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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarMust take action on hoax bomb threats to airlines, IT Ministry tells social media platforms
"Considering the serious nature of the situation, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology reminds with emphasis that all the intermediaries including social media intermediaries must make reasonable efforts to disallow such malicious acts including hoax...
Cyclone Dana: Crops on 1.75L acre in Odisha damaged, another 2.80L acre submerged, says Govt
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi during a review meeting on Friday night said the final estimate of the loss in the agriculture sector would be known from the detailed report, on the basis of which the government would decide on compensation for farmers Bhubaneswar:...
Aadhaar Card not valid document for determining age of a road accident victim to grant compensation: SC
The top court was hearing an appeal filed by kin of a man who died in a road accident in 2015.When it came to determining the age, the top court accepted the contention of the claimant-appellants before it and upheld the judgment of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal...
Nothing stops pvt sector from coming and doing business In India: Nirmala Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman,Union Finance Minister When asked about prospects for private sector engagement, particularly in banking and insurance, Sitharaman responded, "Nothing stops them from coming and doing business. There are actually many private banks already in India,...
Hack at UnitedHealth’s tech unit impacted 100 mln people, US health dept says
UnitedHealth has previously said that hackers potentially stole a third of Americans' data in one of the worst hacks to hit the U.S. healthcare sector. The company began notifying affected patients in June The February hack at UnitedHealth's tech unit Change affected...
Income disparity in India has declined 74.2% since FY14, reveals SBI study
"Our analysis shows that there has been a cumulative 74.2% decline in income disparity coverage for those earning up to Rs 5 lakh. This shows the continuous efforts of Govt are reaching the bottom of pyramid that is leading to increase in income of 'lower income...
Ireland fines LinkedIn 310 mn euros over EU data breach
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued the Microsoft-owned website its first EU fine saying "the consent obtained by LinkedIn was not given freely" An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Thursday it had fined professional networking...
Negligence only if doctor lacks qualification or expertise in treatment: SC
"A medical professional may be held liable for negligence only when he is not possessed with the requisite qualification or skill or when he fails to exercise reasonable skill which he possesses in giving the treatment," the bench said New Delhi: The Supreme Court on...
Global commercial insurance rates show first quarterly fall in seven years, Marsh says
Marsh said the fall in the composite rate - the first since the third quarter of 2017 - was largely driven by increased competition among insurers in the global property market.On average, composite rates decreased in the Pacific by 6%, in the UK by 5%, in Asia by 4%,...
Siddaramaiah launches ‘Gruha Arogya’ initiative
Siddaramaiah,Chief Minister,Karnataka This scheme, a flagship program of the Department of Health and Family Welfare for the control and management of non-communicable diseases seeks to reach underprivileged sections and ensure timely detection of diseases, officials...
Africa CDC warns of monkeypox surveillance challenges as cases surpass 45,000
Data from the Africa CDC show that the Central Africa region registered 85.5 percent of all reported cases and 99.5 percent of deaths. Additionally, the number of cases reported so far this year has reflected a 400 percent increase compared to the entire 2023 Addis...
Centre launches 21st Livestock Census at Rs 200 cr cost data to help Govt frame right policies
Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, who is Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying, also launched a USD 25 million 'Pandemic Fund Project' to strengthen animal health security in India for pandemic preparedness and response New Delhi: Union Minister Rajiv...
Data leak:Telegram says it can’t police all chatbots for Star Health
The Madras High Court in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has asked insurer Star Health to help Telegram identify data leaked via its messaging app so the chatbots can be deleted Chennai: The messaging platform Telegram on Friday told an Indian court it cannot monitor...
Meta, Google, TikTok must face schools’ addiction claims in US
The companies also face significant exposure from hundreds of personal injury suits accusing them of designing their platforms to encourage youths to spend unhealthy amounts of time on screens and suffering emotional trauma as a result. But the school cases may carry...
Lloyd’s and UNCDC establish first of its kind disaster resilience vehicle for Small Island Developing States
Initially covering Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Samoa, the vehicle will respond to disasters caused by natural perils including tropical cyclone, earthquake, tsunami and flood – with the long-term aim of scaling and replicating the vehicle throughout the Pacific region...
Severe cyclone ‘Dana’ begins landfall process on Odisha coast: IMD
However, there was no report of any major damage or casualty so far even as the landfall process started more than an hour ago, the official said Bhubaneswar: The landfall process of severe cyclonic storm 'Dana' began on Odisha coast on Thursday night and was expected...
FSIB selects 5 EDs for PSU general insurance cos
Ayyappan Chakravarty Seshadri, general manager, New India Assurance(NIA) has been kept as a standby candidate for the ED post at Agriculture Insurance Company(AIC) in case Lavanya Mundayur, who has already been recommended for the post CMD of the company(AIC),...
Ambani’s Jio Financial in talks with Allianz SE to set up insurance JVs in India
Mukesh Ambani, chairman, Reliance Industries Jio Financial, helmed by veteran banker K.V. Kamath, already runs a shadow bank and an insurance brokerage and has joined forces with BlackRock Inc. to start an asset management business. Setting up insurance operations...