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EU working to allow acceptance of AstraZeneca’s India vaccine jab, Commission says

Jul 4, 2021

The EU vaccine passport programme allows people to travel freely within the bloc as long as they have had one of four Western-made vaccines. While this includes the AstraZeneca shot, it does not extend to Covishield, the Indian version of the vaccine produced by Serum Institute of India (SII).

After Didi, China launches cybersecurity probe into more U.S.-listed firms

Jul 4, 2021

The three app-based businesses should halt new user registrations during the review, the the Cyberspace Administration of China said in a statement, adding that the investigations are to “prevent national data security risks and safeguard national security”. The cyberspace agency did not offer further details about the investigation into the three apps, but cited China’s national security law and cybersecurity law.

Covid will be reduced to an endemic in future, zero figure in Delhi unlikely: Experts

Jul 3, 2021

Dr Suresh Kumar, medical director of Delhi government-run LNJP Hospital said there will always be a few cases of the virus.

”Zero is an unlikely figure. The virus is mutating and it is difficult to predict it’s future behaviour,” he said.

70 lakh consultations completed on telemedicine platform eSanjeevani: Govt

Jul 3, 2021

In June, it served around 12.5 lakh patients, the highest since the service was launched last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, the health ministry said in the statement.

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US engages World’s Regulators on Grounded Boeing 737

May 24, 2019

Chicago-based Boeing has developed a software fix that won’t allow MCAS to push down a plane’s nose more than once and it will rely on data from two sensors instead of one in an attempt to lower the chances that a single malfunction can trigger it.

Uber and Lyft to turn the wheels on car ownership: industry experts

May 23, 2019

“Your phone will be your car,” said Andre Haddad, CEO of Turo, a peer-to-peer car-sharing company that enables users to rent their cars out to others. Haddad said that while car sales have never been higher globally, people are realizing that owning a vehicle is increasingly becoming unaffordable due to car payments, insurance, and parking.
“Many more are realizing they can share their car when they’re not using it or rent it out to recover the big costs of ownership,” he added.

Lloyd’s of London plans to merge governance bodies -source

May 23, 2019

The plan to combine the bodies comes as Lloyd’s, which has 99 syndicate members comprising British and international insurers, is under pressure to cut costs and speed up automation after two years of steep losses.

EU’s landmark Data Privacy Law, GDPR, already providing Global Standard

May 23, 2019

The new regulation has forced global companies to reconsider their own rules, inspiring territories from Brazil to China and India to California to develop their own privacy and security regulations based on a de facto GDPR benchmark.

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