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Experiments of blending ethanol with diesel unsuccessful; new tests with Isobutanol on: Gadkari
"Experiments were carried out to blend 10 per cent ethanol with...
Future-ready power companies seize soft market advantages, Willis
Infrastructure hotspots such as Indonesia, Vietnam and the...
Cell, gene therapy to rule pharma sector in 2024: Report
"Cell and gene therapies are gradually becoming more important focus areas within the healthcare industry and their full potential is still unrealised. While this is a relatively new area, with the first autologous dendritic cell therapy Provenge approved in 2010 for...
Japan issued tsunami alerts after a series of strong quakes in the Sea of Japan
A tsunami of about 3 metres high was expected to hit Niigata and other prefectures on the western coast of Japan. Smaller tsunami waves were already confirmed to have reached the coastline, according to NHK.The area includes a nuclear plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co.,...
Progressive Indian general insurance sector
Ritesh Kumar, MD & CEO, HDFC ERGO General Insurance The IRDAI initiated the journey towards adopting IFRS 17 and implementing risk-based supervision and capital frameworks. Looking ahead, significant developments are anticipated in the general insurance...
Health Insurance: Key developments poised to redefine the sector
Krishnan Ramachandran, MD & CEO at Niva Bupa In a bid to simplify health insurance for customers, IRDAI has introduced standardization guidelines, with the latest being the Customer Information Sheet (CIS). This initiative aims to demystify policy benefits and...
Global Economy: Rising shipping costs to push inflation
Combined with disruptions at a drought-stricken Panama Canal in the Western Hemisphere, the rise in merchant shipping rates poses headwinds for central bankers in their inflation fight Shipping costs are rising as hundreds of container ships that typically transit the...
US sinks 3 Houthi vessels that attacked its container ship in Red Sea
CENTCOM said the navy responded to a request for assistance from the Maersk Hangzhou, a Singapore-flagged, Denmark-owned and operated container ship that reported coming under attack for a second time in 24 hours while transiting the Red Sea The Houthis have...
For large nation like India, deepfakes a problematic issue for conducting safe, fair polls: MoS IT
''We will keep an eye on the intermediaries for the 7-15 days after they come back from vacations…and if they still have not made a move, then we will basically amend the IT rules and notify amended IT rules to be as prescriptive as the advisories are,'' Union...
AI-powered deepfakes bare fangs in 2023, raise concern about impact on privacy, electoral politics
Supreme Court Advocate and chairman of the International Commission on Cyber Security Law Pavan Duggal said, ''It is a new emerging technology but is very quickly becoming a part of people's lives. More and more people are going to use deepfakes, not just by...
India to remain fastest-growing major economy in 2024
''After a couple of difficult years, the economic environment is turning more benign with inflation trending down and growth remaining robust. Most forecasts project that growth in 2024-25 would be close to but slightly lower than in 2023-24. The global slowdown and...
2023: AI becomes hashtag, goes mainstream; India sets guardrails for data privacy, user safety
India’s resolve to safeguard netizens from new kinds of user harms emerging in the digital space was clear, as the government moved decisively to craft regulations and laws. It crafted a future-ready framework that would not just protect digital personal data but also...