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Social Media Firms Object to Personal Liability of Employees Under IT Rules, Industry Study Says
A majority of social media companies are opposed to the provision under the IT Rules to hold chief compliance officers personally liable for ensuring compliance with the Act and rules. The study revealed that personal liability could lead to increased censorship of content due to concerns of employee safety. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Electronics a...
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Foreign Vaccines Like Pfizer, Moderna A Step Closer With Key India Waiver
In a big move to clear the way for foreign vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna, the drug regulator has done away with the requirement of India-specific trials.
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Don't Blame Us For Hafiz Saeed, He Was Your Darling: Pakistan To US
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has admitted on the global stage that terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed "is a liability" for his country, one that "we need time to get rid of". But in a sharp message to the US, he said Washington considered such men as "darlings" until a few years ago.
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Declare If You Own Yachts, Planes: Centre To NGOs, Their Staff
Non-Government Organisations receiving foreign and domestic grants beyond a threshold limit and their staff have been asked to declare whether they own yachts and airplanes, while mandatorily giving details of their assets and liabilities under the Lokpal law.
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Pakistan Foreign Debt Touches Highest Ever Figure
Pakistan's foreign debt and liabilities touched the highest ever figure of over Rs 74 trillion in the first month of the current financial year, thecountry's central bank said today.
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India Ratifies Nuclear Liability Convention, Hopes To Win Foreign Investment
India ratified an international convention on nuclear energy accident liability, the government said on Thursday, the final piece in its efforts to address the concerns of foreign nuclear suppliers and draw them into a market worth billions of dollars.
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Union Minister Jitendra Singh Announces Rs 1500 Crore Nuclear Insurance Pool
The government has launched an insurance pool to the tune of Rs 1,500 crore which is mandatory under the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act (CLND) in a bid to offset financial burden of foreign nuclear suppliers.
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Controversy over nuclear liability law before PM's meet with Obama
The government has refuted reports that it is hunting for a route to get around a crucial law that makes foreign suppliers liable for a nuclear disaster. The Prime Minister is meeting US President Barack Obama next month in New York. The US has been pressuring India to grant its companies greater protection from liabilities.
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Government trying to limit nuclear liability of suppliers? Who said what
The government has said that it will not violate or subvert a crucial law that makes foreign suppliers liable for an accident if the nuclear equipment they provided malfunctioned.The US has been pressuring India to grants its companies greater protection from liabilities. US President Barack Obama is expected to raise this at next week's meeting wi...
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Ahead of Obama meet, government's hunt to soften nuclear liability
The government has said that it will not violate or subvert a crucial law that makes foreign suppliers liable for an accident if the nuclear equipment they provided malfunctioned. The US has been pressuring India to grants its companies greater protection from liabilities. US President Barack Obama is expected to raise this at next week's meeting ...
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US pushes India on nuclear liability
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has spent the morning with Foreign Affairs Minister SM Krishna.
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Will Nuclear Liability law deter foreign suppliers
The passage of a Nuclear Liability Bill by Parliament making suppliers of nuclear equipment also potentially liable threatens to cast a long shadow over India's plans to open an estimated $150 billion nuclear market to foreign companies.US officials are unwilling to comment publicly on the limiting liability legislation, a key piece under US law ...
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Govt proposes to dilute Nuclear Liability Bill
As the government looks at possible changes to the Nuclear Liability Bill after the outcry over the Bhopal gas verdict, NDTV has learnt that a key clause which held foreign suppliers accountable for willful negligence, and which was opposed by the Americans, has been knocked off in Tuesday's meeting of the Standing Committee.
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No delay in implementation of the nuclear deal: Rao
Implementation of the civil nuclear deal is "proceeding smoothly and satisfactorily" and the civil nuclear liability bill is likely to be introduced in the Parliament after the recess, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said on Tuesday.
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Nuke accident: India liable, not foreign suppliers?
The government is set to introduce a contentious bill in Lok Sabha on Monday, which seeks to fix liability in case of a nuclear accident.
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Social Media Firms Object to Personal Liability of Employees Under IT Rules, Industry Study Says
A majority of social media companies are opposed to the provision under the IT Rules to hold chief compliance officers personally liable for ensuring compliance with the Act and rules. The study revealed that personal liability could lead to increased censorship of content due to concerns of employee safety. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Electronics a...
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Foreign Vaccines Like Pfizer, Moderna A Step Closer With Key India Waiver
In a big move to clear the way for foreign vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna, the drug regulator has done away with the requirement of India-specific trials.
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Don't Blame Us For Hafiz Saeed, He Was Your Darling: Pakistan To US
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has admitted on the global stage that terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed "is a liability" for his country, one that "we need time to get rid of". But in a sharp message to the US, he said Washington considered such men as "darlings" until a few years ago.
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Declare If You Own Yachts, Planes: Centre To NGOs, Their Staff
Non-Government Organisations receiving foreign and domestic grants beyond a threshold limit and their staff have been asked to declare whether they own yachts and airplanes, while mandatorily giving details of their assets and liabilities under the Lokpal law.
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Pakistan Foreign Debt Touches Highest Ever Figure
Pakistan's foreign debt and liabilities touched the highest ever figure of over Rs 74 trillion in the first month of the current financial year, thecountry's central bank said today.
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India Ratifies Nuclear Liability Convention, Hopes To Win Foreign Investment
India ratified an international convention on nuclear energy accident liability, the government said on Thursday, the final piece in its efforts to address the concerns of foreign nuclear suppliers and draw them into a market worth billions of dollars.
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Union Minister Jitendra Singh Announces Rs 1500 Crore Nuclear Insurance Pool
The government has launched an insurance pool to the tune of Rs 1,500 crore which is mandatory under the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act (CLND) in a bid to offset financial burden of foreign nuclear suppliers.
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Controversy over nuclear liability law before PM's meet with Obama
The government has refuted reports that it is hunting for a route to get around a crucial law that makes foreign suppliers liable for a nuclear disaster. The Prime Minister is meeting US President Barack Obama next month in New York. The US has been pressuring India to grant its companies greater protection from liabilities.
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Government trying to limit nuclear liability of suppliers? Who said what
The government has said that it will not violate or subvert a crucial law that makes foreign suppliers liable for an accident if the nuclear equipment they provided malfunctioned.The US has been pressuring India to grants its companies greater protection from liabilities. US President Barack Obama is expected to raise this at next week's meeting wi...
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Ahead of Obama meet, government's hunt to soften nuclear liability
The government has said that it will not violate or subvert a crucial law that makes foreign suppliers liable for an accident if the nuclear equipment they provided malfunctioned. The US has been pressuring India to grants its companies greater protection from liabilities. US President Barack Obama is expected to raise this at next week's meeting ...
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US pushes India on nuclear liability
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has spent the morning with Foreign Affairs Minister SM Krishna.
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Will Nuclear Liability law deter foreign suppliers
The passage of a Nuclear Liability Bill by Parliament making suppliers of nuclear equipment also potentially liable threatens to cast a long shadow over India's plans to open an estimated $150 billion nuclear market to foreign companies.US officials are unwilling to comment publicly on the limiting liability legislation, a key piece under US law ...
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Govt proposes to dilute Nuclear Liability Bill
As the government looks at possible changes to the Nuclear Liability Bill after the outcry over the Bhopal gas verdict, NDTV has learnt that a key clause which held foreign suppliers accountable for willful negligence, and which was opposed by the Americans, has been knocked off in Tuesday's meeting of the Standing Committee.
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No delay in implementation of the nuclear deal: Rao
Implementation of the civil nuclear deal is "proceeding smoothly and satisfactorily" and the civil nuclear liability bill is likely to be introduced in the Parliament after the recess, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said on Tuesday.
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Nuke accident: India liable, not foreign suppliers?
The government is set to introduce a contentious bill in Lok Sabha on Monday, which seeks to fix liability in case of a nuclear accident.
