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Must take action on hoax bomb threats to airlines, IT Ministry tells social media platforms
"Considering the serious nature of the situation, the Ministry of...
Cyclone Dana: Crops on 1.75L acre in Odisha damaged, another 2.80L acre submerged, says Govt
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi during a review meeting on Friday...
Twitter loses intermediary status over non-compliance with new rules
“The provisions for significant social media intermediaries under the Rules have already come into force on May 26 2021 and it has been more than a week but Twitter has refused to comply with the provisions of these Rules. Needless to state, such non-compliance will lead to unintended consequences including Twitter losing exemption from liability as intermediary available under section 79 of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000. This has clearly been provided under rule 7 of the aforesaid Rules,” it said.
India reports 60,471 new COVID-19 cases, 2,726 deaths
The South Asian country’s total COVID-19 case load now stands at 29.57 million, while total fatalities are at 377,031, the data showed. India added 2,726 deaths overnight.
Bharti AXA General Insurance posts a net of Rs 120 crore in FY 21,Combined ratio at 110.5%
New Delhi Non-life insurer Bharti AXA General Insurance,which is in the process of being taken over by ICICI Lombard General Insurnace, posted a profit after tax of Rs 120 crore in FY21. Combined ratio of the general insurer stood at 110.5 per cent compared to...
Delhi defies social distancing norms, doctors say brace for COVID-19 ‘explosion’
“Delhi ought to have unlocked far more scientifically. We are inviting trouble!” Arvinder Singh Soin, a surgeon and leading liver transplant specialist, said on Twitter.
Narayan Murthy’s Anviti Insurance Brokers rebranded as Aon India
.“So going forward, after the full intergration of Wills Tower Watson into Aon globally, there will be further changes on how Aon will operate in the Indian market, if it decides to operate through partnership,” said sources.
RBI to focus on growth even as inflation breaches tolerance band
The annual retail inflation rate rose 6.30 per cent year-on-year in May, up from 4.29 per cent in April and sharply above analysts’ estimate of 5.30 per cent. The wholesale price inflation rate rose 12.94 per cent, its highest in at least two decades.
“There is a broad-based increase in CPI inflation but it still is not driven by demand and that gives the RBI some leeway. They will continue to wait and watch as a rate hike is out of question for now,” the first source said.
India confirms first death following Covid-19 vaccination
It is the first death linked to Covid-19 vaccination due to anaphylaxis. It re-emphasises the need to wait for 30 minutes at the inoculation centre after receiving the jab.
The panel said benefits of vaccination are overwhelmingly greater than the small risk of harm and as a measure of utmost precaution, emerging signals of harm are being constantly tracked and reviewed periodically.
Monsoon covers two-third of India earlier, to accelerate crop sowing
Since the start of the season, the monsoon has delivered 25% more-than-normal rainfall, boosted by higher rainfall in the central India region, data compiled by IMD showed.
Monsoon is crucial for India’s $2.7-trillion economy, as it delivers nearly 70% of the rain needed by farms, besides replenishing reservoirs and aquifers.
No cyber breach into National Informatics Centre email system, says govt
The email system is “totally safe and secure”, the Ministry of Electronics and IT said while dismissing a report claiming that data breaches in organisations such as Air India, BigBasket and Domino’s had exposed email accounts and passwords of NIC emails to hackers.
IRDAI looking for agency to manage its multi-media grievance redressal centre
The agency will be required to manage its IGCC by providing the state-of-the-art call centre solution based on IP Multimedia platform for seamless handling of channels (telephone calls, e-mails and letters) with unified administration and reporting as well as having the integrated components in a single platform, said the request for proposal (RFP) for IGCC Services.