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Trump administration pushing to rip global supply chains from China: officials

“We’ve been working on [reducing the reliance of our supply chains in China] over the last few years but we are now turbo-charging that initiative,” Keith Krach, undersecretary for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment at the U.S. State Department told Reuters.

The pandemic has highlighted China’s key role in the supply chain for generic drugs here that account for the majority of prescriptions in the United States. It has also shown China’s dominance in goods like here the thermal cameras needed to test workers for fevers, and its importance in food supplies.

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Quarterly global InsurTech fundraising trend slashed by over 50%, COVID-19 a likely culprit:Willis Towers Watson

InsurTechs raised a total of US$912 million during the first three months of 2020.Deal count, at 96, was up 28% over Q4 2019, 10% more than the first quarter of that year. It is the highest number of investment rounds by transactional volume ever recorded by the Quarterly InsurTech Briefing.Overall total funding was down by 54 percent,  however, reflecting in part far fewer ‘mega-deals’ (US$100 million-plus deals) taking place in the year so far.

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Online car sales may gain traction post COVID-19, auto retail needs to become virtual: EY

The Indian customer’s views and behaviour towards an online car purchase platform is only going to evolve. Indian OEMs and car aggregators can take a cue from global players and gradually develop their capabilities to support this transformation. Globally, OEMs like BMW, Peugeot, Hyundai and Volvo have successfully deployed almost contactless online sales, it added.

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BSE puts in place penalty structure for non-submission of cyber security report

Non-submission of the report after three months will attract disablement of trading terminals across segments after giving two weeks’ notice, the exchange said.

BSE, further, said “disablement notice issued to the member would be shared with all the exchanges for information” and member will be enabled only after submission of the report.

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Robots are playing many roles in the coronavirus crisis – and offering lessons for future disasters

Research laboratories and startups are creating new robots, including one designed to allow health care workers to remotely take blood samples and perform mouth swabs. These prototypes are unlikely to make a difference now. However, the robots under development could make a difference in future disasters if momentum for robotics research continues.

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