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Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA came into force in November last year and requires very large online platforms and search engines to do more to tackle illegal content and risks to public security.

group that represents TikTok and other major tech companies sued Utah on Monday over its first-in-the-nation laws requiring children and teens to obtain parental consent to use social media apps. Two laws signed in March by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox will prohibit minors from using social media between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. unless authorized by a parent — and require age verification to open and maintain a social media account in the state.

The Telecommunications Bill, 2023, tabled in the Lok Sabha on Monday, is designed to subsume a clutch of old Indian laws, especially a telegraph law that predates most of the telecom technology we use today. A big revamp was clearly needed.

earthquake in a mountainous region in northwestern China, the country's state media reported on Tuesday. The official Xinhua News Agency said that 100 people died in the province of Gansu and another 11 in the neighboring province of Qinghai in the quake, which occurred just before midnight on Monday.

CK Venkataraman, managing director of Titan Co. Ltd, as Business Leader of the Year at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence 2023, recognising his contribution to keeping the nearly 40-year-old company young and buzzing. The State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender, bagged the coveted Company of the Year award in a unanimous vote for its spectacular turnaround from heavy losses a few years ago.

Bank of Baroda (BoB) are the government-owned lenders leading the way. SBI said in August that it wants to hire a consultant to measure carbon footprints in its loan portfolio, and benchmark the bank’s loan mix based on high- and low-emitting sectors, while taking into account the portfolios of other local and global peers. SBI also raised a $1 billion syndicated social loan in February, arranged by MUFG Bank and Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank, which it said was the largest ESG (environment, social, governance) loan by a commercial bank in Asia Pacific and the second-largest social loan globally.

magnitude earthquake that occurred just before midnight on Monday in a mountainous region in northwestern China, the country's state media reported today. The official Xinhua News Agency, as quoted by The Associated Press, said that 100 people died in the province of Gansu and another 11 in the neighboring province of Qinghai in the quake. More than 200 people were injured in Gansu and Qinghai provinces, said Xinhua, adding that the quake struck in Gansu's Jishishan county, about 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the provincial boundary with Qinghai.

global CEO of luxury brand Chanel, has several significant firsts to her credit. At Unilever, Nair, 54, was the first woman to lead global human resources. And then, Chanel appointed her as its first global CEO of Indian origin. She was a fashion industry outsider when picked by the French fashion house to lead it in 2022. “I am humbled and delighted to receive this prestigious award. India has shaped my values; it is where I grew up, where I completed my education, and where I spent 40 years of my life, including two decades of my professional career,” she told ET after being chosen for the Global Indian Award. “This award is a recognition of Chanel, an iconic and admired luxury brand, and our teams across the world. We believe in the freedom of creation, encouraging human potential and acting to have a positive impact in the world.”

NDTV on 18 December. Apart from this, another video surfaced where corporal punishment at the school, students were seen kneeling with heavy schoolbags on their backs at night.

(Reuters) -The U.S. state of Tennessee has sued BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) alleging the world's largest asset manager breached consumer protection laws by making «misleading» statements about its environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) investment strategies.

In the vast and competitive landscape of cryptocurrency, the visibility and reach of a token are pivotal. Welcome to the forefront of innovation – LMEOW Token, not just a meme coin sensation but a trailblazer in the realm of SEO dominance through AI-infused marketing strategies.

Arweave founder Sam Williams has taken to X to allege storage solution company Irys has plans to fork his decentralized information storage firm.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., discusses how senators are considering raising the retirement age to 70 on ‘Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street.’

Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Tamil-Kashi Sangamam's version 2 at the Namo Ghat in his constituency, Varanasi. The Sangamam's inaugural version was held in 2022. However, the event this year hold significance for the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls.

Coronation Street's Sean Ward who once earned GBP 120,000 annually has become so poor that he now sleeps on a mattress on the floor at various friends' houses. The 35-year-old actor has admitted he has been «lonely and isolating». In a a social media post, the actor revealed that he tried to take his own life in 2018 after discovering «evil on this planet». Explaining his post, he said he wanted to use the social media platform to «sieve through the propaganda together» which he said ultimately sabotaged his career.

For roughly two decades, Canadians have been telling Tim Hortons something’s missing from the company’s menu: The dutchie.

global transitions are working in India's favour, giving it the potential to become a force in today's uncertain world, but one of the country's biggest challenges is inclusive growth, Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran said on Monday. In his address at the JRD Tata Oration, the head of the Tata group also asserted that artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay and it will be beneficial if India prepares for it.

per capita income of Indian states ranging from Rs 54,111 to Rs 5,19,964 in 2022-23 compared with Rs 42,083 to Rs 4,31,351 in 2020-21, showed government data. Sikkim had the highest per capita income at current prices of Rs 5,19,964, whereas Bihar had the lowest per capita income in 2022-23, according to data shared by Rao Inderjeet Singh, Minister of State (independent charge) of the Ministry of Statistics Planning and Programme Implementation, informed Rajya Sabha, Monday. “The differences in per capita income of States is due to different levels of economic development in each state,” Rao stated. An ET analysis shows that Odisha witnessed in the highest gains in per capita terms over the last three years, with its income growing 45%, whereas Punjab was the worst performer with 20.6% rise since 2020-21. The average rate of increase across states was 31.8% between 2022-23 and 2020-21, with 11 of 22 states for which data was available for all three years, recording a higher growth in per capita income in current terms compared to the national average. He further pointed that the government had instituted various programmes under inclusive development programme like Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, additional Emergency Working Capital Funding for farmers through NABARD, concessional credit through Kisan Credit Cards; fund transfer under PM-KISAN, PM Fasal Bima Yojana claim payments, to ensure inclusive growth, under its commitment for Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas. He further pointed to schemes like Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin, which the government had instituted to improve the quality of life in rural areas “through employment generation, strengthening of livelihood opportunities,

Miriam Cates is under investigation by the parliamentary commissioner for standards over claim that she caused significant damage to the reputation of the Commons and its members. Cates is MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge in South Yorkshire It was confirmed by the watchdog on their website. Allegation details is yet to be revealed.

how to enhance productivity and employment simultaneously in labour-intensive service sectors. That means adopting measures with many of the same features of ‘modern industrial policy,’ whereby the state, in exchange for job creation, pursues close iterative collaboration with firms to remove obstacles to their expansion. There are already some examples of this model.

fire for one of its ad campaigns which portrayed a model carrying a mannequin wrapped in white cloth that resembled the type of Muslim burial shrouds that have covered Gazans killed in the war. The company has since apologized and explained that it was shot months before Hamas attacked Israel. But in light of current events, they could have chosen different photos from the campaign shoot—or simply not have run it at all.