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CCI rejects Apple’s request to put antitrust report on hold
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in August ordered a...
HC directs Centre to nominate panel members to examine deepfake menace
The court further directed the committee to invite the experiences...
India leading way in world of start-ups, says PM Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi "This is the era of start-ups and it is also true that today India is leading the way in the world of start-ups. Start-ups here are getting record investments year after year. This sector is progressing very fast. In just 10 months,...
Global UBI premiums expected to surpass €150 billion by 2030: PTOLEMUS’ study
Will connected cars dominate the auto insurance industry? PTOLEMUS’ research ``Connected Auto Insurance Global Study 2021’’ finds out Elon Musk just tweeted Tesla’s intent to launch a UBI(usage based insurance) product in Texas in October, citing why, with the stream...
Omicron variant: Ajit Pawar calls meeting to review COVID situation in Maharashtra
Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, in a letter on Thursday to health secretaries of all states and Union Territories, said: "lt has now been reported by National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that multiple cases of a COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529 have been reported in...
Digital Child’s Play: protecting children from the impacts of AI
Conor Lennon from UN News asked Jasmina Byrne, Policy Chief at the UNICEF Global Insights team, and Steven Vosloo, a UNICEF data, research and policy specialist, about the importance of putting children at the centre of AI-related policies. Artificial intelligence has...
Global AI software market to hit $62 billion in 2022, says Gartner
The top five use cases for AI software spending in 2022 will be knowledge management, virtual assistants, autonomous vehicles, digital workplace and crowdsourced data. Global artificial intelligence (AI) software revenue is forecast to reach $62.5 billion in 2022, an...
New York declares State of Emergency amid spike in Covid-19 infection
The state of emergency amid concerns over the new Omicron coronavirus variant detected in southern Africa. The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and many European countries imposed new restrictions on foreign nationals travelling from countries in the region...
micron variant in ‘fluid motion’:Dr Anthony Fauci
Dr Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious disease expert On whether the new variant evades antibodies, Fauci explained, "when you look at a mutation it is going to give you a hint or indication that it might evade the immune response. You need to get that particular...
Explainer: How worried should we be about the Omicron variant?
Omicron's mutations are likely to render certain COVID-19 treatments - including some manufactured antibodies - ineffective, said Dr. David Ho, professor of microbiology and immunology at Columbia University. Experimental antiviral pills - such as Pfizer Inc's...
RBI may increase minimum capital for a new universal bank to Rs 1,000 crore, no corporate ownership of banks
Bajaj Group, Piramal Group and Reliance Industries had shown interest in expanding into banking, Mumbai: India's central bank said on Friday it would reform rules on the structure of private sector banks but a source familiar with the matter said the changes would not...
Sebi asks RTAs to publish investor charter, disclose complaint data on websites
Also, Sebi asked stock exchanges, depositories and clearing corporations to disclose on their websites the data on complaints received against them and redressal thereof. This came after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) came out with investor charter...