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SIRC announces panel line-up, Sets stage for crucial conversations to shape re/insurance industry’s future
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Delhi Police saves man’s life after Facebook alerts about suicide bid
At around 12.50 am, Cyber Prevention Awareness Detection of Delhi Police (CyPAD) received the alert from Facebook’s US office as part of the coordination framework established between CyPAD and international social media platforms.
Why Bitcoin’s wild ride bodes well for the future of digital cash
The mania and panic that have gripped decentralized cryptocurrencies are heightening the attraction of their coming rivals: digital cash, issued by central banks. These tokens will be staid, centralized and state-controlled. That’s exactly what users will want in an Internet of Things world where machines need to settle claims with one another all the time, instantaneously, but without contributing to global warming.
Average 13 lakh new demat accounts added every month since Apr 2020
But, a vast majority of these accounts are inactive. An industry study in March 2020 said only a fourth of then 4 crore accounts were active.
According to Sebi guidelines, a demat account that has not been operated for a year is considered inactive.
US to treat growing ransomware incidents as terror attacks
Christopher Wray, Director of the FBI, told The Wall Street Journal that the country is facing a similar challenge like 9/11, and the Bureau has identified about 100 different types of ransomware, several of them being traced to Russia.
“There are a lot of parallels, there’s a lot of importance, and a lot of focus by us on disruption and prevention. There’s a shared responsibility, not just across government agencies but across the private sector and even the average American,” Wray told WSJ on Saturday.
5G tech safe; concerns around health consequences misplaced: COAI
“Radiation permitted in India is one-tenth of what is accepted globally, so already our systems have taken this into account…Any notion or concern about radiation and impact are misplaced. These are fallacious fears and this always happens whenever a new technology is introduced,” S P Kochhar, Director-General, COAI told PTI.
As digital piracy rises amid pandemic, original content creators losing money: EY
As per a report by Digital TV Research, the loss of revenue for OTT players on account of piracy in India is expected to hit USD 3.08 billion by 2022, while the cost of global online streaming piracy will reach USD 52 billion by 2022.
Govt warns Twitter exemption from liability will be withdrawn on non-compliance
The new IT rules require significant social media intermediaries – those with other 50 lakh users – to appoint a grievance officer, nodal officer, and chief compliance officer. This personnel is required to be residents in India.
Under the new rules, social media companies will have to take down flagged content within 36 hours, and remove within 24 hours content that is flagged for nudity, pornography, etc. The Centre had said the new rules are designed to prevent abuse and misuse of platforms, and offer users a robust forum for grievance redressal.
ACKO clocks Rs 100 crore from employee group health insurance premium in FY21
Over 70 companies including Virtusa, Swiggy, Razorpay, CRED, Akzo Nobel, Xiaomi, RedFM, ICRA, Grofers, Mygate and Go-MMT offer ACKO’s digital health benefits, it said.
India is leading world in sustainable development and clean energy: PM Modi
“From agriculture to astronomy, disaster management to defence technology, vaccine to virtual reality, India aspires to become self-reliant and empowered in every direction. India is leading world in fields of sustainable development and clean energy,” said PM Modi at the CSIR society meeting.
EU takes on Facebook over ad data
* Alphabet’s Google: The world’s most popular internet search engine has been hit with total fines of 8.25 billion euros ($10 billion) in more than a decade of battles with the Commission over its shopping service, Android mobile operating system, and online advertising practices. The first fine came in 2010.