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Vulgarity on social media: Centre issues advisory to OTT platforms, self-regulation bodies
In an advisory to over-the-top (OTT) platforms and self-regulatory...
Coastal & Merchant Shipping bills to integrate environmental standards, compliance steps: Sonowal
Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Cabinet Minister. Ministry of Ports,...
Government notifies new rules for direct selling industry, seeks to safeguard interests of consumers
Every direct selling entity shall establish a mechanism for filing of complaints by consumers through its offices or branches or direct sellers, either in person or through post, telephone, e-mail or website They should have a grievance redress officer to acknowledge...
India’s monetary policy financially inclusive by design: RBI DG Patra
Financial inclusion appears to have gone up, with the level of the RBI's financial inclusion index rising from 49.9 in March 2019 to 53.1 in March 2020 and further to 53.9 in March 2021, Patra said at an event organized at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM),...
RBI extends card tokenisation deadline by 6 months till Jun-end
Under tokenisation services, a unique alternate code is generated to facilitate transactions through cards The RBI in September prohibited merchants from storing customer card details on their servers with effect from January 1, 2022, and mandated the adoption of CoF...
Govt mandates telcos to keep call data, internet usage record for 2 years
"The licensee shall maintain all commercial records/call detail record/exchange detail record/IP detail record with record to the communications exchanged on the network. Such records shall be archived for at least two years for scrutiny by the licensor for security...
Curious case of IRDAI allowing Share Premium as equity capital for ITI Re
"By no stretch of imagination that the share premium amount be taken into account as part of the minimum paid up capital requirement of an insurance or reinsurance company either under the Insurance Act or the Companies Act," D Varadarajan, a Supreme Court lawyer...
4 labour codes likely to be implemented by FY23 as many states ready draft rules
Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav in a reply to the Rajya Sabha earlier this week had said that the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code is the only code on which the least number of 13 states have pre-published the draft rules New Delhi: The...
ICAI to soon get powers to act against erring partnership firms
As part of efforts to bolster the disciplinary mechanism of the ICAI as well as the institutes of cost accountants and company secretaries, Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to amend the Acts governing these...
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...
France says facial recognition company Clearview breached privacy law
The CNIL stressed that Clearview's collection of publicly-available facial images on social media and the Internet had no legal basis and breached European Union rules on data privacy. France's data privacy watchdog CNIL has ordered Clearview AI, a facial...