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Fadnavis asks transport department to use AI for road safety measures
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis directed the state...
Airlines to mandatorily share int’l passenger data with customs from Apr 1
Details ranging from mobile number, and payment mode to travel...
Expansion of scope of data protection bill needs careful analysis, deeper debate: Nasscom
The Joint Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, headed by BJP MP PP Chaudhary, tabled its report in Parliament on Thursday. The committee has recommended widening the scope of the proposed data protection legislation to include both personal and...
Some EU insurers relied on relief measures during stress test, says watchdog
Industry body Insurance Europe said the results confirm the sector's ability to meet promises to customers under extreme 1 in 1,000 year events The next test for insurers, which could include climate-related elements, won't be until 2023 The test covered 44 insurers...
Ban drug ads to promote health
In the US alone, USD 20 billion was spent in 2016 to convince doctors to prescribe brand-name drugs. The problem needs tackling at two ends: better regulation of promotion and making doctors less susceptible to it. Turning over-regulation to the drug companies, as is...
US health tab hit $4T as gov’t opened spigot to fight COVID
The $4.1 trillion tab for 2020 represents an increase of about $365 billion from national health spending in 2019. It works out to $12,530 per person Washington:U.S. health care spending rocketed to $4.1 trillion last year as Congress opened the spigot of federal...
Cryptocurrencies a challenge for emerging markets, regulation needed: IMF chief economist
Gita Gopinath,Chief Economist,International Monetary Fund ''I think cryptocurrencies are a particular challenge for emerging markets. It seems to be more attractive to adopt cryptocurrencies and assets in emerging economies than in advanced economies,'' she said while...
UIDAI plans to provide Aadhaar enrolment to newborn babies in hospitals soon
"99.7 per cent adult population has been enrolled in Aadhaar. We have enrolled a 131 crore population and now our effort is to enrol newborn babies," Garg said. "Every year 2-2.5 crore babies take birth. We are in the process of enrolling them in Aadhaar," he added....
AIIB to fund $150 million for making Chennai’s urban services green and resilient
Chennai faces tremendous infrastructure deficits and low service quality in core urban sectors such as water resource management, water supply and sanitation, urban mobility, solid waste management and public health Beijing: AIIB has approved the USD150-million...
Cabinet clears proposal to increase legal age of women to 21: Report
After the Union cabinet's approval, the government will amend the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, Special Marriage Act, and the Hindu Marriage Act to implement the new decision to increase the legal age of marriage of women," sources said. New Delhi:The Union...
India’s Population Puzzle
While India will be a young country for decades yet, it is aging faster than expected.The latest round of India’s massive National Family Health Survey underscores the point. Mihir Sharma By the middle of this century, India will have 1.6 billion people. That’s when...
IMF warns of interest rate risks as global debt hits $226 trillion
Government borrowing accounted for slightly over half of the $28 trillion increase, but private debt among non-financial corporations and households also hit new highs. Global debt surged to $226 trillion last year, its biggest one-year jump since World War Two, and...