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RBI unveils ‘One Nation One Ombudsman’ for grievance redressal of financial consumers
The RBI has said major payment system operators in the country would be required to facilitate setting-up of a centralised industry-wide 24×7 helpline for addressing customer queries in respect of various digital payment products and give information on available grievance redress mechanisms by September 2021.
Over 290,000 cyber security incidents related to banking reported in 2020
“The percentage rise in digital transactions is 46 per cent in 2020 in comparison to 2018-19,” he said.
The numbers of digital transactions have increased from 3,134 crore in the financial year (FY) 2018-19 to 4,572 crore in FY 2019-20, Dhotre added.
COVID-19: India records 12,408 new cases, 120 fresh fatalities
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,04,96,308 pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 97.16 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.43 per cent.
The COVID-19 active caseload remained below 2 lakh.
There are 1,51,460 active cases of coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 1.40 per cent of the total cases, the data stated.
Seeing positive signs, but Indian aviation sector still in eye of storm: Airbus India
“I think it is time for Indian carriers to scale up their operations and gain control of the international traffic as well. Also, we observe that air travellers have adapted to COVID-19 with a preference to point-to-point non-stop travel to avoid connections. Again, that is the opportunity to develop long haul travel from India,” he stated.
No blanket permission given for surveillance under NETRA, NATGRID: Centre To HC
The ASG told the court that the permissions are only given in cases that affect the sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of the country, security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, etc.The affidavit further states that the standard operating procedure (SOP) for carrying out surveillance mandates that permission for the same shall be sought only if the information required cannot be acquired by any other reasonable means.
Delhi govt floats tender to set up 100 EV charging stations
Each station will have five charging points, making it a total of 500 such points. The charging stations will be set up within a year, Jain said.
There will be a mandate for minimum 20 per cent slow chargers and 10 per cent fast chargers at these charging stations to cater to all kinds of EVs. Majority of these sites will be at Metro stations and DTC bus depots, he said.
DPIIT ‘definitely’ working on new e-commerce policy: Govt official
“Who should be accountable for counterfeit products sold through an e-commerce company. Data is an important issue. The entire data issue will be governed by what actually the data law will be, which is before Parliament. That is why we are not in a hurry to finalise it (the policy)… So, whatever will be the final outcome of that data bill, it will apply to everybody who will deal with data,” the official said a regulator for the sector may come if required.
Odisha’s Balasore to get country’s first thunderstorm research testbed: IMD
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Balasore will get the country's first thunderstorm research testbed, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said. The objective of setting up the thunderstorm testbed is to minimalise human fatalities and loss of...
ICICI Lombard gets approval to open IFSC unit
The offshore unit will enable ICICI Lombard to harness new opportunities in direct insurance and reinsurance areas by offering offshore direct insurance solutions, especially to domestic corporates and individuals located overseas, thus expanding its international business, the company said.
India’s COVID positivity rate dips to 5.42 pc: Health ministry
New Delhi: India's cumulative COVID-19 positivity rate has declined to 5.42 per cent while the weekly positivity rate (last week) was recorded at 1.82 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. Eight states and union territories, which have a weekly...