible to persons with hearing and visual impairment, the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Dr L Murugan, told the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) While Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an essential tool in diagnostics and drug discovery, the technology’s judicious use can be a boon for healthcare and pharma sectors, said Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology on Friday.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday approved a proposal to allow 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in insurance companies in a major economic reform that does away with the 74 per cent limit that was in place for such investments.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Gender equity and community participation are essential to combat the rising cases of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, high BP in India, said experts here on Friday.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) An investment of Rs 2 lakh crore has been realised till September this year under the production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes across 14 sectors, which has resulted in incremental production or sales of over Rs 18.7 lakh crore and employment generation of over 12.6 lakhs (direct and indirect), the Parliament was informed on Friday.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) More than 93 lakh Ayushman cards have been issued for senior citizens aged 70 and above till December under the Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) scheme, the government informed the Parliament on Friday.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) IndiGo on Friday appointed an independent aviation consultancy to investigate the recent operational disruption that affected its flights.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Reliance MET City on Friday announced the inauguration of global major BEUMER Group’s state-of-the-art factory at its integrated smart city in Haryana.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The flagship TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan has diagnosed 26.43 lakh cases of tuberculosis between December 2024 and 2025, Union Health Minister JP Nadda told the Parliament on Friday.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Cloud data centre capacity in India has reached approximately 1,280 MW, largely serving critical sectors such as banking, power and other critical public infrastructure and according to industry estimates, it will grow by 4-5 times by 2030, the Parliament was informed on Friday.
