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IRDAI imposes a stiff penalty of Rs 3.39 crore on Star Health for violating cyber security laws
A significant data leak from Star Health Insurance was reported in...
UN’s top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law
The case is led by the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu and backed...
Sompo International appoints Chiew as Head of Crisis Management, Commercial P&C Insurance, APAC
Pei Ru Chiew, head,Crisis Management, Commercial P&C Insurance in Asia Pacific, Sompo International “As Sompo International continues to pursue its global objectives, a top priority includes deepening our relationships in APAC. We are seeing growing demand for...
“Flight problems, baggage and refund issues are major complaints of air passengers”: DGCA
Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh mentioned that the National Consumer Helpline has received about 10,000 complaints related to the airline sector in the last year. The report states further that the maximum number of complaints were received by Indigo (61)...
FACTBOX-Governments race to regulate AI tools
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT are complicating governments' efforts to agree laws governing the use of the technology. Here are the latest steps national and international governing bodies are taking to...
23andMe notifies customers of data breach into its ‘DNA Relatives’ feature
In the new emails, 23andMe told customers there was a breach of one or more accounts connected to theirs through the DNA Relatives feature. That feature allows users around the world to connect and share their personal data, including relationship labels, ancestry...
India should not agree to take binding commitments on free cross-border data flows under IPEF: GTRI
The framework,launched jointly by,14 IPEF partners represent 40 per cent of global GDP and 28 per cent of global goods and services trade, is structured around four pillars relating to trade, supply chains, clean economy, and fair economy (issues like tax and...
Detection and response tools increasingly important as cyber claims surge: Allianz
Cyber breaches that are not detected and contained early can be as much as 1,000 times more expensive than those that are, the report highlights, with Allianz Commercial analysis showing that early detection and response can stop a €20,000 loss turning into a €20mn...
ANALYSIS-Time for central bank digital currencies to prove their worth
"ECB is one of the biggest central banks, so if it comes up with answers to the privacy and cyber security issues and the ability to use it offline, it will be a very influential."Josh Lipsky, who runs a global CBDC tracker at the Atlantic Council. A milestone move by...
World Bank’s Banga says geopolitics pose biggest, but not the only, risk to world economy
Geopolitical tensions heightened by the Middle East conflict pose the biggest threat to the world economy right now but other risks are also at play. The private sector investment is needed in developing economies but political risks in some of these countries remain...
World far off track on pledges to end deforestation by 2030 – report
Deforestation increased by 4% worldwide in 2022 compared with 2021, as some 66,000 square kilometers (25,000 square miles) were destroyed, the annual Forest Declaration Assessment report said. That means the world is 21% off track to end deforestation by 2030. The...
China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intact
The problem is an embarrassment for Beijing and is discouraging ordinary Chinese from traveling to Southeast Asia out of fear they might be duped or kidnapped and caught up in a cyber scam operation. In recent years, media reports have uncovered instances of young...