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“For too long, people just didn’t realize that some people were being exposed to more toxins than others simply because of the color of their skin,” said Lenore Zann, a Liberal Party parliamentarian from Nova Scotia and the Canadian bill’s sponsor. “It’s time that we address that and change our behavior as a society,” she said
India will not extend 2022 deadline for tighter fuel efficiency rules for carmakers
Constitute social audit panels to identify core grievance prone areas: Par panel to govt
The government of India has established the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), an online system for grievance redressal.
“The Committee recommends the department to develop a ‘Grievance Redressal Index’ on the lines of Good Governance Index to rank organizations of GOI and states/UTs on parameters that are output and outcome-oriented,” it said.
‘Work from home jobs’ searches in 2020 surged 140% in India: Google report
This, “Learning anything, anywhere”, is one amongst the three major changes in user behaviour that have emerged based on search trends spanning Search and YouTube in 2020, Google said.
The searches for learning went beyond academics, and focused on learning for career progression, upskilling, entrepreneurship, and supplementary income, with four in five people coming to YouTube to learn something new, Google said.
HDFC Bank, SBI, others not adhering to norms on bulk SMSes, says Trai
“As sufficient opportunity has been given to principal entities/ telemarketers to comply with the regulatory requirements and that the consumers cannot be deprived of the benefits of the regulatory provisions any further, therefore it has been decided that from April 1, 2021, any message failing in the scrubbing process due to non-compliance of regulatory requirements will be rejected” by the system, TRAI said in a statement.
TRAI’s norms for commercial messages, based on blockchain technology, aim to curb unsolicited and fraudulent messages.
Recent surge in COVID-19 cases being closely monitored: Harsh Vardhan
”The pace of vaccination is going to increase. As for imposing restrictions, COVID-19 situation continues to evolve and change each day. The silver lining here is that we are better prepared now to tackle any challenges that the pandemic throws our way,” he said.
Steps, including include strict enforcement of COVID-19 protocols as well as creating micro-containment zones wherever needed will be used to keep a check on the rise in cases, he said
Night curfew in Maharashtra from Sunday in view of rise in COVID-19 cases
Australia’s gender pay gap is worst in finance and insurance firms
, Australia is losing momentum in efforts to bring equality to the workforce, with a new study finding that it will probably take another 26 years until women are paid the same as men. The gender pay gap is worst in finance and insurance firms, at almost 28%, versus...
Financial services space set for disruption over next 10 years: Kamath
Citing the first wave of change brought about in the banking space 20 years ago, Kamath said it changed the sector in a positive way.
“Unless you internalise it’s going to be a digital world…we will see a very quick evolution of this space in the next 10 years. It’s not just bank but entire financial services space is set for disruption, not necessarily a negative way, it can be also in a positive way,” the former president of New Development Bank said.
Delhi has bent pollution curve, annual level of particulate matter on decline: Report
New wave of ‘hacktivism’ adds twist to cybersecurity woes
According to a U.S. counter-intelligence strategy released a year ago, “ideologically motivated entities such as hacktivists, leaktivists, and public disclosure organizations,” are now viewed as “significant threats,” alongside five countries, three terrorist groups, and “transnational criminal organizations.”
Stranded Suez ship’s owner, insurers face millions in claims
The ship’s owner, Japanese firm Shoei Kisen KK, and its insurers could face claims from the SCA for loss of revenue and from other ships whose passage has been disrupted, insurers and brokers said.
Container ships of this size are likely insured for hull and machinery damage of $100-140 million, insurance sources say. The ship was insured in the Japanese market, two of the sources said.
EU must clarify relationship between cyber security rules to give insurers legal certainty across Europe
Over 500 drones to measure India’s rural assets, end property dispute woes
A big force of drone pilots on the ground to measure the rural land in India stretching from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and Shillong to Somnath, would be deployed by the Survey of India (SOI).
“A hi-tech drone takes around 15 minutes to map an average Indian village. We expect that by March 2024, the ‘drone flying’ in the country would be complete,” said Sunil Kumar, the Union Secretary for the Panchayati Raj Ministry, the nodal agency for implementing the massive land survey scheme.
Indian economy’s revival seen unabated despite Covid surge: Shaktikanta Das
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Adani looks beyond fossil fuel to cement his group’s future
He has unveiled plans to boost his renewable energy capacity almost eightfold by 2025, positioning himself to benefit as the government debates ambitious climate targets that would cut net greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century.
Adani Green Energy Ltd. signed a $1.35 billion loan facility last week from 12 banks including Standard Chartered Plc and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., one of the biggest renewable loans in Asia.