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A milestone in biotechnology research: PM Modi unveils genome sequencing data of 10,000 Indians
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Parents can be legally compelled to offer education money to daughter: SC
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COVID-19 vaccinated pregnant women pass protection to newborns: Study
“Studies continue to reinforce the importance of vaccines during pregnancy and their power to protect two lives at once by preventing severe illness in both mothers and babies,” said Ashley S. Roman, MD, director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the Silverman Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYU Langone Health, and one of the study’s principal investigators.
Over 90 pc Indian business leaders feel pandemic pressed need to improve crisis mgmt capability: Study
Puneet Garkhel, Partner and Leader, Forensics Services, PwC India, said that operations and supply chain, finance and liquidity, and workforce are the three areas in which Indian businesses experienced ”significant” or ”critical” impact owing to the pandemic. ”Indian businesses that have survived and even thrived, through this period have several significant foundational strengths in common with the most critical being a dedicated crisis response team with a fit-for-purpose response strategy, aligned to their organisation’s goals and purpose,” said Garkhel.
Govt launches Rs 7,270 cr scheme for road safety in 14 states
An Integrated Road Accident Database (IRAD) will be rolled out in all states by 2022-23 and applied for identifying and rectifying all black spots on state highways and major district roads.
Road safety audit will be made mandatory on state highways and urban roads by the end of the scheme period.
WPP settles with US SEC charges of bribery in India, other FCPA violations; to pay $19 mn to watchdog
Issuing an order after accepting WPP’s offer to settle the matter, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said the bribery scheme took place at a WPP’s majority-owned subsidiary in India, which through intermediaries paid as much as a million dollars in bribes to Indian officials to obtain and retain government business.
Provide free cancer treatment to Bhopal gas tragedy victims: HC tells MP govt
The highly toxic methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the then Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984, killling more than 3,700 people and affecting more than 5.58 lakh others, according to the state government records.
MSMEs vulnerable to cyber threats with growing digitalisation: Officials
There is a need to equip these businesses with knowledge and hands-on training on how to identify and combat these threats, and, become more cyber-resilient, Union MSME ministry’s director SK Sahoo said.
Cyber security remains an “area of serious concern” for the MSMEs, and the vulnerabilities of these businesses stem from several factors such as “lack of understanding of cyber security risks, less prioritisation for safety and limited capital allocation, he said in a workshop here.
Govt will mandate flex-fuel engines in vehicles in next 3-4 months: Gadkari
“I am going to issue an order in the next three to four months, in which carmakers – from BMW, Mercedes to TATA and Mahindra – will be asked to make flex engines,” he said.
Gadkari said he has asked Bajaj and TVS companies to introduce flex engines in their vehicles, and also instructed them not to approach him until and unless they do so.
Digital cos’ data hegemony may lead to ‘attention economy’, says CCI chief
While noting that rapid changes are happening in markets, which are increasingly shifting towards a digital platform-centric configuration,Competition Commission chief Ashok Kumar Gupta also pointed out that these platform markets are by their very nature “winner-takes-all or winner-takes-most”.
“Network effects, access to large amounts of data, economies of scale and scope, induced behavioural biases among consumers etc., in digital markets, may heighten market concentration and result in the creation of impermeable entry barriers,” Gupta said.
No plans to bring standard products for cyber liability insurance policy as of now: Member Irdai
Even as cyber risk insurance products are available in the market, both for the commercial and for individuals, she said insurers can now identify the possible risks and the recommendations that can be implemented.
Ayushman Bharat has transformed healthcare system in country: Mandaviya
”The budget outlay for health has increased 137 per cent since last year to 2.40 lakh crore. Ayushman Bharat has transformed healthcare in the country as poor patients can access non-government treatment facilities earlier reserved for only those who could afford it,” Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said.