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Regulations should not create unintended barriers for financial inclusion: RBI Guv
``India has made substantial progress on financial inclusion with...
Insurers demand longer term assets to fund Govt’s Rs29.7 lakh crore debt pile
The finance ministry has set a record target of Rs 2.5 trillion of...
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...
Over 7 in 10 Indian firms suffered from ransomware attack last year
The average ransom paid by the Indian organisations that had data encrypted in their most significant ransomware attack was $1,198,475, with 10 per cent of victims paying ransoms of $1 million or more, according to cybersecurity firm Sophos. "The ransomware situation...
EU targets Russia’s global oil trade with shipping sanctions
The bloc is proposing to ban European vessels and companies from providing services — including insurance — linked to the transportation of Russian oil and products globally as part of its new sanctions package, according to officials and a draft document seen by...
Snarled-up ports point to worsening global supply chain woes – report
"Global port congestion is worsening and becoming increasingly widespread," RBC's Head of Digital Intelligence Strategy, Michael Tran, and colleague, Jack Evans, said in the report, acknowledging it was hard to say when things would improve RBC said the plethora of...
Need to arrest prolific sale of counterfeit products on e-commerce platforms: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has expressed its concern over the “prolific” sale of counterfeit and knockoff products on e-commerce platforms and said the practice has to be arrested to protect trademark owners as well as the customers. The observation was made by...
Fed hikes rates half point, biggest rise in 22 yrs to curb US inflation
Fed Chair Jerome Powell “The committee is highly attentive to inflation risks,” the Fed said in the statement, adding a reference to Covid-related lockdowns in China that “are likely to exacerbate supply chain disruptions.” That comes on top of Russia’s invasion of...
EMIs and FDs to rise as RBI raises kay rate by 40 bps to 4.40%, CRR by 50 bps to check raging inflation
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said that Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will retain its accommodative monetary policy stance at a time when globally inflation is rising alarmingly even as investment activity is showing some traction in the country...
Heat waves-testing the limits of human survival in India
Daily power outages driven by a surge in demand for electricity have resulted in blackouts as long as eight hours in some parts of India, while coal stocks — the fuel that accounts for 70% of the country’s electricity generation — are running low, prompting warnings...