Here’s an excerpt from the conversation: Andrea Heng: First and foremost, how are these new changes going to affect me? How much more will I have to pay? … And if more things can be paid through MediSave, what’s going to be the implications down the line? Dr Cynthia Chen: So the good news with the changes … Read more
Published By: Samreen Pall Last Updated: September 20, 2024, 16:35 IST After acquiring the certificate, owners need to scrap their old vehicles at an authorized facility within 15 days. (Photo: Down To Earth) Gramin Sewa, launched in 2011, provides high-capacity three-wheelers with permits to operate in rural areas and unauthorized colonies across Delhi. Aiming to … Read more
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday criticised political parties for ‘giving away’ money to Indians in the guise of free electricity and subsidies on gas cylinders. Speaking at the News18 India Chaupal event in New Delhi, Gadkari said that in order for India to become ‘aatmanirbhar’, political parties must start thinking long term instead of … Read more
It excludes restaurants serving less overtly authentic Austrian fare such as kebabs or pizza, for example. Chef Eva Leimer prepares meat for a schnitzel in the Gasthaus Stich kitchen. Photo: AFP As a typical Austrian staple, schnitzel – a boneless piece of meat that has been pounded thin to make it more tender and then … Read more
Yet there are also similarities between the past and present. Some observers, such as historian Niall Ferguson, have argued that the present era is one of Cold War II. The much-heralded post-Cold War ethos of win-win globalisation and free trade appears to have given way to a rude awakening that intense strategic rivalries between great … Read more
The European Union on Thursday confirmed its decision to hike tariffs on electric vehicles imported from China — with one automaker issuing fresh warnings that it may have to raise prices as a result. The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, announced plans for such levies in June after concluding in an … Read more
Can Wireless & Fast Charging Transform India’s EV Landscape? (Representational Image) (Photo: Linkedin) Despite subsidy cuts, India’s EV industry grew by 41% in FY24 with 1.6 million registrations, thanks to advanced charging tech like wireless & fast charging. The Indian EV industry witnessed a sharp 41 percent growth in EV sales in FY24, despite the … Read more
Abu Dhabi: India Tuesday sought a level playing field in agriculture citing that some developed countries were providing subsidies which were 200 times more than the support given by the developing countries to their farmers and called for introducing a moratorium on subsidies for fishing related activities beyond their exclusive economic zone (EEZs) or 200 … Read more
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) and Huawei Technologies, two key players in Beijing’s efforts to defeat US sanctions on advanced chips, are among the country’s top recipients of local government funding this year, according to published government documents. In Shanghai, 16 out of 191 major projects that have local government subsidies are related to the … Read more
But some “wrong-intentioned” people had treated the scheme as a “cash cow”, according to a report on Economic Half Hour, a programme on state broadcaster CCTV’s finance channel. “Unscrupulous enterprises” colluded with others to generate sales of agricultural machinery and misuse subsidy funds for suspected illegal activities. The report cited the case of farmers in … Read more
