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An estimated 38,680 people were killed in traffic crashes in 2020, the most since 2007 in USA , even though total miles driven dropped at the beginning of the pandemic. In the first three months of 2021, 8,730 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes, a 10.5%...
World coal power demand to hit new high after China, India, U.S. surge,undermining greenhouse gas emissions, – IEA
IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said the increase was "a worrying sign of how far off track the world is in its efforts to put emissions into decline towards net zero." Rising consumption in China, India and the United States could bring global coal-fired power...
Tesla faces investor lawsuit over Musk tweets on 10% stock sales
The lawsuit, filed with the Delaware Court of Chancery on Thursday, seeks to obtain records and books related to his tweets, including documents to identify whether the stock sales tweets were reviewed or pre-approved in advance In 2018, Musk settled a lawsuit by the...
Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka’s sovereign rating to ‘CC’
''The downgrade reflects our view of an increased probability of a default event in coming months in light of Sri Lanka's worsening external liquidity position, underscored by a drop in foreign-exchange reserves set against high external debt payments and limited...
WHO lists 9th COVID-19 vaccine Covovax for emergency use
The vaccine, Covovax, is produced by the Serum Institute of India, under licence from Novavax, and will now be part of the COVAX facility portfolio, boosting efforts to vaccinate more people in lower-income countries. WHO Assistant-Director General for Access to...
Competition Comm suspends approval for Amazon-Future Coupons deal; slaps Rs 202 cr penalty on e-retaile
The watchdog noted that Amazon had failed to disclose true and complete details of the purpose of the combination, which were required to be given while seeking the approval New Delhi: In a significant development, the Competition Commission on Friday suspended its...
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance launches health product
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance on Friday launched a new product in its health insurance vertical offering cashless facilities in four key areas -- tele-consultation, doctor consultation, investigations, and annual preventive health check-up covers. Called 'health...
CDC advisory prefers Pfizer , Moderna Covid vaccines over J&J shot
The CDC's advisers said Thursday that it was time to recognize a lot has changed since vaccines began rolling out a year ago. More than 200 million Americans are considered fully vaccinated, including about 16 million who got the J&J shot Most Americans should be...
Typhoon Rai weakens after pummelling central Philippines
Rai, which at one point intensified into a category 5 storm, the highest classification, toppled power and communication lines, complicating disaster response and efforts to collect information from typhoon-hit areas "It is not expected to cause massive damage...
Three dead, 10 injured in fire at India’s Gujarat Fluorochemicals plant
The company did not give additional details about the fire, but according to local media reports there was an explosion at the site at around 10:00 a.m. local time that could be heard several kilometers away Shares of the company tumbled 8.4% earlier in the day on the...
LIC to take legal action against misuse of Its logo on social media platforms
"It has also come to our notice that certain unscrupulous service providers and agents have created websites and Apps whereby they are attempting to provide various services such as 'Insurance and Insurance Advisory Services' to customers using our trademarks/service...
Bank strike delays clearance of 38 lakh cheques worth Rs 37,000 crore
About one lakh bank branches remain closed and some others headed by senior officials were kept open as they did not participate in the strike Venkatachalam said the strike is against the Centre's move to privatise public sector banks (PSB) and to introduce the...
Expansion of scope of data protection bill needs careful analysis, deeper debate: Nasscom
The Joint Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, headed by BJP MP PP Chaudhary, tabled its report in Parliament on Thursday. The committee has recommended widening the scope of the proposed data protection legislation to include both personal and...
Some EU insurers relied on relief measures during stress test, says watchdog
Industry body Insurance Europe said the results confirm the sector's ability to meet promises to customers under extreme 1 in 1,000 year events The next test for insurers, which could include climate-related elements, won't be until 2023 The test covered 44 insurers...
France says facial recognition company Clearview breached privacy law
The CNIL stressed that Clearview's collection of publicly-available facial images on social media and the Internet had no legal basis and breached European Union rules on data privacy. France's data privacy watchdog CNIL has ordered Clearview AI, a facial...
Ban drug ads to promote health
In the US alone, USD 20 billion was spent in 2016 to convince doctors to prescribe brand-name drugs. The problem needs tackling at two ends: better regulation of promotion and making doctors less susceptible to it. Turning over-regulation to the drug companies, as is...
Refugees lack COVID shots because drugmakers fear lawsuits
So far there is scant information on COVID vaccine litigation, but claims made to out-of-court compensation programmes are one measure of the risk. A programme in the United States has so far not paid out anything, public data show; neither has one set up by the WHO...
Global community steps up with $93 billion support package to boost resilient recovery in World’s poorest countries
The funds will be delivered to the world’s 74 poorest countries under the 20th replenishment (IDA20) program, which focuses on helping countries recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. In these countries, the ongoing pandemic is worsening poverty, undermining...