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Time of India
5 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
GHMC to adopt CRS for issuing birth & death certificates
Hyderabad: In the wake of multiple irregularities concerning birth and death certificates, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation ( GHMC ) is set to transition from its existing software to the Civil Registration System (CRS) for issuing these essential documents. This system will be operated by the Office of the Registrar General of India (ORGI). A few days ago, the state govt granted permission to migrate to the ORGI's CRS for the registration of births and deaths within GHMC limits. This move aims to maintain a unified database of all such certificates, in compliance with the amendments to the Registration of Births and Deaths (RBD) Act. The decision follows the discovery of more than 22,000 fraudulent birth and death certificates. On average, GHMC issues around 20,000 such certificates annually within the city. States including Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana have already implemented this system. You Can Also Check: Hyderabad AQI | Weather in Hyderabad | Bank Holidays in Hyderabad | Public Holidays in Hyderabad "The GHMC will manage approvals using the advanced and standardised CRS software. The entire application process will be conducted digitally. Initially, we will test this framework in two circles as a pilot project before rolling it out across the corporation. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like American Investor Warren Buffett Recommends: 5 Books For Turning Your Life Around Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo All certificates generated through the CRS will feature QR codes for verification," said a senior official in the Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD) department. Recently, GHMC observed that some MeeSeva centres were abusing the instant approval system by generating birth and death certificates without uploading the requisite supporting documents. First Information Reports (FIRs) were filed against the respective MeeSeva centres by registrars of all circle offices. Additionally, the civic body terminated 16 health assistants and 15 outsourced employees who were involved in the issuance of fraudulent certificates. An investigation into 74 birth certificates by GHMC revealed that four home births had not occurred. Registrars of the respective circles were instructed to file criminal cases against the parents, neighbours, advocates, and others involved. A thorough enquiry also found that 65 birth certificates and 8 death certificates had been fraudulently issued at a hospital. Despite various measures, the problem of fake certificates continues. Officials believe that implementing the CRS could help curb such irregularities. The software assigns a unique identification number to every birth and death across the country. Hospitals can submit their registers online, with information only being recorded upon authorisation by the registrar. The system also enables linking Aadhaar with the National Population Register and allows integration of UID numbers for birth certificate modifications. CRS software receives regular updates in line with govt regulations.
Al Etihad
7 hours ago
- Business
- Al Etihad
Abu Dhabi named world's most tax-friendly city as UAE gains favour with the wealthy
25 July 2025 00:53 ISIDORA CIRIC (ABU DHABI)Abu Dhabi has been ranked the most tax-friendly city in the world in a new report by Multipolitan, with Dubai following close behind in second place. The UAE's twin financial centres outperformed traditional financial hubs like Singapore due to their low effective tax exposure, treaty coverage and strong governance frameworks, strengthening the country's status as a preferred destination for cross-border index, published in Multipolitan's 'Wealth Report 2025 – The Taxed Generation', ranks cities located within the world's 20 most tax-efficient countries. It combines three weighted metrics — tax rates across five key categories, double taxation treaty coverage, and regulatory quality based on World Bank were included only if they met thresholds for macroeconomic and political stability, narrowing the original pool of 164 Dhabi led with a score of 637.1, just ahead of Dubai's 635.1. While both benefit from the UAE's zero personal income tax regime, the capital edged out its neighbour due to slightly lower property-related fees — transfer and municipality charges that are often seen as proxy taxes in jurisdictions without formal report's authors said their approach focused on 'real-world outcomes' rather than political rhetoric, measuring where wealth 'faces the fewest frictions'. In practice, that meant evaluating five tax categories (personal, corporate, inheritance, wealth, and capital gains), before layering in treaty networks and regulatory stability. The UAE's broad Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty network helped lift both cities on the index's second metric, while high scores on the World Bank's Regulatory Quality indicator added an extra boost to their leadership.'Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi perform strongly across all three metrics, with Abu Dhabi and Dubai retaining the top position when combining tax environment an governance considerations,' the report said. 'When factoring in double taxation avoidance as an indicator of tax system accessibility, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha, and Kuwait City emerge as top performers.'While the UAE's tax regime has evolved in recent years — introducing a federal corporate tax in 2023 and a 15% minimum tax for large multinationals beginning in 2025 — it has maintained a favourable overall environment for individuals. Qualifying Free Zone entities can still access 0% corporate tax rates, and reforms around audit standards, beneficial ownership disclosures, and FATCA/CRS compliance have been designed to bring the system closer to international norms without alienating mobile Multipolitan rankings are the latest in a string of research highlighting the UAE's draw for high-net-worth individuals. In April, Savills ranked Dubai and Abu Dhabi as the top two cities worldwide for wealthy individuals to live and work, citing lifestyle, governance, climate, and safety alongside tax factors. The report found that more than 6,700 ultra-wealthy individuals relocated to the UAE last year, many from higher-tax jurisdictions like the UK, where marginal rates can reach 45%.Then in June, the Henley Private Wealth Migration Report projected the UAE would attract 9,800 new millionaires in 2025 — more than any other country. The value of capital associated with these moves is estimated at $63 billion, with the UAE recording a 98% growth in its millionaire population over the past report also looked at longer-term trends through two other metrics — the Wealth Preservation Cities Index 2015-2025 and the Smart & Sustainable Cities Index — with both UAE cities making the top the Wealth Preservation Cities Index, Abu Dhabi ranked 22nd and Dubai 24th on this list, marking the only Gulf entries in a group otherwise dominated by Western cities. The methodology here focused on inflation, currency stability, earnings, asset growth, and governance, before evaluating urban hubs on indicators such as property values and quality of Smart & Sustainable Cities Index, meanwhile, ranked Abu Dhabi in 23rd and Dubai close behind at 25th. The index examines long-term potential for preserving wealth through digital readiness, climate resilience, and political stability. The report places the UAE's performance within a broader trend of the Gulf region's coordinated drive to attract mobile capital. Seven cities from the region landed in the global top 20, including Manama (4th), Doha (5th), Kuwait City (8th), Riyadh (12th) and Muscat (17th).
Irish Independent
15 hours ago
- Health
- Irish Independent
Disability advocate Ann Kennedy defies illness to stage first art exhibit in 17 years
Ann Kennedy, who was born in 1952, has fond memories from when she last exhibited in Bray, in 2008, when she recalled eating pizza on Albert Walk, with friends and family, before returning home only to lapse into a terribly difficult period. As she said herself: 'I ceased all creative work for 10 full years'. That creative slump was brought on by her illness, which she so candidly described in her memoir, Unprotected, which details the difficulties she has faced in life due to being born with Rubella. Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) is an illness in infants that results from maternal infection with rubella virus during pregnancy. A child can be born with severe hearing loss and/or visual impairment, congenital cataracts, heart defects, and gradually develop a myriad of other significant challenges. Ann shares this same birth experience with her twin sister, Margaret. In 2017, she told the Irish Independent: 'I woke at seven this morning, and I was crying. I'm depressed and feel utterly hopeless. That often happens. Sometimes we think of ending it all; we are so terribly weary of fighting.' Those heartbreaking words were written when she and her sister, both then 64, admitted they were struggling to get the professional help and support they needed. As children growing up in Killiney, they had to battle with a hearing impairment, and by their early 20s, had followed their own paths. Ann was doing animation in London, collaborating on projects such as the Watership Down movie and promotions for Pink Floyd, while Margaret trained as a nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Ann returned to Ireland and became an accomplished artist and award-winning writer and illustrator of children's books but when the sisters were in their 40s, they encountered health issues that had a serious impact on their ability to function. Over the next few years, they were both tested and it was discovered that some of their health problems included Parkinson's disease and muscle myopathy (muscle wasting disease), which requires them to use wheelchairs most of the time. They moved to Greystones but left in 2015, after what Ann described as 'dreadful years' in an open letter, which ended with the parting words: 'I never wish to see the place again and hope I can erase the memory from my mind swiftly once I do leave.' Thankfully, her memories of Bray are more florid as she makes a welcome return with her new exhibition, 'All in the Brain'. The exhibition of works slowly began to take form years after that visit in 2008 and the ensuing slump, when 'one day,' she said, 'being brave, I visited an art shop'. ADVERTISEMENT Learn more "I began again,' she said of the new exhibition. 'It was now all in the brain and the brain would have to perform in some fashion. I knew this was going to be different and punctuated with hesitancy, despondency and confusion. Grave self-doubt enveloped me. I worked from a perspective of loss. What I produced were experimentations, learning to capture my inadequacy and hopefully some adequacy. I gave myself permission to fail in the hope I could achieve.' While she admits she 'caved many times and withered', her strength and perseverance has brought the new body of work which will be on display at the gallery until Sunday, August 3. 'I propose to show a body of creative painting that defy my personal reason. I propose to offer hope to the community of sick, older people and those with disability that if you want to paint, then paint. The work will be eclectic as personal strength is returning and styles keep changing. I begin making decisions again, abandon some and accept others. It's all in the learning,' she said. 'A decade of inaction through ill health and mystery requires opening my personal Pandora's Box. Gold may not be in fact gold, but nothing can change a person who creates through love and abandon. That is my gold, silver and bronze. Even if not in equal proportions.' The opening reception for All in the Brain is on Sunday, July 27, from 3-5pm.
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Business Standard
18 hours ago
- Health
- Business Standard
Canada invites 4,000 foreigners in healthcare, social services for PR
Canada has issued 4,000 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) for permanent residency in its latest Express Entry draw held on July 22, 2025. The draw focused on candidates working in 37 healthcare and social services occupations. The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score cut-off for this draw was 475, down 29 points from the previous category-specific draw for the same sector held in June 2025. Candidates needed to have created their Express Entry profile before 1:08 p.m. UTC on March 13, 2025 to be eligible. Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses General practitioners and family physicians Dentists, pharmacists, physiotherapists and optometrists Psychologists, social workers, and counsellors Licensed practical nurses, medical technologists and technicians Veterinary technicians and veterinarians Massage therapists, chiropractors, dieticians and audiologists Nurse aides and patient service associates Paramedical occupations Pharmacy and therapy assistants A complete list of all 37 eligible National Occupation Classification (NOC) codes was published by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Canada's Express Entry system in July 2025 This was the fourth Express Entry draw of the month. Previous draws included: July 21: 202 ITAs under the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) with a CRS cut-off of 788 July 8: 3,000 ITAs under the Canadian Experience Class with a CRS cut-off of 518 July 7: 356 ITAs under another PNP draw with a CRS cut-off of 750 So far in 2025, IRCC has issued 49,403 ITAs through the Express Entry system. The total number of candidates in the pool stood at 256,914 as of July 20, 2025. Category-based selection helps lower CRS candidates For candidates with CRS scores below 500, category-based selection continues to be one of the most accessible pathways to permanent residency. To qualify under this route, applicants must: < Have a minimum of six months of full-time, continuous work experience < This work must be in one of the designated occupations < The experience can be gained inside or outside Canada What is the Provincial Nominee Program? Canada's PNP allows provinces and territories (except Quebec and Nunavut) to nominate skilled individuals for permanent residency. Each region has its own selection streams targeting workers, graduates and business owners who can contribute to the local economy. Express Entry draws this year have largely concentrated on PNP candidates, while other draws have been directed towards French-language speakers, Canadian Experience Class applicants, and category-specific occupations.
Forbes
18 hours ago
- Health
- Forbes
How Regulatory-Grade Oncology AI Is Transforming Cancer Care
David Talby, PhD, MBA, CTO at John Snow Labs. Solving real-world problems in healthcare, life sciences and related fields with AI and NLP. For decades, the oncology field has faced an unfortunate truth: Extracting high-quality, structured information from clinical charts is a tedious, labor-intensive and largely manual task. Even as AI models have advanced, their outputs remain incomplete without human intervention. And what many people don't know is that behind every patient is a cancer registry specialist (CRS) spending hours reading through charts, identifying events, interpreting dates and ensuring accuracy for each case. But as we approach regulatory-grade accuracy—a level of performance long considered the exclusive domain of highly trained human experts—that's all about to change. In the world of cancer data extraction, this means AI is hitting a consistent threshold of 95% accuracy. That figure isn't arbitrary; it's the benchmark achieved by experienced teams working meticulously, often with multiple levels of quality control. Thanks to the combined power of healthcare-specific natural language processing (NLP) and large language models (LLMs), and a careful approach to model selection and orchestration, we're crossing that threshold in some of the most critical areas of oncology information, including tumor staging, grading and beyond. Here's why it matters. Hidden Complexities Of Oncology Data To appreciate the significance of this leap, it's important to understand the scale and complexity of the problem. A single cancer diagnosis involves hundreds of discrete data points: dates of imaging, biopsies, surgeries, therapies, pathology reviews and more. There are often dozens of potential diagnosis dates, and a specific rule determines which one is considered official for registry purposes. Even determining the primary cancer site or tumor grade can involve navigating contradictory information scattered across different documents. Currently, filling out a registry case takes a herculean amount of time and effort. Registrars estimated taking approximately one hour and 15 minutes to complete an abstract for a simpler case and about two and a half hours to complete an abstract for a more complex case. This is done once a year for each patient, and with growing backlogs, data is often outdated by the time it's available for clinical decisions or research. The delay isn't just inconvenient. It's a barrier to real-time care optimization and scientific discovery. Over the years, AI models have grown steadily more accurate. Best-in-class systems could extract relevant information from charts, but not reliably enough to replace human interpretation. They were assistive tools that were helpful, but not trustworthy enough to operate independently in regulatory contexts. Why General-Purpose LLMs Fall Short Now, with AI systems achieving 95%-plus accuracy on key fields without manual oversight, AI can replicate, and, in some cases, outperform, the gold standard achieved by expert cancer registrars. But not all models are created equally. These AI-driven tools are built specifically to tackle the unique challenges of healthcare, and oncology in particular. Rather than relying on general-purpose AI like GPT-4, which often struggles with domain-specific details, these models are trained on medical texts and structured to understand the nuances of clinical language. It's tempting to believe that large, general AI models can solve these problems with simple prompts like, "Extract cancer diagnosis and treatment." But in practice, they fall short. Too often, they miss subtle distinctions, hallucinate relationships between entities or misinterpret clinical negations. While useful as a starting point, they lack the precision, stability and regulatory readiness needed for real-world healthcare applications. The Power Of Medical Language Models Healthcare-specific language models aren't just a tech upgrade; they're a foundation for the next generation of cancer care. What was once buried in notes and PDFs is now accessible, providing real, actionable insights. What this looks like in practice is automated case findings, real-time reporting and monitoring integrated into existing clinical workflows. Achieving higher accuracy in entity recognition, better handling of negation and superior ontology mapping, domain-specific models produce results that are reproducible and explainable, which are key for auditability and trust. Here are several ways regulatory-grade oncology AI is being applied: • Tumor Registry Automation: Cancer centers are required to maintain registries of patients, including data on diagnosis, staging and treatment. Oncology models can scan pathology reports, read and decode them automatically, drastically reducing the need for manual chart review. • Clinical Trial Matching: Finding eligible patients for a trial targeting a very specific cancer can be like finding a needle in a haystack. AI models can sift through thousands of records, pulling out the relevant biomarker and tumor type to flag potential candidates in near real time. • Quality Monitoring: AI can flag when recommended treatments are missing. For example, if a patient doesn't have a recorded therapy plan, the system can alert the quality improvement team to investigate further. • Adverse Event Tracking: Side effects can be buried in progress notes. AI can extract and monitor such events over time, alerting clinicians when recurring toxicities could signal a need to adjust therapy. • Outcomes Research: For research teams comparing outcomes, AI tools can provide the structured data needed to stratify patients and link treatment patterns to survival trends. Despite the obvious benefits, AI isn't a fix-all for oncology tracking. In rare cancers, evolving treatment protocols or atypical patient presentations, human registrars can be better equipped to contextualize and accurately code information that lacks precedent in training data. Regulatory compliance, ethical considerations and quality assurance also demand expert oversight, ensuring data integrity and alignment with evolving standards. So, for now, human expertise remains vital to the accuracy and reliability of cancer registries. The role will just evolve with the technology. With regulatory-grade AI for oncology, structured cancer data will become as current and accessible as the clinical notes they come from. Instead of data entry, registrars can shift their focus to more meaningful work, like quality assurance. In turn, patients will benefit from faster research and more responsive care. We're nearing the point at which AI is no longer just supporting our work—it's starting to do the work itself, and do it at a level healthcare professionals can rely on. It's just going to take time. Forbes Technology Council is an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs and technology executives. Do I qualify?
