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Govt to table Bill to hike FDI in insurance sector to 100% in Winter session of Parliament
A bill seeking to open up the civil nuclear sector for private...
“Insurers could be mandated to meet annual disability coverage targets monitored through digital dashboards”Sr Govt official
“IRDAI's role, along with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare...
Work on to assess safety of AI; job loss from GenAI not intense in India: IT Secy
"Safe and trusted AI is when you do the innovation, try and be responsible about it but there would be an assessment. We will try and see that it is safe and trusted in a manner that works for everybody. That is the other space that we are working on right now. We...
Govt working on policy of ‘zero casualties’ during disasters: Union Minister Rai in Lok Sabha
“India faces a variety of disasters across seasons. The government is working on the policy of ‘zero casualties’ in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pledge of making India a developed country by 2047,” Union Minister Nityanand Rai said in the Lok Sabha on...
Secure messaging apps big challenge to counter online radicalisation: Govt
"The use of more secured messaging applications like Signal, Telegram, Viber and dark Web apart from WhatsApp with end-to-end encryption by radical elements to connect with other likeminded elements has proved to be a major challenge for security agencies in its...
Labour Min mulls scheme for gig platform workers
"We are putting together the scheme for the gig and platform economy workers because there is no traditional employer-employee relationship defined for the gig and platform workers but we need to bring social security coverage for them so that they can be more...
Addressing ethical challenges of AI, making social media accountable on fake news: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Addressing the Parliament, Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw highlighted the critical challenges posed by the emerging AI landscape, social media accountability, and the need for robust legal frameworks New Delhi: Ethical...
China targets Nvidia with antitrust probe, escalates US chip tensions
The statement from the State Administration for Market Regulation announcing the probe did not elaborate on how the U.S. company, known for its artificial intelligence and gaming chips, might have violated China's anti-monopoly laws BEIJING: China said on Monday it...
Malhotra takes over as 26th RBI Guv says focus would be trust growth stability
Sanjay Malhotra Governor, Reserve Bank of India "As we have to be conscious of the fact that we do maintain continuity and stability, we cannot be stuck to it, and we have to be alert and agile to meet challenges," Malhotra said in his first interaction as Governor...
Industry should realign itself keeping political strategic policies in mind Nirmala Sitharaman
"Supply chains will have to be restored but you would have to reset it, realign it, you will have to make sure that it is spread so much that no geopolitical or strategic risks will threaten our wellbeing,” Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman New Delhi: Finance...
Insurers’ climate losses almost match premiums from fossil fuels
On average, fossil-fuel premiums account for less than 2% of total premiums, raising questions about why insurers aren’t using their immense influence to protect the other 98% of their business from spiraling climate risks Top insurance companies suffered $10.6...
India achieves total fertility rate of 2.0: Centre
Anupriya Patel,Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel said this is aligned with the National Population Policy 2000 and the National Health Policy 2017 (TFR of 2.1) New Delhi: India...