Women account for approximately 49% of the total Ayushman cards created and approximately 48% of total authorised hospital admissions, noted data released by Health Ministry.
Ayushman cards are made under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), which provides health cover of ₹5 lakhs per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation.
The MSP for Fair Average Quality of milling copra has been fixed at Rs.11,160/- per quintal and for ball copra at Rs.12,000/- per quintal for 2024 season.
The MSP for 2024 season is an increase of Rs.300/- per quintal for milling copra and Rs.250/- per quintal for ball copra over the previous season.
DMDK founder-leader Vijayakanth passed away in Chennai at 71.
Fondly referred to as "Captain" owing to his on-screen portrayal of military characters,he featured in 154 movies before venturing into politics.
Vijayakanth founded the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) in 2005 and made its electoral debut in the 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections.
Vijayakanth served as leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly from 2011-2016
India and Russia have decided to expand their civilian nuclear cooperation, with Moscow willing to share technology for a small modular reactor used in power generation, even as both sides are pushing towards the completion of Phase 1 the of 6,000MW Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu.
The small modular reactors have a power generation capacity of 75MW to 300MW.
The BRICS club of emerging market countries is expected to double on January 1st when Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Egypt join the group.
In August 2023, the current members of the group Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa invited six other countries to join them.
Argentina formally rejected invitation to join BRICS.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Assam government and the pro-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) signed a memorandum of settlement.
The ULFA was born during the anti-foreigners movement of 1979 demanding a sovereign State for the Assamese people after several Bengali speaking people crossed over to India post 1971.
The new epaulettes have the new golden Navy button carrying the new naval crest which was unveiled last year, a red octagon as the backing to the national emblem, and a sword and a telescope.
Navy said the new design is drawn from its naval ensign and inspired from the Rajmudra of Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, reflecting the rich maritime heritage of Marathas.
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers became the first woman to amass a $100 billion fortune, marking another milestone for the heiress and for France’s expanding fashion and cosmetics industries.
Her wealth jumped to $100.1 billion on Thursday(28 Dec), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. She’s the 12th-richest person in the world, just behind Mexico’s Carlos Slim.
The Centre hiked the interest rates of some of the small savings schemes, such as Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme, 3-year Time Deposit, for the January-March 2024 quarter.
As per the latest revised list, the interest rate of Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme will be 8.2%, while for 3-year TD it would be 7.1% for the last quarter of the current fiscal.
Earlier, interest rates for Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme and 3-year TD were 8.0%, 7.1%.
The UAE has initiated the process of channelising its long-promised $2-billion investments into food parks in India, starting with Gujarat, after the two countries sorted out concerns on curbs imposed by the Essential Commodities Act.
The investments are being made as part of the four nation I2U2 (India-Israel-UAE-USA) initiative to develop a series of integrated food parks
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Maharishi Valmiki International Airport in the temple town of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, shortly after launching the redeveloped Ayodhya railway station and flagging off two Amrit Bharat and six Vande Bharat trains, some virtually.
Phase 1 of the state-of-the-art airport has been developed at a cost of more than ₹1450 crore.
India’s Koneru Humpy won the women’s individual silver medal at the 2023 World Rapid Chess Championships in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
She lost to Anastasia Bodnaruk of Russia in a tie-break sudden death on time to concede the title.
Humpy had previously won the bronze medal in 2012 at Moscow, Russia and was crowned the world champion in 2019 at Batumi, Georgia.