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NPS corpus touches Rs 14.4 lakh crore with 8.4 cr subscribers in FY 25: PFRDA chairman
L TO R- Deepak Mohanty, chairman,PFRDA , Nagaraju Maddirala,...
SC says no to plea for barring kids below 13 from using social media
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih, however,...
Car or robot? Unlocking the future of autonomous vehicles
The successful adoption of autonomous vehicles in and by cities also requires innovative policies. Regulatory bodies need to emphasize how these vehicles interact with pedestrians and other vulnerable road users not only algorithmically but also through...
Govt clears 10 GMDs for 4 PSU general insurers
After a gap of almost one year, the government on Saturday has cleared the appointments of 10 general manager and directors(GMDs) in the four PSU general insurance companies. Earlier, the government head hunting agency FSIB had selected lnderjeet Singh, Madhulika...
Along with environment, job protection is a concern: Rijiju
''Today, the per capita GDP of India is 2,100 dollars and it is very less, but India as a whole, when we calculate, it's close to a 3.23 trillion dollar economy. It is the fifth largest economy (in the world),'' he said. Kaziranga: Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren...
‘IT rules give 72 hours but remove illegal content as fast as possible’
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union IT Minister The complaints around illegal content could range from child sexual abuse material to nudity to trademark and patent infringements, misinformation, impersonation of another person, content threatening the unity and integrity of...
Foreign investors turn net sellers in India for second month
In September, foreign investors sold Rs 7,624 crore worth of equities in India, data from National Securities Depository Limited showed. So far in 2022, they sold Rs 170,375 crore worth of stocks on a cumulative basis New Delhi: Foreign portfolio investors have...
Govt-appointed appellate panels to be set up in 3 months for resolving social media users’ grievances
The IT rules changes have been in the works for months, though, ever since users red-flagged instances of digital platforms acting arbitrarily. The latest move will arm the users with a grievance appeal mechanism in the form of appellate committees that will look into...
LIC plans to create a $22bn fund to pay bonus and dividend boosting its battered stock: Report
The transfer, if concluded, would boost LIC's net worth by about 18 times from its current value of about 105 billion rupees and top the net worth chart among insurers, including SBI Life and HDFC Life, both the officials said. New Delhi: State owned Life Insurance...
Play store policies: CCI slaps Rs 936.44 cr penalty on Google for unfair business practices
This is the second major CCI ruling against Google in less than a week. On October 20, the watchdog imposed a penalty of Rs 1,337.76 crore on the company for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in relation to Android mobile devices and ordered the...
Uganda reports worrisome increase in Ebola cases in capital
There is no proven vaccine for the Sudan strain of Ebola that's circulating in Uganda. Ugandan officials by Thursday had documented more than 1,800 Ebola contacts, 747 of whom had completed 21 days of monitoring for possible signs of the disease that manifests as a...
Russia poised to largely skirt new G7 sanctions on oil price cap and insurance
Months of discussions between the United States and those insurance, trading and shipping firms have mollified concerns on their exposure to sanctions but all parties now realize Russia can largely skirt the plan with their own ships and services. Russia can access...