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Economic Survey-Financial regulators need formal impact assessment rules, government
The report suggested that regulators set up an independent...
K’taka health dept passes order to implement SC’s directive for patient’s right to die with dignity
"We have also come out with an Advance Medical Directive (AMD), or...
Lot of unhealthy speculation on crypto taking place, says FM: FM
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021, has been included in the Lok Sabha Bulletin-Part II for the introduction in the ongoing Winter Session.The bill seeks to create a facilitative...
Sebi in process of stipulating disclosures specific to ESG scheme: Tyagi
Ajay Tyagi, chairman, Sebi The Sebi chief noted that Indian investors are showing increased interest in ESG compliant companies and investment products. Also, ESG funds are rapidly expanding in the Indian mutual fund industry New Delhi: Markets regulator Sebi is in...
Air quality panel for Delhi issues new orders, educational institutions to be shut
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) also directed that industrial operations and processes in NCR, not running on Piped Natural Gas or other cleaner fuels, shall be allowed to operate only up to eight hours a day from Monday to Friday and shall not be...
17 flying squads constituted to implement anti-pollution measures in Delhi-NCR, Centre tells SC
New Delhi: The Commission for Air Quality Management in Delhi-NCR on Friday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying it has constituted an enforcement task force to monitor compliance with its directions to control air pollution in the national capital region....
Australian watchdog sues supermarket chain Coles over staff underpayments
In a raft of allegations against one of the country's biggest employers, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) said Coles underpaid 7,812 employees by A$115.2 million ($81.99 million) between January 2017 and March 2020. "Businesses paying annual salaries cannot take a...
China updates risk management rules for insurance groups
The move is aimed at curbing risk in the sector and pushing insurance groups "to focus on the core business, strengthen their equity investment management … and to curb disorderly expansion of capital," the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC)...
Govt must ensure code of ethics are followed in digital media space: Parl panel
The panel observed that social media platforms, like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, etc. have placed journalism in the hands of the citizens. Citizens use their personal recording devices including cell phones to capture events and post them on the internet,...
RBI supersedes Reliance Capital board, to start bankruptcy proceedings against firm
In a statement on its website, the central bank said it has superseded the board, “in view of the defaults by RCL (Reliance Capital Ltd) in meeting the various payment obligations to its creditors and serious governance concerns which the board has not been able to...
LIC to up stake in Kotak to nearly 10 pc
''Kotak Mahindra Bank has received an intimation from Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) stating that the Reserve Bank of India had granted its approval to LIC, for increasing its holding in the bank up to 9.99 per cent of the paid-up equity share capital of...
Digital Child’s Play: protecting children from the impacts of AI
Conor Lennon from UN News asked Jasmina Byrne, Policy Chief at the UNICEF Global Insights team, and Steven Vosloo, a UNICEF data, research and policy specialist, about the importance of putting children at the centre of AI-related policies. Artificial intelligence has...