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The UK communications regulator Ofcom said Thursday that its year long study of the cloud communications services market found features that could limit competition. British businesses face barriers when they try to switch or use multiple cloud suppliers, it said...
With mobile handheld devices, SBI takes banking to doorsteps
Bank also plans to include services such as enrolments under social security schemes, account opening, remittance and card-based services under this facility shortly State Bank of India on Wednesday introduced banking through mobile handheld devices for its customers...
RBI brings 30 banks on UDGAM portal to help search for unclaimed deposits
The UDGAM portal has been developed by RBI for use by members of the public to facilitate and make it easier for them to search their unclaimed deposits across multiple banks at one place Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has brought 30 banks on board its...
Farmers, fishermen getting benefits of state-of-the-art research in climate-weather forecasting, says Rijuju
India is making progress in the field of timely prediction of natural calamities like cloudbursts and earthquakes and the country will soon be able to accurately predict these and avoid large scale damage, Kiren Rijuju Union Minister of Earth Sciences Pune: Union...
US accuses Google of illegal methods to push up ad prices
Google's advertising business has been criticized by advertisers and website publishers for a lack of transparency, with both accusing Google of siphoning off too much revenue. The testimony on advertising is a change from previous testimony that has focused on the...
India becomes 4th-highest funded fintech startup ecosystem globally
The sector witnessed significant growth in specific segments with alternative lending, banking tech and RegTech emerging as top performers in the first half this year Bengaluru: India’s fintech sector saw a 68 per cent surge in funding in the July-September period...
Climate change damage to infrastructure poses ‘huge’ financial risks
Disasters are causing average losses of $732 billion-$845 billion each year to infrastructure and buildings, equal to 14% of growth in global gross domestic product in 2022, estimated the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) Climate-fuelled disasters...
Treasury’s Yellen says US overdependent on China for critical supply chains
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen The U.S. would face national security concerns without a robust semiconductor sector of its own, she said, adding that last year's Chips and Science Act will help reverse that trend. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on...
In Singapore, a certificate to own a car now costs $106,000
Singapore has a 10-year "certificate of entitlement" (COE) system, introduced in 1990, to control the number of vehicles in the small country, which is home to 5.9 million people and can be driven across in less than an hour To own a car in Singapore, a buyer must bid...
After NCLT snub, Torrent Investment once again knocks SC’s doors
In a fresh Letter of Urgency, Torrent Investment has stated that during the pendency of its appeals before the SC, the Committee of Creditors (COC) of Reliance Capital have not only conducted the second round of auction, but approved the resolution plan of IIHL and...
Nepal quake triggered Sikkim disaster? Scientists to find out
“Earthquake that hit Nepal might be a cause of flash floods in Sikkim. The lake was already vulnerable and was spread across 168 hectares. Its area has now reduced 60 hectares, so about 100 hectares of volume of water has breached the level,” a senior official at the...
Aon to acquire Prabodh Thakker’s Global Insurance Brokers
The combined capabilities of Global Insurance Brokers and Aon will allow us to better serve our clients across India in new geographies and industries. This acquisition will reinforce our commitment to helping our clients navigate volatility and make better decisions...
Parag Agrawal and team win $1.1 mn in legal fees from Musk’s X
Parag Agrawal, Former Twitter CEO According to the lawsuit, the trio alleged that Twitter has to pay them more than $1 million for legal fees they incurred while at the company to respond to queries by the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission...
Panic grips north India as four earthquakes shake Nepal in an hour
Within an hour, more than 70 felt reports related to this earthquake were received from Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab through the NCS website and mobile app. These reports indicated intensities ranging from I to III...
Flash flood in Sikkim; 23 army personnel missing
The water level increased drastically overnight, affecting the Dam site of the 510 MV NHPC hydroelectric power project near Dikchu village Gangtok: A sudden cloud burst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim has resulted in a flash flood in the Teesta River in Lachen valley...
Vivek Wadhwa’s new venture aims to use breath to detect cancer
Vivek Wadhwa, entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa learned that breath may include compounds related to lung cancer, breast cancer and others. “I never thought that there was so much information in breath,” he wrote in an update to a handful of supporters in September. If the...
Amazon used a secret algorithm to raise prices: Report
“We once again call on Amazon to move swiftly to remove the redactions and allow the American public to see the full scope of what we allege are their illegal monopolistic practices,” an FTC spokesperson was quoted as saying. San Francisco: E-commerce giant Amazon...
BAGIC receives Rs1010 crore GST notice on reinsurance commission and coinsurance deals
The alleged demand and the impugned show cause cum demand notice pertains to non-payment of GST on the co-insurance premium accepted as follower in case of coinsurance transactions and non-payment of GST on re-insurance commissionaccepted on the reinsurance premium...