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Govt plans to make agri residue burning punishable under solid waste management rules
Farmers with less than two acres of land now have to pay...
Sensex tanks 1,064 points, Investors lose Rs 4.92 Lakh Cr
"Investor sentiment remained cautious ahead of the US Federal...
93 countries adopt the first global agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
“The world needs rules for artificial intelligence to benefit humanity. The Recommendation on the ethics of AI is a major answer. It sets the first global normative framework while giving States the responsibility to apply it at their level. UNESCO will support its...
New legal framework evolving on tech, internet; data protection bill step towards that: MoS IT
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar After nearly two years of deliberations, the Joint Committee of Parliament on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 on Monday adopted the report on the Bill, which provided the government with...
India ranks high in Cyber security ranking:MeitY official
Congratulating the technical stakeholders for improved cyber ranking, Amitesh Kumar Sinha, joint secretary, e-Governance, Meit said, “India is ranked among top 10 countries, out of 182, in cyber security posture for the year 2020, jumping from the 47th position in the...
Apple warns Thai activists “state-sponsored attackers” may have targeted iPhones
The messages warned “if your device is compromised by a state-sponsored attacker, they may be able to remotely access your sensitive data, communications, or even the camera and microphone.” Apple on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Israeli cyber firm NSO Group and its...
Govt has identified 101 projects under PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan: Sarbananda Sonowal
Sarbananda Sonowa,Union Minister, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways New Delhi The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has identified 101 projects under the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan to enhance port connectivity with consumption and production...
NITI floats idea of full-stack digital banks, seeks comments by Dec 31
Digital banks or DBs are banks as defined in the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (B R Act), the paper said."In other words, these entities will issue deposits, make loans and offer the full suite of services that the B R Act empowers them to. As the name suggests...
Wall Street’s $22 Trillion Ticking Carbon Time Bomb
Banks in Turkey, Russia, Indonesia, India and China are most exposed to carbon-transition risk, with three sectors—manufacturers, transportation companies, and power producers and other utilities—accounting for more than 75% of the potential bad loan exposure, Moody’s...
Delhi HC admits Singh’s appeal challenging Tripathy’s appointment as CMD of UII
``The petitioner (Singh) is seeking necessary orders from the Court to the government of India for his appointment as CMD of UII on the strength of the recommendation made by BBB on May 07, 2021,’’ said Justice Kameswar Rao J of Delhi HC while admitting Singh’s plea...
Shimla, Coimbatore, Chandigarh Top Niti Aayog’s 1st SDG Urban India Index
Top 10 Urban areas in SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22 are Shimla, Coimbatore, Chandigarh, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Panaji, Pune, Tiruchirapalli, Ahmedabad and Nagpur. While, bottom 10 Urban Areas in SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22 are Dhanbad, Meerut,...
Govt seeks to block most cryptocurrencies in new bill, government says
Through the Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021, India is also looking to make a framework for the official digital currency that will be issued by the Reserve Bank of India. MUMBAI: India is looking to bar most private...