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Govt plans to tweak PMFBY; to make crop insurance voluntary to all farmers
The agriculture ministry has also proposed setting up of State Level Corpus Fund, and migration of savings to a National-level Insurance Risk Pool to quell public perception that insurance companies are making profits from the scheme, the official said.
Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill introduced in Lok Sabha
The Union Minister said that every year around 1.5 lakh people die in road accidents and the Bill would a step ahead to save these lives.”Around 30 per cent driving licences in the country are bogus. Getting licences in India is most easy. People have no fear of law and they do not care of the fines of Rs 50 or 100,” he said.
Indian IT managers facing budget crunch for cybersecurity
“Staying on top of where threats are coming from takes dedicated expertise, but IT managers often have a hard time finding the right talent or don’t have a proper security system in place that allows them to respond quickly and efficiently to attacks,” Chester Wisniewski, principal research scientist, Sophos, said in a statement.
Facebook to pay $5 billion fine for privacy violations
FTC initiated the investigation after a scandal involving former British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which was accused of illegally accessing data of more than 87 million Facebook users without their prior knowledge. FTC investigated whether Facebook’s data sharing with the British firm violated a 2011 consent agreement signed between Facebook and the regulator.
A Ford-Volkswagen alliance with Argo could redraw self-driving sector
A Ford-VW collaboration with Argo, the Pittsburgh-based start-up that has spearheaded Ford’s self-driving development since 2017, could help reduce the engineering and financial burdens on each automaker. It could also accelerate the deployment timetables of both, which have said they plan to put autonomous vehicles into operation in 2021.
Safety lapses found in IndiGo, DGCA issues notice to 4 executives: Report
The DGCA is conducting a special audit of all airlines and airports which are in monsoon-affected areas in the wake of multiple landing incidents across the country.
Top 10 states have 83% penetration of outstanding portfolio: Equifax-SIDBI study
The SIDBI-Equifax quarterly study revealed 20 per cent growth of volume in loan disbursements. Highest number of loans as of FY19 are disbursed in 20,000-30,000 ticket size category followed by 30,000-40,000 ticket size category whereas ticket size category of 50,000-60,000 saw the highest increase by 67% from FY18 to FY19.
India to receive below-average monsoon rains in next 2 weeks: Report
Monsoon rains are crucial for farm output and economic growth, as about 55% of India’s arable land is rain-fed, and agriculture accounts for about 15% of a $2.5-trillion economy that is the third biggest in Asia.
French utility EDF prepares its nuclear reactors for climate change
The company has created a team of 15 climate experts to better predict the impact of a changing climate on its operations and the surrounding environment. The team, formed in 2015, studies several metrics including river temperatures, wind and solar power output, sea levels and the resilience of its power plants to flooding and lightning
Govt defines child pornography, brings digital or computer generated content under WCD Ministry
The initiative to define child pornography has been taken by WCD Minister Smriti Irani to convey the message that from now there will be zero tolerance for child pornography and for that reason definition of child pornography was essential, the ministry spokesperson said.