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SC notice to Centre on plea to ban sexually explicit content on OTT social media
The plea sought the Centre to stop access to social media and OTT...
Power outage hits large parts of Spain and Portugal
Officials said the possibility that it was caused by a cyber attack...
World losing race to meet climate goals, COP28 president says
While Africa is suffering from some of the most severe impacts of climate change, the continent only receives about 12% of the financing it needs to cope, according to researchers The world is losing the race to meet its climate change goals, the president of the...
Need to broaden participation to expand digital commerce in India: ONDC’s Koshy
''If you look at today's digital commerce in the country, it is limited to 10 per cent and just 2-3 per cent on the buyer side, so we need to broaden and expand the participation so that the current levels can go up to 25-30 per cent in the next few years.'' Open...
Over 6 crore returns processed, additional info sought from 12 lakh taxpayers: CBDT
More than 2.45 crore refunds have already been issued, it noted, adding it was committed to processing the remaining Income Tax returns in a speedy and efficient manner New Delhi: The Income Tax Department has so far processed more than 6 crore tax returns for the...
Huawei files lawsuit in Portugal over ban on supplying 5G
Europe and the U.S. have concerns that Chinese involvement in critical infrastructure could compromise security. Beijing and Huawei reject such suggestions Chinese technology giant Huawei has filed a lawsuit with a Lisbon court against a resolution by Portugal’s...
FM asks financial entities to ensure customers nominate heirs
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asked fintech companies to invest in cybersecurity and said that trust is very important Mumbai: India's financial ecosystem has made a giant stride from being conventional to fintech-driven and the new solutions have helped...
FEATURE-India’s women gig workers organise with WhatsApp, secret meetings
India is one of the largest and fastest-growing markets for the so-called gig economy, with nearly 8 million workers in 2020-21, and forecast to expand to 24 million workers by 2029-30, according to government think-tank NITI Aayog Women make up a very small part of...
‘Market will have a negative view of GIC Re if clubbed with GIPSA’: GICOA
The reinsurer's CMD has communicated to the Department of Financial Services several times to keep GIC Re separate from GIPSA With about 500 employees GIC Re is making good profits. The attrition rate has increased nowadays owing to attractive pay packets offered by...
Govt invites bids to engage asset valuer for IDBI Bank sale
The Department of Investment & Public Asset Management (DIPAM), on behalf of Gol and LIC, on Monday floated an RFP to engage a ''reputed Asset Valuer Entity -registered with Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), to act as the Asset Valuer for...
Drought-like situation, power crisis in Madhya Pradesh: CM Chouhan
“The month of August has almost been dry, so a drought situation is arising in Madhya Pradesh now. Crops are in danger''Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan The Cabinet sub-committee on drought in Karnataka led by Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Monday...
Biometric authentication at discharge for Ayushman Bharat patients stressed at AIIMS meeting
The issue of cost disparity between estimates provided by the treating doctors and the approved PMJAY health benefit package was discussed New Delhi: The need for mandatory biometric authentication at the time of patients' discharge was stressed at a recently held...