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Govt eases norms for import of vintage cars
However, it said such cars that would be plying on public roads...
Emboldened crypto industry seeks to cement political influence and mainstream acceptance
The crypto industry has scored some early wins since Trump took...
Russian tankers going dark raises flags on sanctions evasion
As more countries and businesses shun commerce with Russia, the country’s fleet will be under pressure to conduct dark activity and even engage in illicit shipping to stay afloat, said Ian Ralby, chief executive of I.R. Consilium, a maritime law and security...
Delhi HC adjourns `Singh-BBB’ case to May 02
The case has wider ramifications for all the top level appointments in the PSU insurance sector made by the BBB, whose power to select directors of the PSU general insurers has already been disapproved by the Delhi High Court New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday...
84 pc of Indian Firms Plan ASEAN HQ in Singapore: SC Survey
As of 2020, more than 8,000 Indian companies were registered in the country The top three identified risks are the COVID-19 pandemic or other health crises (85 per cent), the slow revival of the economy and drop in consumer spending (73 per cent), as well as...
China mounting cyber-attacks to fulfill its political objectives, says think tank
Crowd strike, which provides cyber security for half the world's 20 biggest multinationals revealed that China is motivated primarily by a desire for commercial secrets and pursuit of its political objectives. Analysis of thousands of cyberattacks indicates that more...
Goldman Sachs pushes directors for more climate data
Since 2020 Goldman has engaged with 271 companies making insufficient emissions disclosures, Winner said. Less than 100 of them have made no improvement, making directors vulnerable A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule unveiled Monday calls for more...
China delays retirement of employees as population ages, exchequer runs dry
"The delayed retirement policy reflects that social welfare expenditures related to retirement and old age have become a heavy burden on the central government's financial expenditure, so it delays retirement to minimize this, its pay pressure," said Wu Jialong, a...
Govt mulls dropping pre-call announcements on phones after 2 yrs of Covid
Official sources said the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has written to the Union Health Ministry requesting it to drop these pre-call announcements and caller tunes New Delhi; The COVID-19 awareness pre-call audio announcements set by telecom operators at the...
Shanghai to lock down in two stages for testing as COVID cases spike
The city houses factories belonging to the likes of Tesla , Volkswagen and the country's largest chipmaker SMIC, as well as the mainland China headquarters of many international companies China reported a total of 4,448 new asymptomatic infections on March 26, up from...
Banking services to be hit partially over 2-day nation-wide strike on Monday, Tuesday
A number of public sector banks, including country's largest lender SBI, have said that their services may get impacted to a limited extent due to the strike New Delhi: Banking services may be hit partially on Monday and Tuesday as a section of bank employees' unions...
IMF prescribes tax raise, social safety measures to Sri Lanka for financial stability
Saying that the country was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, the report highlighted that the country was highly vulnerable to external shocks owing to inadequate foreign currency reserves and high risks to public debt sustainability, exacerbated by the 'Easter...