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As coronavirus cases rise, 52 labs set-up across India for testing samples

-In Andhra Pradesh, labs at Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences in Tirupati, Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam and GMC, Anantapur have been made operational while in Assam, labs at Gauhati Medical College in Guwahati and Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh have been activated.

-In Bihar, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, in Chandigarh, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research and AIIMS in Chhattisgarh have the designated laboratories.

Tata Motors asked to pay Rs3.5 lakh compensation for Indigo’s misleading advertisement

Pradipta Kundu, who purchased a Tata Indigo in 2011 after seeing an advertisement which claimed its mileage to be 25 kilometres per litre, was disappointed to find out that the car did not provide the promised mileage. The advertisement had also claimed that it was India’s most fuel-efficient car and that it was an offer for a limited period. Kundu had moved the district forum after the company refused to replace the car.

Top UK firms face tougher climate disclosure rule

-The Investment Association, which represents managers of 7.7 trillion pounds ($10 trillion) in assets such as shares, said Britain’s largest listed companies should start reporting on climate risks immediately.

-There are 480 premium-listed companies on the London Stock Exchange with a combined capitalisation of 2.3 trillion pounds or 60% of total market capitalisation.

Lawsuits against businesses over Coronavirus have begun. More to come?

Hospitals, restaurants, day care centers, nursing homes and hotels may face claims that they didn’t take adequate steps to protect people. Shareholders can sue if companies fail to act effectively in response to the epidemic. Businesses are scrambling to see if their insurance policies cover disruptions caused by the virus. Governments are reviewing their quarantine powers.

UK fines Cathay Pacific $639,000 for data-security lapses over 4-yr period

Between October 2014 and May 2018, Cathay Pacific’s computer systems “lacked appropriate security measures which led to customers’ personal details being exposed, 111,578 of whom were from the UK, and approximately 9.4 million more worldwide,” the UK Information Commissioner’s Office said in a statement on its website on Wednesday.