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US health care system charged with hefty physician burnout costs, study hi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], May 28 (ANI): A recent study highlights the total cost involved in physician burnout, creating an economic burden by costing approximately $4.6 billion a year.
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Sri Lanka: 5 terror suspects arrested with Rs 1 bn in bank accounts
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 26 (ANI): The bank accounts of five terror suspects, who were arrested a day earlier for close links with Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ), had funds worth Rs 1 billion, a senior police official said.
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Trump to clear arms deals benefiting Saudi Arabia, UAE
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): The United States on Friday confirmed approval of USD8.1 billion in arms transfers to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates amid hostilities with Iran.
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German envoy bats for India's permanent UNSC seat
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): India with a population of 1.4 billion people should have a permanent seat in the UN Security Council as its absence will hurt the world body's credibility, said German Ambassador to India Walter J Lindner here on Tuesday.
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Facebook shares new disease prevention maps to tackle health emergencies
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
California [USA], May 20 (ANI): Facebook reaches more than a billion people across the world and that gives it the power to find out data such as location, population density, and more. Using machine vision, AI and satellite imagery, the company launched three new maps aimed at helping publi
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NASA selects SpaceX, Blue Origin, more to build next human lunar lander
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 17 (ANI): After receiving an additional USD 1.6 billion funding for its space programs, NASA has announced that it has selected 11 private companies to work with for building the next human landers for its Moon program.
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Rising costs dent earning performance of airlines in Asia Pacific
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], May 16 (ANI): Preliminary financial performance figures released on Thursday by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that aggregated net earnings of Asia Pacific airlines halved in 2018 to 4.7 billion dollars from 9.6 billion dollars recorded in the p
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India's exports up 1.34 pc in April to 44 billion US dollars
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): India's exports in April 2019 grew 1.34 per cent to 44.06 billion US dollars while imports jumped 4.53 per cent to 52.83 billion US dollars in the year-on period, the government said on Wednesday.
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Finance your new clinic with a Bajaj Finserv loan for doctors
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 15 (ANI/BusinessWire India): India's healthcare market is all set to reach a total value of USD 372 billion by 2022, driven by rising affluence, longevity, population and health awareness. The ever-growing demand for healthcare has resulted in a strong netw
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Security flaw in Whatsapp; Israel firm on radar for installing spyware in
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 14 (ANI): Facebook-owned Whatsapp on Monday encouraged its 1.5 billion users to update their apps as a precautionary measure after an Israeli firm was accused of installing surveillance software on mobile phones through the messaging application.
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Growth benefits must go to 7.3 billion people in developing countries: Pra
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Tuesday that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) must address concerns of 7.3 billion people living in developing countries so that benefits of growth percolate to them.
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China announces tariff hikes on US goods worth $ 200 billion
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): China on Monday announced that it will raise tariffs on a range of US products, in retaliation to Washington's decision to ramp up the tariffs rate to 25 per cent on USD 200 billion worth of Chinese imports.
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