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TikTok’s practices endangered children’s safety, US alleges in lawsuit
"TikTok knowingly and repeatedly violated kids' privacy,...
Hong Kong slaps AIA with record fine for anti-laundering lapses
The lapses resulted in some customers who were “politically exposed...
Over Rs 83 lakh penalty imposed for violating pollution norms: CPCB
A total of 119 complaints of construction and demolition activities were received. Other complaints included that of vehicular emission, traffic congestion, industrial emission, open or garbage burning, leaf burning, road dust, unpaved road, fire in landfill sites, air pollution from generators among others
1,198 corporates admitted under IBC: Official
IBBI’s Chief General Manager I. Sreekara Rao said around 192 cases, regarding preferential, fraudulent, undervalued and extortionate (PFUE) transactions, have so far been filed before different benches of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)
India’s digital journey to accelerate with stronger safeguards: UIDAI CEO
The Supreme Court had in a landmark verdict in September restricted the use of Aadhaar authentication by private entities in the absence of a legal provision, but allowed its mandatory use for welfare schemes, filing of Income Tax (IT) returns and allotment of Permanent Account Number (PAN).
Delhi HC directs e-commerce site to ensure products for sale on portal are not counterfeits
“In the world of e-commerce, intellectual property (IP) owners face challenging times. This is because sellers of counterfeit or infringing products seek shelter behind the platform’s legitimacy.Moreover, if the sellers themselves are located on foreign shores and the trade mark owner cannot exercise any remedy against the seller who is selling counterfeits on the e-commerce platform, then the trade mark owner cannot be left remediless,” the court said.
Steepest outflow in 2 years: FPIs pull out Rs 389 bn in Oct on oil, rupee
With this, the total outflow from the capital markets (equity and debt together) has reached over Rs 1 lakh crore (Rs 1 trillion) so far this year
RBI starts process to set up digital Public Credit Registry for capturing all details of borrowers
The PCR will also include data from entities like market regulator Sebi, the corporate affairs ministry, Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN) and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) to enable the banks and financial institutions to get 360 degree profile of existing and prospective borrowers on a real-time basis.
In a first for India, HSBC makes overseas payment for RIL via blockchain
A slew of domestic lenders, including ICICI Bank, SBI and Yes Bank among others are working on blockchain solutions and count trade finance as one of the best use cases for the technology because of the ability to cut down on time.
As #MeToo gains pace, experts call for wider background check of employees
“Social tests conducted by some companies globally go beyond the background verification with the HR or their reporting managers.Receptionists, cab drivers, security guards, and women colleagues among others are also contacted to informally verify the potential candidate,”
Private messages of 120 mn Facebook users hacked, says BBC report
Several users whose details have been compromised were based in Ukraine and Russia but some were also from the UK, US, Brazil and elsewhere, the report said on Friday.
Microsoft tests show 91% new PCs from India loaded with pirated software
The worst were South Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, all with 100 percent of the purchased personal computers loaded with pirated software.