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"A medical professional may be held liable for negligence only when...
Global commercial insurance rates show first quarterly fall in seven years, Marsh says
Marsh said the fall in the composite rate - the first since the...
14 hospitalised after ammonia gas leak in Andhra Pradesh
“We got the information that Ammonia gas was leaked at Hatson company milk process unit near Putalapattu at around 5 PM. 14 labourers who were working in that shift are brought to the hospital here in Chittoor. Among them, 3 people are serious and probably will be shifted to SVIMS or Ruia hospital in Tirupati,” Dr Narayan Bharat Gupta, Chittoor District Collector said.
“All are stable. All of them are women. It is to yet be ascertained whether this incident is a result of the negligence of management or the negligence of the workers. Industries department General Manager and fire department officials will review the ground-level situation on Friday,” he said.
18.9 mn salaried people lost jobs since April, 5 mn in July, says CMIE
The loss of around 5 million jobs in July comes after around 3.9 million jobs were gained in June, as per the data. In April, 17.7 million salaried jobs were lost, followed by 100,000 job losses of salaried employees in May.
“While salaried jobs are not lost easily, once lost, they are also far more difficult to retrieve. Therefore, their ballooning numbers are a source of worry,” the centre’s CEO Mahesh Vyas said.
Truecaller identifies 29.7 bn spam calls, 8.5 bn spam SMS in India in 2019
The Swedish company has also rolled out a new spam activity indicator for Android phone users that will give detailed statistics on the spammer.
Alamelu Panel favours setting up of a Loss Prevention body for the general insurance industry, will aid reduction of premiums
The panel has suggested that the proposed company should be promoted by the IRDAI as well as the industry.
The company may start working on promoting safety and loss prevention in the areas of Property Insurance and motor Insurance to begin with and can expand into all areas of general insurance as well as health insurance in the future.
`The existing loss control practices of the insurers are incidental to the primary function of underwriting. Needless to state reducing the frequency and severity of losses would benefit both insurers and insureds, as the overall burning cost and consequently the premium rate would come down;,said the report prepared by the working group..
Class-action suit planned as HDFC Bank is accused of misleading investors
“Rosen law firm is preparing a securities lawsuit on behalf of HDFC Bank shareholders,” the global investor right law firm said in a statement on its website.
Trump says he is considering pardon for leaker Edward Snowden
Some civil libertarians have praised Snowden for revealing the extraordinary scope of America’s digital espionage operations including domestic spying programs that senior U.S. officials had publicly insisted did not exist.
But such a move would horrify many in the U.S. intelligence community, some of whose most important secrets were exposed. Trump has harshly criticized past leaders of the U.S. intelligence community and FBI, and on Thursday took aim at the bureau’s current director Christopher Wray, his own appointee.
Who pays for Mauritius oil spill and how much?
Under the 2001 International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution damage, which is referred to as the BUNKER convention and has been administered by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) since it came into force in 2008, the owners of vessels are responsible for damage caused by oil leaks. That means Nagashiki rather than Mitsui OSK is liable.The Wakashio is insured by Japan P&I Club, the country’s only organization that underwrites protection and indemnity insurance for ocean going and coastal vessels. On Wednesday, a spokesman for Japan P&I said it was “trying to make internal estimates” for how much the clean up would cost.
Google stops responding directly to data requests from Hong Kong government
In July, Facebook Inc, Google and Twitter Inc suspended processing government requests for user data in Hong Kong.
Tech companies have long operated freely in Hong Kong, a financial hub where internet access has been unaffected by the firewall imposed in mainland China, which blocks Google, Twitter and Facebook.
Taxpayers” charter to send right message to global investors on regulatory certainty: Experts
This is part of ”Transparent Taxation — Honoring the Honest” platform which has been launched with the key objectives of bringing in transparency, efficiency and accountability. It would focus on faceless assessment and appeals, apart from the taxpayers” charter.
Facebook removes 7 mn posts for sharing false information on Covid-19
The world’s biggest social media company removed about 22.5 million posts containing hate speech on its flagship app in the second quarter, up from 9.6 million in the first quarter. It also deleted 8.7 million posts connected to extremist organizations, compared with 6.3 million in the prior period.
Facebook said it relied more heavily on automation technology for reviewing content during the months of April, May and June as it had fewer reviewers at its offices due to the Covid-19 pandemic.