The GST Council has not recommended reduction of the 18 per cent GST rate on health insurance schemes, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Parliament on Monday.At present, GST on health insurance services is levied at a standard rate of 18 per cent.”Health insurance, like majority of other taxable supplies, is standard rated at 18…Continue Reading

Several B.Sc nursing students on Monday staged a dharna on Utkal University campus in Bhubaneswar alleging lack of basic facilities at the second campus of the varsity at Chandikhol in Jajpur district.The agitating students staged a protest in front of the office of the Vice-Chancellor and locked up the main gate of the varsity during…Continue Reading

A comprehensive report on India’s health system published by the global health governing body World Health Organization (WHO) highlights how the policies and the entire system coming along.  As per the report, India is broadly performing better than ever to treat those who are sick, however, the nation has faced new challenges as types of…Continue Reading

This evening, a shopkeeper in Kashmir’s Shopian area was shot, in the Valley’s fourth terrorist strike since yesterday. Bal Krishan, a Kashmiri Pandit, was shot in the hand and leg and sent to a Srinagar Army hospital. His status, according to reports, is stable. Terrorists opened fire on CRPF soldiers in Srinagar’s Maisuma district earlier…Continue Reading

Emphasizing the “trust which underpins the Australia India relationship”, Australian High Commissioner to India has said that the two countries “share the Indian Ocean” and “at our heart…are both Indo-Pacific nations.”  The comments come even as both sides have seen increased engagement, including the signing of the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement over the…Continue Reading

India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay has said that rice from India will arrive in the country soon under the $1 billion line of credit.  The line of credit was signed during former Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa’s visit to India last month. The agreement was signed in Delhi in the presence…Continue Reading

Severe thunderstorms packing damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes will rumble across the storm-fatigued South through Wednesday, targeting some of the same areas that were on the receiving end of multiday severe weather outbreaks over the past two weeks. While the frequency of tornadoes typically increases during the spring, this recent stretch has been more active…Continue Reading