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CCPA issues advisory to e-commerce platforms for self-audit within 3 months to detect dark patterns
CCPA has also issued notices to e-commerce platforms in some cases...
Active Covid cases in India cross 5,000-mark
Official sources have maintained that most cases are mild and...
60 pc of businesses ‘off track’ to meet sustainability goals: Bain & Company report
Consumers in fast-growing markets, where Bain found environmental concerns to be highest, including India, were willing to pay a greater premium (between 15 and 20 per cent), compared to markets like the US and the UK New Delhi: Over 60 per cent of businesses surveyed...
U’khand tunnel collapse: Ecological concerns need to be addressed for development in Himalayas, say experts
Earlier this year, a case of land subsidence was also reported in Joshimath where some residents blamed NTPC's 520 MW Tapovan-Vishnugad hydroelectric project for the problem. Horrific incidents like the partial collapse of an under construction tunnel on the Char Dham...
Bank of England to deepen system-wide stress test for banks, insurers and pension schemes in 2024
The Bank wants to see how market players cope when there are huge demands for liquidity, such as meeting extra margin calls on positions in a short time. London: The Bank of England said on Friday it would start the second leg to its first system-wide stress test of...
Oriental Insurance H1 losses fall sharply to Rs41 crore from Rs3,587 crore, may turn profitable in FY23-24: RR Singh
RR Singh, CMD, Oriental Insurance Company, admitted that the company aims to be profitable in FY 24 despite having many of the complex financial problems like lack of capital and required solvency New Delhi/Mumbai: After years of heavy losses and despite having severe...
SC refuses to entertain plea to frame guidelines for regulation of trading of cryptocurrencies
Insofar as the main reliefs are concerned, they are more in a nature of a legislative direction which the court cannot issue under Article 32 of the Constitution," the bench said in its order passed on Friday New Delhi:, The Supreme Court has refused to entertain a...
Centre taking steps to promote Ayush system of medicine: MoS Mahendrabhai
The Ministry of Ayush is working on the operationalisation of 12,500 Ayush Health and Wellness Centres (AHWCs) under NAM by 2023-24, the minister said New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Ayush Munjpara Mahendrabhai on Wednesday said the Centre is taking steps for...
Cyber attacks and data breaches remain the top global risk, 50% of overall top ten risks presently uninsurable: Aon
Greg Case,CEO,Aon Notably only two of the top five current risks are insurable and half of the overall top ten is presently uninsurable "The world is more volatile, reflecting a series of profound transitions across trade, technology, weather and workforce issues that...
Govt asks social media firms to identify, remove misinformation, deepfakes within 36 hours
"They are further mandated to remove such content within 36 hours upon receiving a report from either a user or government authority. Failure to comply with this requirement invokes Rule 7, which empowers aggrieved individuals to take platforms to court under the...
Stop crop residue burning forthwith, can’t let people die due to pollution: SC
While hearing a matter pertaining to the debilitating air pollution in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR), the bench flagged issues like crop residue burning, vehicular pollution and burning of waste in the open were the major contributors to pollution during...
A third of Bihar families survive on Rs 200 or less a day, caste survey reveals
According to the report, the state is home to about 2.97 crore families out of which more than 94 lakh (34.13 per cent) live on an income of Rs 6,000 or less a month Patna: A third of Bihar families survive on Rs 200 or less a day, caste survey revealsMore than a...