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Global electric vehicle sales up 25% in record 2024
Sales in China jumped 36.5 per cent to 1.3 million vehicles in...
Moody’s to acquire CAPE Analytics, adds AI-powered geospatial property risk intelligence to its insurance risk models
“By combining our CAT risk models with CAPE’s AI-powered property...
JPC members oppose proposal to reduce penalty amount in data protection bill
According to the bill, processing or transferring personal data in violation of the norms, is punishable with a fine of Rs 15 crore or 4 per cent of the annual turnover of the fiduciary, whichever is higher. Similarly, failure to conduct a data audit, is punishable...
Personal Data Protection Bill may be tabled in Parliament in 1st week of winter session Source
Critical data will be defined by the government from time to time. Data related to health, religious or political orientation, biometrics, genetic, sexual orientation, health, financial and others have been identified as sensitive data New Delhi: The Personal Data...
One nation, one portal to redress public grievances soon: Union minister Jitendra Singh
He said efforts are being made to integrate state grievance portals with the Centre's CPGRAMS (Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System), an online system that mainly allows filing of complaints by people against different central government...
Fintech funding in Southeast Asia triples to record $3.5 bln this yr – report
Singapore, Southeast Asia's financial hub, accounted for nearly half of the region's deals at $1.6 billion, including six mega rounds worth a combined $972 million. The next most active was Indonesia, the region's most populous country, with $904 million raised,...
U.S. auto safety regulator awards over $24 mln to Hyundai Motor whistleblower
The payout to Kim is the first under the U.S.Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act, passed by Congress in 2015 to create a whistleblower reward program in the Department of Transportation for industry insiders who provide information to safety regulator The U.S. auto...
WTW partners with Indeez for gig workers and digital platforms in Asia Pacific
Simon Weaver, Head of Corporate Risk & Broking, Asia Pacific, and Head of Australasia, WTW said: “Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, the International Labour Organisation estimated that 1.3 billion people were working in the gig economy in 2018 in this region. The...
Electric vehicle sales set to jump 80% in 2021: Report at COP2
In the first half of 2021, sales of passenger electric vehicles (including battery electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles) were 140 per cent higher than the same period in 2019, reaching seven per cent of global passenger vehicle sales. Glasgow:Passenger...
Six major carmakers agree to phase out fossil-fuel vehicles by 2040, UK says
Cars, trucks, ships, buses and planes account for about a quarter of all global carbon emissions, data from the International Energy Agency showed, of which the bulk comes from road vehicles. GLASGOW: Six major automakers on Wednesday will commit to phasing out the...
Installation of electric vehicle charger will cost Delhi residents Rs 2,500
Delhi government is providing a subsidy of Rs 6,000 to the first 30,000 applicants for charging stations bringing down effective cost of each charger to just around Rs 2,500. The incentives provided by Delhi government will reduce the cost of chargers by up to 70 per...
Swiss Re’s Pulse technology platform to be deployed by Mitsui Sumitomo group to manage global insurance programme
The PULSE platform, which was launched in 2019, will help MSIG streamline their technology landscape and overcome inefficiencies and data discrepancy challenges that come from managing multinational insurance programmes across multiple applications. collaboration....