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Amit Shah orders inter-ministerial team to investigate Rajouri deaths
Amit Shah,Union Home Minister The cause of the illness remains...
“For Munich Re, it is of utmost importance that rates and conditions are risk-adequate to insure sustainability of the business”
With the beginning of the renewal season in Asian region, Hitesh...
Amazon, Citi, other companies take stance on abortion rights in US with travel benefit
The issue has gained urgency now that 31 states have introduced abortion bans this year, according to policy analysis by research group Guttmacher Institute By offering support for employees who may need to travel out of state for abortions, Yelp and other companies...
Faulty battery cells, modules likely caused e-scooter fire in India, initial probe finds
"As per the preliminary assessment of these experts, there was no fault of the Ola battery management system at all and it was likely an isolated thermal incident," a company spokesperson said in a statement India wants e-scooters and e-bikes to make up 80% of total...
Global tech industry body seeks revision in India’s directive on reporting of cyber security breach
ITI has raised concerns over the mandatory reporting of breach incidents within six hours of noticing, to enable logs of all ICT systems and maintain them within Indian jurisdiction for 180 days, the overbroad definition of reportable incidents and the requirement...
Financial firms face $225 billion in water-related losses, analysis estimates
The U.N. has warned of a 40% shortfall in supply by 2030 if water consumption and production patterns do not change and so-called water risk, through flood, drought or pollution, is set to become a growing issue for companies over the next decade By underestimating...
EU citizens may sue countries for health-damaging dirty air, top court adviser says
The opinion concerns a case brought by a Paris resident seeking 21 million euros in compensation from the French government, on the grounds that air pollution damaged his health and the government failed to ensure compliance with EU limits BRUSSELS: Citizens in...
Validity of models, methodology of data collection questionable: India on WHO COVID deaths report
In a report released on Thursday, the WHO estimated that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double the official death toll of 6 million According to the WHO...
India’s Health Card: Fertility rate falls further, Obesity rises
According to the National Report of the fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5),the Total Fertility Rates (TFR), an average number of children per women, has further declined from 2.2 to 2.0 at the national level between NFHS-4 & 5. At national...
White House to boost support for quantum technology while boosting cybersecurity
The memorandum offers a road map to federal agencies to update their information technology systems to help defend against complex quantum attacks, establishing goals and milestones. It also establishes a working group between the public and private sectors to...
WHO warns of worsening obesity ‘epidemic’ in Europe
"Obesity is influenced by the environment, so it is important to look at this problem from the perspective of every stage of life. For example, the life of children and adolescents is impacted by digital environments, including marketing of unhealthy food and drinks,"...
PM to chair review meeting on preparedness to deal with heatwave, monsoon season
Several parts of the country have logged all-time high temperatures under the impact of the torrid heatwave New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair here on Thursday an important review meeting on preparedness to deal with the heatwave affecting parts of the...