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Violence, harassment at work affect nearly 23% of people globally: ILO
The survey, titled 'Experiences of Violence and Harassment at Work: A global first survey', published on Monday, found that only half of victims worldwide had disclosed their experiences to someone else, and often only after they had suffered more than one form of violence and harassment, reports Xinhua news agency.
UPI transactions see 650% rise at semi-urban, rural stores: Report
There was a growth of 25 per cent and 14 per cent in value and volume, respectively, in assisted financial transactions across semi-urban and rural retail counters in the country in 2022, according to the report by branchless banking and digital network PayNearby. While there was a 25 per cent increase in the demand for micro-ATMs and mPOS instruments, the EMI collections for financial institutions and NBFCs saw a steep growth of over 200 per cent.
Musk converts several rooms at Twitter HQ into bedrooms for employees
The beds are prepared for remaining "hardcore" staffers to be able to stay overnight at the office, reports Forbes. As employees came to the office on Monday, they saw several rooms in the office being converted into "small sleeping quarters", the report mentioned, citing sources.
Meta threatens to ban news on its platform in US over journalism bill
Andy Stone, Meta's head of policy communications, said on Twitter that if the Congress passes an "ill-considered journalism bill" as part of national security legislation, "we will be forced to consider removing news from our platform altogether rather than submit to the government-mandated negotiations that unfairly disregard any value we provide to news outlets through increased traffic and subscriptions".
Commercial losses of power discoms fall by 5% in one year
This is a sharp reduction from the last two years, when AT&C losses of discoms were in the range of 21 per cent to 22 per cent. According to official sources, the reduction in AT&C losses was calculated after analysis of the data of financial year 2022 of 56 discoms, contributing to more than 96 per cent of input energy.
After iPhones, Apple now plans to shift some iPad production to India
Apple has "talked to Indian officials about locating some iPad manufacturing in the country as US-China relations sour and China's Covid crackdowns snarl supply chains," reports CNBC, citing sources. Apple is planning to shift iPad manufacturing to India as the company looks to move up to 30 per cent of its manufacturing outside of China.
Foodtech platform HealthKart raises $135 mn from Temasek, A91 Partners
"Driving fitness and preventive health by addressing the nutritional gaps is a systemic trend which is taking off in a big way in India. With HealthKart's R&D capabilities and omni-channel distribution infrastructure, we are excited to lead the way," said Sameer Maheshwari, Founder and CEO, HealthKart.
EU passengers will soon be able to use 5G tech on planes
According to BBC, the European Commission ruled that airlines can offer 5G technology alongside slower mobile data on board planes. With this, flyers will no longer be required to put their phone in flight mode, though the details of how this will be implemented remain unknown.
SL to get help from India's NDDB to develop dairy industry
The committee consisting of representatives of the public and private sectors will work with the multidisciplinary team of the NDDB to prepare a short, medium and long-term plan to increase local milk production to reduce the country's dependence on imported milk powder.
Nick Read steps down as Vodafone Group head
The company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Margherita Della Valle has been appointed interim Group Chief Executive, the company said in a statement. Read will step down as Group Chief Executive and as a Director of Vodafone on December 31, following which he will be available as an adviser to the Board untilA March 31, 2023.
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