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DoT for Rs 10k fine on every call, SMS by pesky callers after 50 violations

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has proposed to make the norms more stringent by reducing the slabs for levying penalty to Rs 1,000 per violation for 0-10 breaches, Rs 5,000 each for 10-50 violations and Rs 10,000 each for more than 50 violations.
Besides, the DoT’s Digital Intelligence Unit (DIU) will check violations at the device-level as well.

The DIU will send a system generated message to suspected numbers for verification.

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Stock exchanges, other officials liable to face penalties for tech glitches: Sebi

Stock exchanges, clearing corporation and depositories will have to pay in the range of Rs 1 lakh each working day to Rs 2 crore for flouting Standard Operating Procedure while Managing Director (MD) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the MIIs concerned will have to cough up 10 per cent of their respective annual pay.

To avoid technical glitches, Sebi has suggested that MIIs should have Business Continuity Planning, disaster recovery policies and system audit processes in place.

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9 trends to watch as aviation readies for post Covid-19 takeoff

Says Cristina Schoen, Global Head of Aviation Claims at AGCS,”Covid-19 has not been a direct driver of aviation claims over the past year .
As a result of the significant reduction in commercial airline travel during the pandemic we saw fewer attritional claims than we would during a typical year. However, the insurance sector was not immune to larger losses during the course of the pandemic, with different regions seeing tragic accidents, emergency landings and hull losses to name a few. As air travel begins to return to pre-pandemic levels we expect claims volume to rise accordingly”

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Delta variant of Covid creates emerging market gap as outperformers hit

“Achievements in terms of vaccination will increasingly be a differentiation factor among emerging markets in the second half,” said Sebastien Barbe, head of emerging-market strategy at Credit Agricole. “The impact of the further spread of the virus variants will vary significantly depending on vaccination rates,” as well as economic and political factors, he added.

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After Didi, China launches cybersecurity probe into more U.S.-listed firms

The three app-based businesses should halt new user registrations during the review, the the Cyberspace Administration of China said in a statement, adding that the investigations are to “prevent national data security risks and safeguard national security”. The cyberspace agency did not offer further details about the investigation into the three apps, but cited China’s national security law and cybersecurity law.

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Getting athletes to Olympics amid global pandemic a logistics nightmare

Although most athletes have been fully vaccinated and Games organizers require negative Covid tests prior to arrival, there have already been some upsets. Two members of Uganda’s Olympic squad tested positive in Japan last month, despite having been inoculated earlier, and over the weekend, a rower from Serbia tested positive.

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Amazon launches IP Accelerator programme in India to help businesses secure trademark

Our Intellectual Property Accelerator Program enables businesses to protect their intellectual property, which in turn helps to ensure an authentic shopping experience for everyone,” said Mary Beth Westmoreland, vice-president, technology, brand protection at Amazon,.
To date, six IP law firms – Hasan and Singh, Lexorbis, Sujata Chaudhri IP Attorneys, Amitabha Sen & co, Remfry & Sagar, and H K Acharya & Company – have signed up to be service providers as part of the IP Accelerator programme to support sellers on Amazon.in.

IP Accelerator was launched in the US in 2019, and has since then expanded to Europe, Japan, Canada, Mexico, and now India.

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