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Cyclone Tauktae: Guj announces Rs 105 cr relief for fishermen

As part of the package, the state government would pay a collective amount of Rs 25 crore to the affected fishermen to compensate the damage caused to over 1,000 small and large sized boats.

For a fully damaged small sized boat, the government would pay 50 per cent of the boat value or Rs 75,000, whichever is less, the release said.

Government issues guidelines for care of children affected by Covid-19

The states need to identify the children in distress through outreach and surveys and prepare a database with a profile of each child, along with the details of their specific needs and requirements, and ensure that the data is uploaded on the Track Child portal.

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), in an affidavit to the Supreme Court, said 9,346 children have lost at least one of the parents to the deadly virus, including over 1,700 who have lost both their parents, according to data received from the states

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Italy’s Generali to stop insuring new coal plants

Generali’s action, which comes ahead of a United Nations climate change conference in Poland in December, is the latest by a big insurance company that targets the coal industry as part of efforts move towards a lower carbon economy.In late 2017, French insurer AXA said it planned to disinvest further from the coal industry. Others that have taken steps include Scor, Swiss Re and Zurich Insurance.

Superbugs to ‘kill millions’ by 2050 unless countries act

As humans consume ever more antibiotics – either through prescriptions or agriculture and livestock products given medicines to stave off infection – strains of bacteria are developing that resist the effects of drugs designed to kill them.

Chinese big data industry boosts futuristic start-ups

One of the systems being supported by the big data industry is a smart judiciary assistant that can quickly scan through past judgments and case details to pull out relevant legal points, helping judges to arrive at decisions much faster.The project, being piloted in Guiyang, the capital city of Guizhou, can also help citizens know if they are likely to win a case.”If you are hit (in a road accident) and you want to take the case to court, with the smart assistant you can get an idea if you will win the case,” said He Yuan, general manager of China Big Data, one of the biggest big data companies in the area.

Google hears protesters, changes sexual harassment policies

Arbitration will become optional for individual sexual harassment and sexual assault claims, Google said, enabling lawsuits on those matters. It also said employees who fail to complete mandatory sexual harassment training will be docked in performance reviews.

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