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January 22, 2025 4:16 PM

What is fluoride and why is it added to the US water supply?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services, has said Trump will call for an end to adding fluoride to public water supplies. Trump has not announced a position but said it is possib...

January 22, 2025 3:09 PM

EPFO added 14.63 lakh net members in November 2024 amid growing employment

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Wednesday announced a net addition of 14.63 lakh members in November 2024, which represents an increase of 9.07 per cent over the corresponding figure for October. Further, the year-on-year analys...

January 22, 2025 3:04 PM

Nepal sharply hikes permit fee for Everest climbers

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials said on Wednesday. Income from permit fees and other ...

January 22, 2025 4:27 PM

India witnesses 8 percent jump in average flat size in 2024, NCR sees 29 percent rise

The average flat size in India's top seven cities grew by 8 percent in 2024, rising from 1,420 square feet in 2023 to 1,540 square feet, according to a report released on Wednesday. The National Capital Region (NCR) saw the steepest rise at 29 perce...

January 22, 2025 2:55 PM

China families appeal to free relatives held by scam gangs in Myanmar

The abduction and cross-border rescue had all the makings of the kind of action script struggling Chinese actor Wang Xing had hoped to land – only not as a reality star. Wang, 22, flew to Bangkok earlier this month after getting an unsolicited off...

January 22, 2025 1:36 PM

Centre notifies new income-tax rules for non-resident cruise ship operators

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified amendments to the Income-Tax Rules, outlining the conditions for the applicability of the presumptive taxation regime for non-resident cruise ship operators, according to an official statement iss...

January 22, 2025 1:22 PM

Google to invest fresh $1 bln in OpenAI rival Anthropic, FT reports

Google is making a fresh investment of more than $1 billion into AI startup Anthropic, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. This comes after Reuters and other media reported earlier in January that Anthropic was nearing a $2 billion fundraise ...

January 22, 2025 1:07 PM

India and China should jointly maintain peace and tranquility in border areas: Chinese diplomat

Wang Lei, Charge d'Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in India, on Tuesday expressed China's readiness to work with India "in the spirit of looking to the future and pursuing win-win cooperation to invest their resources into development and revitalizat...

January 22, 2025 12:39 PM

Centre introduces Diamond Imprest Authorization scheme to revive sector

In a bid to enhance the competitiveness of India’s diamond industry, the Union government has introduced the Diamond Imprest Authorization (DIA) Scheme for the duty-free import of natural cut and polished diamonds. Set to take effect from April 1,...

January 22, 2025 12:29 PM

A Decade of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao: Empowering India’s Daughters

The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22, 2015, in Panipat, Haryana, has completed a decade of remarkable progress. The initiative, aimed at addressing the declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and p...

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