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262 terror attacks killed 595 people in Pakistan in 2018: Report
“Balochistan was the only region where terrorism-related killings surged, by over 23 per cent, when compared to 2017; most of these fatalities resulted from attacks by religiously-inspired militant groups,” according to the report.
Around 171 attacks in entire Pakistan were perpetrated by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its splinter groups – Jamaatul Ahrar, Hizbul Ahrar and others, which killed 449 people.
Nationalist insurgent groups, mostly in Balochistan and a few in Sindh, carried out 80 attacks, martyring 96 people.
How Big Tech is using Artificial Intelligence to stop Hackers
Hackers are themselves famously adaptable, of course, so they too could harness machine learning to create fresh mischief and overwhelm the new defenses. For example, they could figure out how companies train their systems and use the data to evade or corrupt the algorithms. The big cloud services companies are painfully aware that the foe is a moving target but argue that the new technology will help tilt the balance in favor of the good guys.
Robots haven’t eliminated many jobs – so far: World Bank
In its report, the World Bank instead stresses that the nature of work in the future will evolve. While technological advances in automation are starting to handle thousands of routine tasks and will eliminate many low-skill jobs in advanced economies and developing countries, it’s also creating opportunities for different, more productive and more creative jobs
Modi govt plans ‘sanitised list’ of CAs & companies, to collect KYC details
Against 3.3 million individuals who had Director Identification Numbers (DINs), little over 1.6 million have complied with the KYC requirement. DIN is a unique number allotted to individuals who are eligible to have directorship on the boards of registered companies
Users of prepaid instruments now get RBI cover againsy frauds
Prepaid payment instruments (PPI) comprise mobile wallets, prepaid payments cards, and paper vouchers such as Sodexo
372,000 German drivers join legal action against Volkswagen
If judges rule in favour of the plaintiffs in a test case, the floodgates could be opened for the rest to claim compensation
Global debt reaches an all-time high of $184 trillion, 225 percent of GDP in 2017
On average, the world’s debt now exceeds $86,000 in per capita terms, which is more than 2½ times the average income per-capita.The most indebted economies in the world are also the richer ones. You can explore this more in the interactive chart below. The top three borrowers in the world—the United States, China, and Japan—account for more than half of global debt, exceeding their share of global output.
Reinsurance Prices Drop – Despite 2018’s Big Natural Catastrophe Losses: JLT Re
Insurers and reinsurers faced a bill of $80 billion from several catastrophes in 2018 including hurricanes Florence and Michael, typhoons Jebi, Mangkhut and Trami, flooding in Western Japan and the California wildfires.
Data dhow car accidents up in states that first legalised marijuana
“The new IIHS-HLDI research on marijuana and crashes indicates that legalizing marijuana for all uses is having a negative impact on the safety of our roads,” said IIHS-HLDI President David Harkey. “States exploring legalizing marijuana should consider this effect on highway safety”
Companies failing to comply with Aadhaar Act may be liable for up to Rs 1-crore fine
According to sources, the government is keen to give UIDAI regulatory powers, considering the fact that over 122 crore Aadhaar numbers have been issued across the country but the authority does not currently have powers to take enforcement actions against errant entities.