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Beijing to boost driverless vehicle use, regulations to kick in from Apr 1
Autonomous vehicles that pass road testing and safety assessments...
China’s 2024 GDP growth set to hit target of around 5%, says Xi Jinping
China is expected to set a 2025 growth target roughly similar to...
Britain’s pandemic modellers say future large waves of COVID possible
The Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling, Operational sub-group (SPI-M-O) said the emergence of new viral variants was the biggest unknown factor in the medium-to-long term, along with waning population immunity and changes in mixing patterns LONDON: There...
Social media be made more accountable: IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnav ''We have to bring about a balance and consensus to make social media accountable to ensure the safety and security of our women and our future generations. For this social media rules have to be strengthened'' New...
SC asks states to pay Covid death compensation to families in 10 days
The top court reiterated that applications seeking compensation should not be rejected on technical grounds and if any technical glitch is found, the states concerned should give them opportunity to cure defects as the ultimate goal of the welfare state is to provide...
India reports over 500,000 deaths from COVID-19, experts count millions more
"Our study published in the journal Science estimates 3 million COVID deaths in India until mid-2021 using three different databases," Chinmay Tumbe, an assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad who co-authored the study, told Reuters New...
Ask AIIMS to start treatment for rare diseases: Delhi HC tells Centre
The high court was told that petitioner children are suffering from rare diseases, including Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and Mucopolysaccharidosis II or MPS II (Hunter Syndrome), and seek a direction to the Centre to provide them uninterrupted and free of cost...
LIC IPO: Corporation’s embedded value set at over Rs 5 trn,DIPAM Secretary
While there has been speculation about the number in Indian media - from as low as $53 billion to as high as $150 billion - this is the first time the government, which owns 100% of LIC, is commenting on the matter. The embedded value will help establish the market...
Crypto’s like Bitcoin and Ethereum will never become a legal tender: Finance Secretary
Finance Secretary TV Somanathan Finance Secretary said, “Digital rupee will be backed by RBI which will never default. Money will be of RBI but the nature will be digital. The digital rupee issued by RBI will be the legal tender. We can purchase non-digital assets...
LIC IPO: Draft prospectus to be filed next week, issue in March: Dipam Secy
Secretary in the department of investment and public asset management (DIPAM) Tuhin Kanta Pandey, said approval of the insurance regulator is awaited, post which the draft prospectus, detailing the size of the share sale, will be filed. New Delhi: Government is likely...
India seeks tougher action from US tech giants on fake news: Report
The meeting was a follow-up to the I&B ministry's use of "emergency powers" in December and January to order the blocking of 55 channels on Google's YouTube platform, and some Twitter and Facebook accounts New Delhi; Indian officials have held heated discussions...
Omicron subvariant BA.2 likely to have same severity as ‘original’ -WHO
BA.2 is more transmissible than the more common BA.1 and more able to infect vaccinated people, according to a Danish study which analysed coronavirus infections in more than 8,500 Danish households between December and January. The subvariant is already becoming...