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Hiring activity witnesses uptick in June for most sectors: Report
CAG pulls up Assam govt on pension scheme for families of deceased staff
Over 300 phone nos of ministers, journos, activists, bizmen in India could have been hacked: Report
The Wire reported that forensic tests conducted as part of the media investigation project on a small cross-section of phones associated with these numbers revealed clear signs of targeting by Pegasus spyware in 37 phones, of which 10 are Indian.
The government, however, dismissed allegations of any kind of surveillance on its part on specific people, saying it ”has no concrete basis or truth associated with it whatsoever”.
Rain fury claims 30 lives as fifth thunderstorm in a month batters Mumbai
Meanwhile, the flooding in the water purification complex at Bhandup affected the water supply in most parts of the metropolis, a BMC official said. The flooding has affected electrical equipment that controls the pumping and filtration processes there, one of the major sites of water supply to the country’s financial capital, following which the BMC asked citizens to boil water before drinking.
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A Ford-Volkswagen alliance with Argo could redraw self-driving sector
A Ford-VW collaboration with Argo, the Pittsburgh-based start-up that has spearheaded Ford’s self-driving development since 2017, could help reduce the engineering and financial burdens on each automaker. It could also accelerate the deployment timetables of both, which have said they plan to put autonomous vehicles into operation in 2021.
French utility EDF prepares its nuclear reactors for climate change
The company has created a team of 15 climate experts to better predict the impact of a changing climate on its operations and the surrounding environment. The team, formed in 2015, studies several metrics including river temperatures, wind and solar power output, sea levels and the resilience of its power plants to flooding and lightning
Pakistan examines ways to bolster insurance penetration
Sabzwari said he will:-consider a request by brokerages for minimum commissions, while taking into account the views of all stakeholders after mutual funds objected to similar proposals earlier,
-reduce barriers for startups and small to medium-sized companies to tap capital markets; he targets a few listings this year
make it compulsory for companies to have group life insurance, third-party automobile liability coverage, and occupational health insurance before March.
Volvo’s autonomous trucking offer bundles pilots, insurance, services
Driverless transportation has been hailed as a transformative revenue opportunity, with the Boston Consulting Group expecting connected high-tech vehicles to generate about $150 billion of new profits for the auto sector by 2035.But regulatory, technological and infrastructure roadblocks stand in the way of deploying fully autonomous vehicles on public roads and the journey is proving long and costly.
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