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Paytm shareholders approve country’s biggest public offer plan of Rs 16,600 cr
”Shareholders have approved all the proposals at the extraordinary general meeting. The shareholders have approved the proposal to raise capital and the fresh issue of shares of up to Rs 12,000 crore during the IPO. The secondary raise will bring the total to Rs 16,600 crore,” the source said.
40,000 ITRs being filed daily on new portal, CBDT says as it fixes glitches
It said presently, about 8-10 lakh people are logging into the new portal and on an average 40,000 I-T Returns are being filed every day.
“The portal received more than 62 lakh Aadhaar-PAN linkage requests, about 4.87 lakh e-PANs were issued and 1.32 lakh DSC registration have been completed. Thee-proceeding functionality has been deployed for tax payers for faceless assessment and 24,781 responses have been received from taxpayers with 1.42 Lakh attachments till July 10, 2021,” it said.
Germany declares first-ever “cyber-catastrophe”
Hackers knocked out the IT operations of the municipality of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, on Tuesday, a spokesperson confirmed to Reuters on Saturday.The rural district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, with a population of 157,000, is for the time being unable to pay out welfare benefits. Its consequent catastrophe declaration is a formal step that allows it to call for federal help.
PM Modi says farm sector needs post-harvest revolution; govt impetus on scientific ecosystem
”With the ever-increasing agricultural production, there is a need for post-harvest revolution and value addition.We are striving relentlessly to intensify our speed and scale to achieve this. We have been taking comprehensive steps to get a complete solution, from irrigation to sowing, harvesting, and earnings that are technology-enabled,” Modi said in a message to commemorate the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development’s foundation day.
Scientists identify genetic variant that carry risk of type 2 diabetes
Dr John Perry, from the MRC Epidemiology Unit and a senior author on the paper, said: “Reading an individual’s DNA is a powerful way of identifying genetic variants that increase our risk of developing certain diseases. For complex diseases such as type 2 diabetes, many variants play a role, but often only increasing our risk by a tiny amount. This particular variant, while rare, has a big impact on an individual’s risk.”
IMD”s faulty forecast for N India: Wrong signals by models, difficulty in predicting wind patterns
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted that monsoon is expected to cover these parts by June — a little less than a month back, but its predictions are yet to come true.
In its forecast on June 13, the IMD had predicted that the Southwest Monsoon will reach Delhi by June 15. However, a day later it said conditions are not favourable for its further advancement in this region.
Bank employees working in sensitive positions to get surprise leaves of at least 10 days
In a communication to lenders, including rural development banks and cooperative banks, the RBI asked them to put in place a ‘mandatory leave’ policy as part of the prudent risk management measure.
During the mandatory leave, the bank employee will not have access to any physical or virtual resources related to the work responsibilities, with the exception of internal/ corporate email which is usually available to all employees for general purposes.
IT rules 2021 empowering, protecting users, asserts Ashwini Vaishnaw
The new rules which came into effect from May 25 mandate social media companies to establish a grievance redressal mechanism for resolving complaints from the users or victims.
All significant social media companies, with over 5 million user base shall appoint a grievance officer to deal with such complaints and share the name and contact details of such officers.
Genetic flashpoints: Why Covid-19 hits some people harder than others
“Such studies are a little akin to panning for gold. We know our genetic makeup contributes to why some people are more susceptible to viral infections. By sifting through the DNA of enough people, researchers hope to discover a eureka moment explaining why, said Mark Daly, a study co-author who is the director of the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland at the University of Helsinki and a geneticist at Harvard University..
Amazon’s online store down for many users globally
Its online store showed error messages on several regional domains. Reuters could not access product listing on its domains including, the United States, India, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Singapore.More than 37,00 user reports had indicated issues with Amazon’s online store site, while about 280 users reported problems with the Amazon Web Services, according to Downdetector.