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Facebook has faced criticism globally from online safety campaigners for not doing enough to safeguard women from bullying or harassment. In 2019, the platform said it had a team of people focusing "just on making sure we are keeping women safe", using technology...
Microsoft India most ‘attractive employer brand’ in India: Randstad
The 10 most attractive employer brands in India for 2022 include Hewlett Packard at fourth place, Infosys (5th), Wipro (6th), Tata Consultancy Services (7th), Tata Steel (8th), Tata Power Company (9th) and Samsung (10th), as per the survey released on Thursday 'It is...
China fines Didi Global $1.2 bln for violating data security laws
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said its investigation found Didi had illegally collected millions of pieces of user information over a seven-year period starting June 2015, and carried out data processing activities that seriously affected national...
Travelers reporting stranded luggage this summer jumped 30%: Mapfre
More bags are going missing as short-staffed airports and airlines struggle to keep up with luggage handling alongside surging travel demand.Most stranded luggage ends up resurfacing, thus not triggering reimbursement, the insurer said The number of travelers...
Ship insurers seek more assurances on Ukraine grain corridor
Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations are expected to sign a deal later this week aimed at resuming the shipping of grain from Ukraine across the Black Sea Insurance for the ships would be possible “if a sensible solution were offered,” said Rory Colacicchi,...
34 pc of coastline under varying degrees of erosion for past 28 years: Govt
"Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has not estimated the percentage of loss specifically due to coastal erosion, however, INCOIS has estimated Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) for the Indian coastline, which is a cumulative impact of...
Govt shortlists 7 GMs for selecting CMDs of New India and AIC
The general managers who have been shortlisted are- M Rajeswari Singh, Agriculture Insurance Company(AIC), BS Rahul,(AIC),N Ramaswamy, presently heading GIC Re’s London branch, Neerja Kapur, NIA, Girija Subramanian, GIC Re, Rashmi Bajpai, Oriental Insurance...
Govt implements $10-bn plan to decarbonise public transport and curb emissions
India could electrify all two-wheelers currently on the roads and complete the electrification of public buses in five to seven years, Acharya said. New Delhi: State-controlled Convergence Energy Services Ltd. is planning a $10-billion (Rs 80,000 crore) tender for...
IRDAI empowers insurers to expand their hospital networks for cashless health cover
While specifying the criteria, the board of insurers among other things should consider the minimum manpower and healthcare infrastructure facilities, said the IRDAI The insurers have to also publish the board approved empanelment criteria in their website from...
About 13 lakh electric vehicles registered in country: Gadkari
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said, according to the World Road Statistics (WRS) of the International Road Federation, Geneva, India recorded 1.5 lakh road accident fatalities in 2020, which was 26.37 percent of total road accidents...
Kerala issues SOP for treatment, isolation of monkeypox cases
Kerala Health Minister Veena George, in a release, gave details of the SOP which is to be followed by all private and government hospitals The risk of infection is high through close physical or direct skin-to-skin contact or sexual intercourse with an infected person...
Most major nations lag in acting on climate-fighting goals: Scientists
The tracker describes as insufficient the policies and actions of the world's top two carbon polluters, China and the U.S., as well as Japan, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia. It calls Russia and South Korea's polices highly insufficient, and Iran comes in as critically...
Climate crisis increases the severity of drought in Delhi and London
Christian Aid has warned that without action to cut emissions and better management of freshwater resources, the toll will be felt acutely by the poor. The 10 cities featured in the report, are Sydney, Harare, Sao Paulo, Phoenix, Beijing, Kabul, New Delhi, Cape Town,...
Britain swelters on its hottest day ever as temperatures hit 40C
Stephen Belcher at the Met Office said he had not expected to see such temperatures in Britain in his career "Research conducted here at the Met Office has demonstrated that it's virtually impossible for the UK to experience 40C in an undisrupted climate but climate...
Mindtree and Rubrik partner to launch a Unified Cyber-Recovery Platform
Greater connectivity and new innovations being used by attackers mean an ever more critical need for faster, more modern approaches to data recovery and protection. Our partnership with Rubrik will further strengthen our digital transformation offerings with enhanced...
India witnessed 36.29 lakh cyber security incidents since 2019 till Jun this year: Govt
The government is operating an automated cyber threat exchange platform for proactively collecting, analyzing, and sharing tailored alerts with organizations across sectors for proactive threat mitigation actions by them, Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra said New...
Jan Aushadhi Kendras helped citizens save Rs 5,300 cr in FY22: Govt
As of June 30, 2022, about 8,742 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) have been opened across the country under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) New Delhi: Sales of Jan Aushadhi Kendras stood at Rs 893.56 crore in the last...
ICICI Gen’s net profit jumps 80% to Rs 349 crore in Q1FY2023
It had a combined ratio of 104.1 per cent in Q1 FY2023 as against 123.5 per cent in Q1 FY2022 Its underwriting losses have fallen by almost 70 percent y-o-y to Rs 193 crore during the period Mumbai: With a major drop in its underwriting losses, ICICI Lombard General...