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Tourism and hospitality sector to create over 61 lakh jobs by 2036-37: CII-EY report

India's tourism and hospitality sector is poised for a significant expansion, with an additional 61.31 lakh workers required by 2036-37 to meet the rising demand, as per a report by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and EY. The whitepaper, ...

December 18, 2024 3:39 PM

ESI scheme records 17.80 lakh new enrollments in October

The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) recorded 17.80 lakh new employee enrollments under the ESI Scheme in October, the ministry of labour and employment said. The month saw the addition of 21,588 new establishments under the ESI Scheme,...

December 18, 2024 3:35 PM

Gaza mediators intensify ceasefire efforts, Israeli strikes kill 16 people

The United States, joined by Arab mediators, sought on Wednesday to conclude an agreement between Israel and Hamas to halt the 14-month-old war in the Gaza Strip where medics said Israeli strikes killed at least 16 Palestinians overnight. On Tuesday...

December 18, 2024 3:17 PM

PM Modi charges Congress with insulting Dr. Ambedkar, highlights government’s efforts to honour his legacy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday strongly defended Union Home Minister Amit Shah's recent remarks on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, charging the Congress party with insulting and failing to empower the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) commu...

December 18, 2024 3:25 PM

China ready to strengthen trust, bring relations back to track: Chinese Ambassador to India

Ahead of the meeting on Wednesday between the Special Representatives of India and China to address the boundary dispute, Chinese Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, reiterated Beijing's readiness to cooperate with New Delhi in implementing the agreemen...

December 18, 2024 3:41 PM

Syrian mass graves expose “machinery of death” under Assad, top prosecutor says

An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run "machinery of death" under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad in which he estimated more than 100,000 people were torture...

December 18, 2024 2:23 PM

India’s digital health push: Over 71 crore Ayushman Bharat Health accounts created

More than 71.16 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHA) have been created under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) as of December 10, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Prataprao Jadhav, informed the Rajya Sabha on Tu...

December 18, 2024 2:01 PM

INS Nirdeshak to be commissioned in Visakhapatnam

The Indian Navy is set to welcome its newest vessel, INS Nirdeshak, in a commissioning ceremony on Wednesday at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam. The event will be presided over by Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth. According to the Minis...

December 18, 2024 12:31 PM

Regulating OTTs comes under preview of I&B ministry, concerns of Telecom Service Providers have been raised: Jyotiraditya Scindia

The regulation of over-the-top (OTT) platforms falls under the jurisdiction of the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry, Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia said in an interview with ANI. Scindia also said that one of th...

December 18, 2024 12:05 PM

Sri Lankan President Dissanayake visits Jan Aushadhi Kendra at AIIMS in Delhi

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is on a three-day visit to India, on Tuesday visited a Jan Aushadhi Kendra at AIIMS, Delhi to gain insights into the country's quality and affordable medicine distribution system. In a post on X, Mi...

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