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Safety, performance top concerns for electric scooter buyers: Survey
Consumers of various brands of these vehicles have reported fire incidents, which many of the manufacturers have attributed to the battery, LocalCircles said. Safety and performance of electric scooters remain top concerns for customers amid a spate of fire incidents...
Floods, landslides kill dozens as monsoon rains lash northern, eastern India
Heavy showers followed by landslides and flooding in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh over the past three days killed at least 36 people, a state government official told Reuters. In the neighbouring mountainous state of Uttarakhand, an official government...
WTW appoints Sean Deehan as Leader of Hong Kong and Macau
Sean Deehan,Leader,Hong Kong and Macau, WTW Clare Muhiudeen, Head of Asia, WTW, said: “Hong Kong remains a major international financial centre in Asia, a gateway to and from Mainland China and a key market in our Greater Bay Area growth plans HONG KONG: WTW today...
7 crore rural households given piped water connection in 3 just years: PM Modi
"The country and especially Goa has achieved a milestone today. Today Goa has become the first state in the country, which has been Har Ghar Jal certified. Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have also become Har Ghar Jal certified Union Territory," PM Modi said...
Road transport and highways sector has maximum number of delayed projects: Govt report
The Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD) is mandated to monitor central sector infrastructure projects costing Rs 150 crore and above based on the information provided on the Online Computerised Monitoring System (OCMS) by the project implementing...
UPI services to remain free, announces finance ministry
The number of digital transactions in July was the highest ever since 2016. UPI reported 6.28 billion transactions amounting to Rs 10.62 trillion, according to data released by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) New Delhi: The Government of India won't...
Russia’s war at 6 months: A global economy in growing danger
The world may soon be teetering on the edge of a global recession, only two years after the last one,'' Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the IMF's chief economist, said. Governments, businesses and families worldwide are feeling the war's economic effects just two years...
Workers at UK’s biggest container port Felixstowe due to begin 8-day strike
Strike action will cause huge disruption and will generate massive shockwaves throughout the UK's supply chain, but this dispute is entirely of the company's own making," said Bobby Morton, the Unite union's national officer for docks. LONDON: More than 1,900 workers...
China’s cyber watchdog tries to assuage concerns of internet firms
While Didi was fined $1.2 billion last month for violating data security rules, it is not clear whether or when its apps will be allowed to return to app stores, or whether or when it can resume new user registrations BEIJING: China's cyberspace watchdog wants to...
Singapore will decriminalize sex between men, prime minister says
In Singapore, under Section 377A, offenders can be jailed for up to two years under the law, but it is not currently actively enforced. There have been no known convictions for sex between consenting adult males for decades and the law does not include sex between...
Govt amends rules for physical verification of cos’ registered addresses
In case, the company's registered office is found to be not capable of receiving and acknowledging all communications and notices, the registrar concerned will send a notice to the company and all its directors seeking information Further action, including the...
DICGC to make payments to depositors of 17 co-op banks in October
The cooperative banks from Maharashtra are: Sahebrao Deshmukh Co-operative Bank, Sangli Sahakari Bank, Raigad Sahakari Bank, Nashik Zilla Girna Sahakari Bank, Saibaba Janata Sahakari Bank, Anjangaon Surji Nagari Sahakari Bank, Jaiprakash Narayan Nagari Sahakari Bank,...
EPFO adds 18.36 lakh net subscribers in June
The payroll data shows that the age group of 22-25 years registered the highest number of net enrolments with 4.72 lakh additions during June 2022. This shows that many first-time job seekers are joining the organized sector workforce in large numbers It showed that...
China-backed hackers spying on govts, India’s NIC among victims
The group known as 'RedAlpha' has consistently spoofed login pages for NIC, which manages wider IT infrastructure and services for the Indian government. The hacking group weaponised some least 350 domains last year alone New Delhi: A hacking group allegedly backed by...
UP’s 64 districts stare at drought-like conditions
According to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) data, only 11 of the 75 UP districts have received normal rainfall till August 19 The situation is particularly grim in East UP, where the rainfall is 50 per cent less than the LPA Lucknow: Sixty-four districts in...
LIC sees 20 pc decline in death claims in Q1 FY23 as COVID impact ebbs
M R Kumar,Chairman,LIC In the June quarter of the previous fiscal, settlement of death claims was to the tune of Rs 7,111 crore, which for Q1 of this year was Rs 5,743 crore, LIC Chairman M R Kumar said in a post-earnings call with analysts ''So there is quite a...
Maha: Siblings who lost parents in road accident in 2014 get Rs 64 lakh compensation
At the Lok Adalat, the insurance company, Chola Mandalam General Insurance Co and the claimants reached a settlement for Rs 51,00,000 for the death of the siblings' father, Rs 8,50,000 for the death of their mother and Rs 4,50,000 for the injuries suffered by Mayuri A...
FPIs pump in Rs 44,500 cr into Indian equities in three weeks of Aug
After turning net buyers last month, foreign investors have shown tremendous enthusiasm for Indian equities and have infused close to Rs 44,500 crore in August so far amid softening of inflation in US and falling dollar index. This was way higher than a net investment...