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No offence made out HC quashes FIR against ex-MD of Go First for ‘data theft’
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Lockton acquires Arihant Insurance Broker, receives IRDAI approval
Lockton, the world's largest independent insurance brokerage, had...
Flyers can take videos in flights but can’t use recording gadgets: DGCA
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA "clarified" on Sunday passengers can take photos and videos inside flights but can't use any recording equipment that creates chaos, disrupts flight operations, violates safety norms or is banned by the crew...
NGT directs CPCB to recover fine from Amazon, Flipkart for excessive plastic packaging
“The CPCB can also consider ordering environmental audit against the concerned entities and assess and recover compensation for violation of environmental norms, following due process of law,” the bench said.
AstraZeneca suspends leading COVID-19 vaccine trials after a participant’s illness
The vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, has been described by the World Health Organization as probably the world’s leading candidate and the most advanced in terms of development. The suspension dims prospects for an early rollout amid reports that the United States was aiming for a fast-track approval before the November presidential election.
Indian Oil gets USTDA support in its green tech endeavour
The US Trade and Development Agency’s (USTDA) funding will support state-owned IOC’s evaluation of technologies to capture and utilise carbon dioxide produced during refinery operations, presenting a novel and cost-effective environmental strategy that can be expanded to other refineries in India, according to a statement on Wednesday.
McDonald’s takes action against Australia’s Burger King over ‘Big Jack’
McDonald’s is also seeking damages, interest and costs, as well as an order that Hungry Jack’s destroy all “promotional materials,” which include physical and electronic advertising, the paper reported.
Govt releases draft guidelines for ads; disclaimers must be clearly visible
The draft guidelines also specify that an advertisement should not describe a product or service as “free”, “without charge” or other similar terms, if the consumer has to pay anything other than the cost while purchasing a product or service for delivery of the same.
On those who endorse advertisements, the guidelines propose that they should take due care to ensure that all descriptions, claims and comparisons that they endorse or that are made in advertisements they appear in are capable of being objectively ascertained and are capable of substantiation.
“Pandemics,climate change,cyber top the current risk chart”:Munich Re
The coronavirus pandemic needs to be a lesson to us all: We must take action more rapidly and vigorously to ensure that we are not as unprepared as we were with COVID-19 for risks such as cyber attacks or climate change. It is possible to better safeguard against the financial consequences of such risks for the benefit of humanity. It needs to be clear that systemic risks like pandemics also require systemic countermeasures – for instance, the creation of state-backed risk pools to make uninsurable risks bearable,said Torsten Jeworrek,Member of the Board of Munich Re.
Fall in GDP alarming; time for bureaucracy to take meaningful action: Rajan
“The sharp decline in economic growth should alarm us all. The 23.9 per cent contraction in India (and the numbers will probably be worse when we get estimates of the damage in the informal sector) compares with a drop of 12.4 per cent in Italy and 9.5 per cent in the United States, two of the most COVID-19-affected advanced countries,”Rajan wrote in a post on his LinkedIn page.
US court rules cryptocurrency fundraiser to pay investors $25M to settle class action
The settlement, initially proposed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco in March, received final approval by a federal judge on Friday
Prime Minister Modi’s personal website’s Twitter account hacked
.“We’re aware of this activity and have taken steps to secure the compromised account. We are actively investigating the situation. At this time, we are not aware of additional accounts being impacted. Advice on keeping your account secure can be found here,” a Twitter spokesperson said in an emailed statement.The tweets, which have since been taken down, asked the followers to donate to the PM National Relief Fund through cryptocurrency.