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Govt all set to ban e-cigarettes and e-hookahs
Indian drug regulator, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), under the health ministry has proposed that manufacture, sale and distribution of ENDS, including e-cigarettes and similar products, should be prohibited under Section 26A of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, while their import should be outlawed under Section 10A of the legislation
Global #MeToo movement provides lots of work for London’s top lawyers
Horacio Bernardes Neto, president of the International Bar Association that represents attorneys, said in May that law firms hired to advise corporations on how to handle harassment allegations needed to get their own hiring and workplace behavior in order because of the risk being called out for hypocrisy, after a global survey found one in three female attorneys has been sexually harassed at work.
Britain’s green finance strategy could mandate corporate Climate Risk disclosure
“The re-allocation of tens of trillions of dollars of capital towards green investment offers the potential to reshape cities, energy systems and land use around the world. The nature of this investment … will determine the future of our climate,” the report said.
Heat stress at work linked to climate change could cost $2.4 trillion every year:ILO
With some 940 million people active in agriculture around the world, farmers are set to be worst hit by rising temperatures, according to the ILO data, which indicates that the sector will be responsible for 60 per cent of global working hours lost from heat stress, by 2030.
Ola Electric gets $250 mn from SoftBank
In 2018, Ola announced ‘Mission: Electric’ to bring 1 million electric vehicles on Indian roads by 2021
Mumbai paralaysed after incessant rain; Maharashtra toll rises to 35
Twenty one people were killed and 78 injured in a wall collapse in the northern suburb of Malad in Mumbai early Tuesday following heavy rains
First blockchain-based agricultural insurance policies for smallholder farmers in Sri Lanka
Historically, there were major barriers preventing farmers from utilising insurance, including the lack of affordable and reliable insurance products, a lack of understanding about how insurance would help a farmer survive, and when and how a claim would be paid. This new blockchain technology directly addresses those issues as the insurance products are automated
Govt aims to raise health services expenditure to 2.5% of GDP by 2025
Replying to supplementaries, the minister said the government proposes to set up 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres by 2022 under the Aayushman Bharat programme. Of this 18,000-19,000 have already been established, he said.
Foreign ownership limits in life insurers to go by 2020, one year in advance
“We will achieve the goal of abolishing ownership limits in securities, futures, life insurance for foreign investors by 2020, a year earlier than the original schedule of 2021,” Premier Li Keqiang
India could face productivity loss equivalent to 34 million jobs in 2030 due to global warming: UN
With some 940 million people active in agriculture around the world, farmers are set to be worst hit by rising temperatures, according to the ILO data, which indicates that the sector will be responsible for 60 per cent of global working hours lost from heat stress, by 2030.