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London fintech funding soars in first half of the year
London fintechs accounted for a large share of Europe’s growth, representing over a third of the region’s funding.
Globally, the city of London ranks second behind San Francisco and slightly ahead of New York, the research found.
At 42 %, ‘Finance’ most popular specialisation among GenZ MBA aspirants
The other important trend is that businesses are also looking soft skills in addition to the core specialisation. A recent survey by LinkedIn found that 57% of senior leaders believe soft skills are more important than hard skills.
ICMR to conduct clinical trial for evaluation of Covid-19 therapy with Oxford University
The trial — ‘India-UK RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluation of Covid-19 therapy)’ — will be a multi-centre, adaptive platform trial on Covid patients, ICMR said on Friday.
Pakistan-based hackers targeting critical infrastructure PSUs in India
Seqrite researchers have proactively alerted the government authorities and are working with them to keep potential targets safe.
Researchers suspect this attack to be a cyber-espionage campaign aimed at collecting sensitive information to gain a competitive advantage against India
NIIT, Axis Bank partner to launch digital banking academy
The programme offers graduates with zero to three years of experience an opportunity to join Axis Bank as a deputy manager (IT)
Won’t compel users to accept new privacy policy: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
Senior advocate Harish Salve, representing WhatsApp, submitted before a bench comprising Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh, “We will not enforce it until the Data Protection Bill will come out. In our case the government is the administrator of the rules…we said okay, we will wait till the Bill.”
Munich Re expands Cyber business in India, expects market size to be $150 million by 2025
“ Cyber risk coverage is a strategic focus of Munich Re and we are committed to supporting our partners in India to create a long-term sustainable market. India’s economic size and eagerness to adopt new technologies presents a unique opportunity in retail and commercial cyber as more Indians/ Indian enterprises move towards the internet of things and get connected to the internet,’’ said Hitesh Kotak, Chief Executive Officer at Munich Re India Branch, adding that with its innovative solutions, Munich Re is one of the leading providers shaping the global cyber market and responding to the challenges of evolving vulnerabilities.
Delhi govt integrating public transit systems with Google to reduce wait for buses: Gahlot
”Delhites can very soon plan their bus journeys to the minute. We’re at the final lap of integrating all our public transit systems into @GoogleIndia platform, which will utilise Open Transit Data of Delhi Govt and live data of buses to create a reliable Multi-Modal Transit planner,” Gahlot said in a tweet.
EU fines German car makers $1B over emission collusion
EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said that even though the companies had the technology to cut harmful emissions beyond legal limits, they resisted competition and denied consumers the chance to buy less polluting cars.
”Manufacturers deliberately avoided to compete on cleaning better than what was required by EU emission standards. And they did so despite the relevant technology being available,” Vestager said. That made their practice illegal, she said.
Chinese nationals step down from Paytm board ahead of planned IPO; no change in shareholding
Paytm shareholders include Alibaba’s Ant Group (29.71 per cent), SoftBank Vision Fund (19.63 per cent), SAIF Partners (18.56 per cent) and Vijay Shekhar Sharma (14.67 per cent). AGH Holding, T Rowe Price, Discovery Capital and Berkshire Hathaway hold less than 10 per cent stake each in the company.
The development comes at a time when Paytm is gearing up for public listing.