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India evaluating impact of proposed US restriction on AI chip export: Sources
The proposal has no restriction for 18 key allies of the US, which...
Electric Vehicles: Indian Automakers plan to launch dozen of new models
While EV sales growth in India is also slowing, rising 20 per cent...
Govt working on digitisation of healthcare services under ‘One Nation, One Health’: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi PM Modi said the government focused on seven things in terms of health including preventive healthcare including through yoga and swachhta campaigns, early detection through new testing centres, primary healthcare centres in every...
Most Indians keen to travel abroad in next six months: Survey
In terms of destinations, the survey found that almost 50 per cent of Indians were considering travel to Asia Pacific destinations, with Australia, Thailand and Indonesia topping the chart as the most searched destinations As COVID-19 related international border...
Swiss Re forecasts a “stagflation-like” environment with slower growth and higher inflation
Jerome Haegeli,Swiss Re Group chief economist Stagflation is fully back on the radar and we now need to be particularly disciplined. 2022 will be a challenging year for insurers with both sides of the balance sheet under pressure" Swiss Re Group chief economist Jerome...
Ransomware a growing cyber risk for US corporates, financials & Govt: Fitch
In 2021, there were 421.5 mil. attempted ransomware attacks in the U.S. and 623.3 mil. globally, up 98% and 105% YoY, respectively, according to a March 2022 report from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ransom payments are also...
Heat wave disrupts industrial activity as power demand soars in India
Industrial disruption and widespread power cuts are also bad news for corporate India, as economic activity has just started to pick up after months of stagnation amid coronavirus lockdowns New Delhi: India's northwestern Rajasthan state scheduled four hours of power...
As India swelters under extreme heat, Modi warns of fire risk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi "We are seeing increasing incidents of fires in various places - in jungles, important buildings and in hospitals - in the past few days," Modi said He asked states to conduct fire-safety audits for hospitals. Dozens of people die every...
IP protection: India among most challenging economies, says USTR
While India made meaningful progress to promote IP protection and enforcement in some areas over the past year, it failed to resolve recent and long-standing challenges and it created new concerns for right holders, the report by US Trade Representative said...
90pc states publish draft rules on 4 labour codes, implementation imminent says Bhupender Yadav
The minister also said that the government is working to provide social security to the entire workforce in the country and that is why e-Shram portal or national database of informal workers is being created He informed that as many as 28 crore informal workers are...
Musk’s Twitter ambitions to collide with Europe’s tech rules
Elon Musk Elon Musk will soon be confronted with Europe's Digital Services Act, which will require big tech companies like Twitter, Google, and Facebook parent Meta to police their platforms more strictly or face billions in fines Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition and...
70% who took booster didn’t get Covid in third wave, says study
The study also showed that the third wave affected those aged below 40 the most -- around 45 per cent of them contracted the disease. The researchers also concluded that a long gap after the second dose correlated with a higher chance of infection during the third...