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French publishers and authors sue Meta Platforms for copyright infringement
SNE, the trade association representing major French publishers...
PB Fintech stock declines nearly 5 pc
NEW DELHI: Shares of PB Fintech, parent entity of Policybazaar,...
UK tables ‘world-first’ online safety law in Parliament
Nadine Dorries,UK Digital Secretary The Online Safety Bill has been dubbed a milestone in the fight for a new digital age, which will hand the country’s communications watchdog the power to fine or even ban offensive websites. It is also designed to protect children...
Cyclone brewing in Bay of Bengal, A&N Islands to get heavy rains
“If the forecast materialises, tropical cyclone Asani will become the first-ever tropical cyclone to hit Andaman and Nicobar Islands in March. Not a single tropical cyclone has hit the region in March in at least 132 years,” Akshay Deoras, a meteorologist at the...
World far short of climate goals during ‘decade of action’ -report
The report also said big developing countries like India and China, which in 2018 accounted for 42% of all emissions, "will dominate the uncertainty” in climate progress with their emissions growing faster in coming years than emissions are reduced elsewhere...
Market volatility is Ukraine war’s main risk for European insurers: Fitch
``We estimate that global reinsurers’ coverage of risks in Russia typically accounts for less than 2% of their gross written premiums (GWP). The exposure is mostly from specialty lines, such as energy, marine and aviation, typically written through Lloyd’s of London...
Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake hits Japan’s Fukushima area, triggers a tsunami advisory & disrupts power in Tokyo
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said more than 2 million buildings, including around 700,000 in Tokyo, lost power. No irregularities have been found at its Dai-ni nuclear power plant in Fukushima, while the Dai-ichi plant is still being checked, Chief Cabinet Secretary...
Bermuda suspends permits for Russian-operated planes over safety oversight concerns
Of the nearly 1,000 planes in the Russian fleet, 745 were registered in Bermuda, aviation consulting firm IBA said on March 1. Of those, 713 were leased and 32 owned Russia's government said on Thursday it had proposed allowing foreign planes leased by Russian...
Air Lease says Russian law on leased jets could help in claiming insurance
"It (the law) helps the insurance question because it demonstrates the intent to confiscate which is, I think, a critical aspect of our war-risk insurance," Air Lease chairman Steven Udvar-Házy said on Wednesday The new law allows Russian airlines to place airplanes...
Munich Re announces withdrawal from Russian business
“Existing contracts in Russia and Belarus will not be renewed,” the Munich-based company said on its website Wednesday. The same applies to Munich Re's investments in the region Exceptions will only be made if ending business “would negatively affect persons or...
Your connected car knows you. The tussle for that data’s hitting high gear
Companies in Europe and beyond are vying for control of the crown jewels of the connected car era: your vehicle’s data “If you don’t have access to data in the future, eventually you’ll be squeezed out. You’ll not be efficient, you’ll not have the right services, you...
Adani adds $49 bn wealth in 2021, higher than Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk
Gautam Adani 'Over the last 10 years, Indian billionaires added circa USD 700 billion to their cumulative wealth - this is equivalent to Switzerland's GDP and twice the GDP of the UAE!,'' he said New Delhi: Gautam Adani, India's and Asia's second-richest person, added...