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Emerging risks set to shape a post-COVID-19 world:Swiss Re

COVID-19 to worsen income inequality; growth in the global middle class slowed and poverty levels rose in 2020
• Government support programmes have kept alive unviable zombie companies, leading to increased credit and financial market risks
• Electric vehicles and other decarbonised means of transport can
cut up to 24% of current C02 emissions from fuel combustion

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80 % Indians feel digital tech effectively used to respond to COVID-19: EY survey

They want the government to prioritize making certain services available online including pension planning, resources to help people set up businesses, and providing more ways for citizens to have an online say in government decision making.

Looking ahead to the future,81 percent of the Indian respondents think that technology will change the way they bank and shop,80 percent think that it will change the way they work/study, and79 per cent think that it will change the way they entertain themselves

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Twitter seeks more time from government to comply with new IT rules

The rules also require significant social media intermediaries — providing services primarily in the nature of messaging — to enable identification of the “first originator” of the information that undermines the sovereignty of India, the security of the state, or public order.

Under the rules, significant social media intermediaries — those with over 50 lakh users — are required to appoint a grievance officer, a nodal officer and a chief compliance officer. These personnel have to be residents in India.

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Global crackdown on organised crime after high-tech U.S.-Australia sting

The operation, which was conceived by Australian police and the FBI in 2018, saw officials in the United States take control of the ANOM messaging app, which is popular with organised crime networks.

When an Australian underworld figure began distributing customised phones containing the app to his associates as a secure means to communicate, police could monitor their messages. The gangs believed the system was secure because the phones did not have any other capabilities – no voice or camera functions were loaded – and the app was encrypted.

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