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Air India suspends flights to Tel Aviv until August 8 due to escalating ME tensions
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India reports 16,738 new coronavirus cases; highest since January 29
More than half came from the western state of Maharashtra, India’s richest and home to its financial capital of Mumbai, which reported a record high of 8,807 cases on Wednesday.
IRDA allows dividend payment by insurers to their shareholders
However, insurers are requested to take a conscious call in the matter of declaring dividends for FY 2020-21 considering their capital, solvency and liquidity positions, said Pravin Kutumbe, member, Pravin Kutumbe, Member (F&I) IRDAI.
India tightens regulatory grip on Facebook, WhatsApp with new rules
India is the largest market by user numbers for both Facebook and WhatsApp.
The new rules issued by the government, called the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code, will be legally enforceable.
They will require big social media companies to set up a grievance redressal mechanism and within three months appoint new executives to coordinate with law enforcement.
India plans new social media controls after Twitter face-off
The latest draft rules – which would be legally enforcable -say companies should remove content as early as possible, but not later than 36 hours, after a government or legal order.
They must also assist in investigations or other cyber security-related incidents within 72 hours of a request. Further, if a post depicts an individual in any sexual act or conduct, then companies must disable or remove such content within a day of receiving a complaint, the rules added.
Indian traders face ‘absolute havoc’ as bourse suffers four-hour outage
At 11:40 a.m., the NSE shut down completely for trading, leaving traders wondering what would happen to their open positions.
The incident occurred just ahead of the monthly derivatives expiry on the last Thursday of the month, when traders close or roll over their open positions.
“This was an unmitigated disaster because you need to communicate this proactively. Not one person in the market knew they would shut down the exchange,” Varun Khandelwal, director at Bullero Capital, a New Delhi-based proprietary trading firm.
Online platforms emerging as preferred marketplace for vehicle buyers: Survey
But the pandemic notwithstanding, more than half the people surveyed (54 per cent) were keen to buy a vehicle in 2021 as against one-third (34 per cent) of the respondents who had decided not to make any such purchases this year, it said, adding, the interest in buying vehicles during the pandemic can be explained by the necessity of personal mobility.
India 2nd biggest target of cyber criminals in Asia Pacific in 2020: IBM
Govt committed to privatising all PSUs except bare minimum in 4 strategic sectors — PM Mod
He said his regime has set a target to monetise 100 PSUs in oil, gas, airports, ports, power, among other areas, which will draw Rs 2.5 trillion of investment.
Fire at India’s UPL plant kills two, injures 26
“Since the plant was shut, there was no chemical reaction in progress at this plant. There were no chemical or gas leaks because of the fire/explosion either during or after this incident,” UPL said, adding it did not rule out possible foul play.
India says virus variants not behind upsurge in cases
A top government health official confirmed the long-time presence of two mutants – N440K and E484Q – in those two states as well as elsewhere in the country and abroad. Authorities have also found the UK variant in 187 people in India, the South African one in six and one case of the Brazilian mutation.
“There is no reason today for us to believe, on the basis of scientific information, that these are responsible for the upsurge of the outbreak,” Vinod Kumar Paul, who heads a government committee on vaccines, told a news conference.