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Going for vaccination is personal decision, people’s confidence will get boosted slowly: Jain
The sharp fall in COVID-19 vaccination drive had come after one severe and 50 minor cases of AEFI (adverse events following immunisation) were reported on Saturday.
On Tuesday, 26 cases of AEFI, were reported, including two severe ones. One of them had to be hospitalised.
Traceability on digital platforms may diminish users security, privacy: Internet Society
”Traceability will likely continue to be a prominent issue in the debate in India around rules for digital platforms and communications service providers. However, there are credible concerns around the security, privacy and effectiveness of the two methods most often proposed to enable traceability, the use of digital signatures and the use of metadata,” the whitepaper said.
India asks Facebook’s WhatsApp to withdraw privacy policy update
“The proposed changes raise grave concerns regarding the implications for the choice and autonomy of Indian citizens,” the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology wrote in an email to WhatsApp boss Will Cathcart dated Jan. 18.
“Therefore, you are called upon to withdraw the proposed changes,” the ministry wrote in the letter seen by Reuters.
Siddhartha Mohanty appointed as LIC’s MD, to be a front-runner for corporation’s chairmanship
Mohanthy will be clear-cut front-runner for the post of LIC chairman, after MR Kumar retires in June end after reaching 60, as he will be the only serving MD in the corporation,who will be having two years of residual services, which is one of the eligibility criteria for any contender to be considered for the top post at LIC.
Headed by Kumar, chairman,the corporation has currently has four MDs out of which three MDs will be retiring within the next year
.After Susheel Kumar, Vipin Anand and Mukesh Gupta will be retiring in July and Oct respecitively.. .
ICICI General’s net proft rises 6.6 % in Q3 FY 2020-21
With a total premium of Rs 4034 crore, up 9 per cent y-o-y, the largest private sector general insurer had a combined ratio of 97.9 in the reporting quarter against 98.7 per cent in the year ago period.
DHFL resolution: Lenders approve Piramal”s $ 5 billion bid
Its large lenders are SBI, including SBI Singapore with Rs 10,083 crore exposure. Others are Bank of India (Rs 4,125 crore), Canara Bank (Rs 2,681 crore), NHB (Rs 2,434 crore), Union Bank (Rs 2,378 crore), Syndicate Bank (Rs 2,229 crore), Bank of Baroda (Rs 2,075 crore), Indian Bank (Rs 1,552 crore), Central Bank (Rs 1,389 crore), IDBI Bank (Rs 999 crore) and HDFC Bank (Rs 361 crore).
The company has also exposures from insurance companies including Life Insurance Corporation and New India Insurance which have already taken hits on the account by showing it as a non-performing assets…
COVID-19: India records lowest fatalities in eight months
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,02,11,342 pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate of 96.59 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.44 per cent.
The COVID-19 active caseload remained below 3 lakh.
Total speeds up renewables push with $2.5 billion investment in Indian solar power
Total is trying to reduce its dependence on oil and shift towards electricity and renewable energy. It aims to have 35 gigawatts (GW) of gross renewable energy generation capacity by 2025 from around 9 GW now
“Our entry into AGEL is a major milestone in our strategy in the renewable energy business in India put in place by both parties,” Total CEO and Chairman Patrick Pouyanne said.
Don’t join WhatsApp if not accepting new policy: HC
The petition, by a lawyer, has contended that the updated privacy policy violates users right to privacy under the Constitution.
The plea has claimed that the new privacy policy of WhatsApp allows full access into a user’s online activity without there being any supervision by the government.
Health worker dies in Moradabad day after receiving COVID shot
Chief Medical Officer Milind Chander Garg cited a postmortem report and said that the cause of death was cardiac disease.
Refuting the claim of the health authorities, the family members of the deceased said that he was never faced cardiac problem and he was quite healthy except the fever and cough.