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China allows insurers to invest in gold for first time
The shift in policy in China could be a signal that authorities...
Govt planning to use AI for identifying mule accounts to check cybercrime: Amit Shah
Amit Shah, Union Home Minister Union Home Minister Amit Shah said...
Majority of consumers have strong intent to buy vehicle in next 12 months: Survey
The strong intent to purchase a vehicle reflected a healthy recovery in overall spending habits, it added. While the intent to purchase new vehicles is strong, used vehicles also seem to enjoy increased interest . There is a strong intent to purchase a vehicle among a...
Europeans reimpose restrictions as Omicron variant sweeps continent
As case numbers escalated, alarmed ministers in France, and Austria tightened travel restrictions. Paris cancelled its New Year's Eve fireworks. Denmark closed theaters, concert halls, amusement parks and museums. French Prime Minister Jean Castex said Friday that...
4 labour codes likely to be implemented by FY23 as many states ready draft rules
Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav in a reply to the Rajya Sabha earlier this week had said that the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code is the only code on which the least number of 13 states have pre-published the draft rules New Delhi: The...
RBI favours total ban on cryptocurrencies
Nearly 15 million Indian retail investors representing 1.8 per cent of the population have invested over $6.6 billion in crypto assets Government is not likely to bring a bill on cryptocurrency in the ongoing winter session of the Parliament Lucknow: RBI discussed...
Traders brace for third Covid wave as Omicron cases rise in Delhi
"We will soon be asking all our traders to enforce Covid protocols in their shops. In the last 10 days, there has been visible decrease in footfalls in the market. The business is slowing down due to the increasing cases of Omicron in the city," said Sanjay Bhargava,...
Govt saves Rs.2.25 lakh crore by DBT to the genuine beneficiaries through Aadhaar
Saurabh Garg, CEO,UIDAI "We want to use new technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and machine learning to strengthen Aadhaar and to make it more secure and the last thing I want to focus on is information security and privacy.Aadhaar architecture is...
IMF board forms group to review data integrity after World Bank scandal
"As part of this effort, the Board's steering group and the staff working groups will take stock of current procedures and systems in place, assess their effectiveness, and recommend improvements as needed to ensure that arrangements reflect best practices," the IMF...
Biden’s highway safety pick vows to reduce US traffic deaths
An estimated 38,680 people were killed in traffic crashes in 2020, the most since 2007 in USA , even though total miles driven dropped at the beginning of the pandemic. In the first three months of 2021, 8,730 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes, a 10.5%...
World coal power demand to hit new high after China, India, U.S. surge,undermining greenhouse gas emissions, – IEA
IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said the increase was "a worrying sign of how far off track the world is in its efforts to put emissions into decline towards net zero." Rising consumption in China, India and the United States could bring global coal-fired power...
Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka’s sovereign rating to ‘CC’
''The downgrade reflects our view of an increased probability of a default event in coming months in light of Sri Lanka's worsening external liquidity position, underscored by a drop in foreign-exchange reserves set against high external debt payments and limited...