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India’s richest man Ambani fined for irregularities in Reliance share issue

“It is noted that in the instant matter the noticees have been alleged to have failed to make public announcement to acquire shares of RIL and deprived the shareholders of their statutory rights / opportunity to exit from the target company and therefore they breached the provisions of Takeover Regulations. Such charges against the noticees make the instant matter grave,”Sebi has said in an order.

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Suez Canal must upgrade to avoid future Shipping disruption

Shipping industry sources said specialist equipment and associated procedures have long struggled to keep up with the ever increasing size of commercial vessels.

“The average size of most vessels has increased exponentially over the last 15 years. The ability to salvage these bigger ships has not,” said Peter Townsend, a marine insurance industry veteran.

“The issue is getting containers off essentially a 20-story high building at sea.”

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57% of Indian organizations suffered unexpected downtime in 2020 due to data loss, reveals Acronis Survey

While 2020 saw companies purchase new systems to enable and secure remote workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, those investments are not paying off. The global survey discovered that 70% of companies in India now run as many as 10 solutions simultaneously for their data protection and cybersecurity needs, while the remaining 30% run more than 10 solutions – yet 57% of all those organizations suffered unexpected downtime last year because of data loss.

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IRDAI tightens product and pricing regulations to check undercutting or inflating of premiums by general insurers

Analysts point out that, such regulations to check undercutting of premiums, that have been happening since detariffing was launched in the Indian general insurance industry in 2007 were overdue. Such cut throat unethical competition was generating huge underwriting losses in the domestic general insurance indstry which was not good for the financial viabilities of the players who are saddled with underwriting losses and even net losses even after so many years of operations..     

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Facebook admits leaked data on 533 million users back online for free

The leak includes personal information on 533 million Facebook users, such as phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations, birth dates, bios and in some cases email addresses, Business Insider reported.

At the time, the company addressed a flaw in its technology that allowed the information to leak out. However, once such data escapes from Facebook’s network, the company has limited power to stop it from spreading online.

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World economy risks ‘dangerously diverging’ even as growth booms

For the year as whole, Bloomberg Economics forecasts growth of 6.9%, the quickest in records dating back to the 1960s. Behind the buoyant outlook: a shrinking virus threat, expanding US stimulus, and trillions of dollars in pent-up savings.

Much will depend on how fast countries can inoculate their populations with the risk that the longer it takes the greater the chance the virus remains an international threat especially if new variants develop. Bloomberg’s Vaccine Tracker shows while the US has administered doses equivalent to almost a quarter of its people, the European Union has yet to hit 10% and rates in Mexico, Russia and Brazil are less than 6%.

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Accident at power plant in UP’s Sonbhadra, 13 labourers injured

In a letter addressed to the district magistrate and Superintendent of Police of Sonbhadra, factory manager of Lanco Anpara Power Ltd SK Dwivedi said the accident took place around 2.45 am when the iron structure fell during maintenance work.

While eight laborers were discharged after treatment, another five are in a serious condition and have been admitted to a government hospital, he said.

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