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Deepfakes deceive voters from India to Indonesia before elections
Countries including India, Indonesia and Bangladesh have recently passed laws to more closely police online content and penalise social media sites for content deemed misinformation, so platforms are "holding their punches", said Raman Jit Singh Chima, Asia policy...
‘Massive’ 19.5 per cent of vehicles sold in Delhi in December were electric: Kailash Gahlot
''Delhi records a massive 19.5% EV sales of the overall vehicles sold in Dec 2023. It is the HIGHEST ever among any state in India till date. Overall in 2023, Delhi registered a total of 6,57,312 vehicles out of which 73,610 were Electric,'' Gahlot said on X on...
LIC receives GST demand notice of Rs 663 crore from Chennai tax officials
The demand pertains to wrong availment of Input Tax Credit (ITC) and non-payment on tax on turnover wrongly declared as non-GST supply in GSTR-1 for 2017-18, and 2018-19, it said Mumbai: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Wednesday said tax authorities have...
Problems in Red Sea will not impact India’s maritime trade: Shipping secy
Asked will the Red sea developments have any impact on India's maritime trade, Ports, Shipping and Waterways secretary T K Ramachandran said, "no impact". New Delhi: Ports, Shipping and Waterways secretary T K Ramachandran on Wednesday said the problems in the Red Sea...
Growth in Asia Pacific emerging markets to remain strong in 2024: Fitch
"Economic growth in APAC will generally remain strong in 2024, especially in emerging markets (EMs), supporting sector outlooks across the region. We expect real GDP to expand by, or above, 5 per cent in India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam, and China's...
SC stays MoEF’s office memorandum on ex post facto environmental clearance
Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for Vanashakti, submitted that environmental impact assessment mandates prior approval before the commencement of any activity and allowing ex post facto environmental clearance was anathema to the Environment...
India registered 9.3 lakh cancer deaths second highest in Asia Lancet Study
Researchers found that India, along with China and Japan, were the three leading countries in Asia in terms of number of new cases and deaths, where they say cancer has become a more significant public health threat with 94 lakh new cases and 56 lakh deaths in 2019...
Jan1 Renewals: With abundant capital reinsurers get relief from price rise, says Gallagher Re
2024 looks to have provided a welcome return to more stability and predictability, allowing the expectations of all parties to be managed in a less rancorous fashion than 12 months ago London: According to reinsurance broker Gallagher Re, the Jan 1,2024 renewal season...
Reinsurance: Jan 1 renewals see favourable market conditions
David Howden, founder & CEO, Howden Headwinds are nevertheless likely to persist into 2024. Expectations are for modest economic growth across advanced economies. Inflation volatility, climate change, the net-zero transition, civil unrest and war, can be more...
Why truck-bus-tanker drivers are up in arms against new law for hit-and-run cases?
There's a lack of consensus, with some arguing that over-speeding alone is not rash driving. The criteria for rash and negligent driving remain arbitrary and unclear, advocate Shashank Dewan New Delhi: With nation-wide strikes by truck drivers entering the second day...
Global shipping firms continue to pause Red Sea shipments
The Suez Canal is used by roughly one third of global container ship cargo. Redirecting ships around the southern tip of Africa is expected to cost up to $1 million in extra in fuel for every round trip between Asia and northern Europe Denmark's Maersk and German...
LIC gets GST demand notice of Rs 116 crore
The demand for Telangana came a day after LIC on Monday received a similar notice demanding about Rs 806 crore for short payment of GST for 2017-18 along with interest and penalty for Maharashtra Mumbai: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Tuesday said tax...
Truckers’ strike: AIMTC says govt assures discussion on new accident law; urges drivers to end protest
Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), set to replace the Indian Penal Code, drivers who cause serious road accidents due to negligent driving and run away without informing authorities face up to 10 years in prison or a fine of Rs 7 lakh Mumbai/ New Delhi:...
Govt shortlists 5 GMs for selecting CMDs of New India and United India
The five GMs are –BS Rahul, Agriculture Insurance Company(AIC), Sunita Gupta, Oriental insurance Company(OIC), Hitesh Joshi along with two of his other colleagues V Balkrishna and his spouse Jayshree Bala from GIC Re Rahul will only be considered for UII and NIA...
Japan Airlines plane on fire at Tokyo’s Haneda airport,all 379 passengers, crew escape
All the 367 passengers plus eight toddlers and 12 crew on board the Airbus SE A350-900 plane were safely evacuated, an airline spokesperson said by telephone. Flight JL516, operated by a 2 year old Airbus A350-900 jet, took off from New Chitose airport near Sapporo at...
Gold expected to move much higher in 2024
"We expect an eventual rise to USD 2,400 in 2024, and if the rupee is to be stable, gold is likely to reach around Rs 70,000 levels. As India faces elections, the rupee could weaken as Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) are expected to lighten up their portfolios,...
Social media firms gained USD 11 billion in ads from under-18 users’ engagement in 2022, finds study
The researchers said that while these social media giants may claim to be able to self-regulate their practices in reducing harm to young people, they are yet to do so. Social media giants like Instagram, X (formerly Twitter) and Snapchat collectively gained nearly...
196 JN.1 corona variant cases detected in India so far, Kerala tops with 83
Ten states and Union territories have so far detected the presence of the JN.1 sub-variant of the virus New Delhi: A total of 196 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been detected in the country so far, with Odisha joining the list of states that have detected the...