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The Reserve Bank of India has issued a draft framework for self-regulatory organisations focused on the fintech sector (SRO-FT).The main idea behind the guidelines is to empower the fledgling sector to function and innovate responsibly even in the absence of formal regulations.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Senior Management ProgrammeVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Digital TransformationVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Professional Certificate in…

More than 50 domestic and international organisations such as Signal Foundation, Access Now, Eko, Digital Rights Watch Freedom House and others as well as seven digital rights activists have written to the government, asking it to withdraw the Telecommunications Bill of 2023.In their letter addressed to union minister for telecommunications Ashwini Vaishnaw dated December 21, these organisations have said that the bill "imperils encryption", "amplifies unchecked powers of the government" and "enhances surveillance without…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Staff members at public bodies can be "overwhelmed" by having to implement human rights laws into the working of their organization when those members are in "awe" of legislation, a new study warns. When laws are viewed as sacrosanct, control over interpretation and implementation can be seen as the responsibility of…

More and more people in England and Wales are being found in a decomposed state, long after dying, reveals a new study – a trend that's been noticeable over the last 40 years, and which isolation linked to the coronavirus pandemic may have made worse.Researchers analyzed data from the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS), studying statistics logged for deaths between 1979 and 2020.While there's no official record of dead bodies that have gone undiscovered for an extended period of time, the team used two…

Despite overall improved mortality rates, the number of people found at home so decomposed that it is impossible to determine their cause of death is on the rise in parts of the UK. A new study led by University of Oxford researchers tries to parse the cause.The study examined data from the UK's Office of National Statistics (ONS). To comb through the records and arrive at decomposition numbers, the researchers used two proxy codes assigned to deaths via the WHO's International Classification of Diseases. One is code R98,…

For all of the challenges presented by volunteer online communities, the reality is that they exist in a vacuum left by the authorities.In 2021, 106,699 Americans died of an overdose. In Seattle, the fentanyl crisis is so bad that the number of overdose deaths has doubled in the last three years, causing the morgues to overflow. The “fourth wave” of the crisis recently descended upon the US, an ongoing mass-overdose event that has consumed law enforcement agencies, stretching the resources necessary for identifying the…

Former US Air Force intelligence officer intelligence officer David Grusch has said that the US government is possession of UFOs and…

Noel O’Regan, born in Tralee, County Kerry, is a notable addition to the wave of literary talent coming out of Ireland. In his debut novel, he writes about difficult subjects such as depression, trauma and absence with a quiet eloquence.Micheál lives in his family’s bungalow at the end of Kerry Head: “like some tourist’s dream of a rural Irish cottage”. It’s a stunning landscape, but the cliffs exert a powerful pull on the bereft and Micheál’s home is the last port of call before the headland. His parents had felt it was…

“I can’t believe what my life is,” says Tom Segura. Segura has good reason to be proud. The 44-year-old comic has grinded away for decades to become one of the most successful (and prolific) comedians around. He co-hosts a pair of popular podcasts — Two Bears One Cave with pal and fellow comic Bert Kreischer, and Your Mom’s House with wife/comedian Christina Pazsitsky; penned a bestselling book of humorous essays; sells out stand-up shows across the country; and just released his fifth Netflix stand-up special,…

When Lauren Elkin began work on this book, she believed its subject was monstrosity and female creativity, her spur a now much-quoted line from Jenny Offill’s 2014 novel Dept of Speculation: “My plan was to never get married. I was going to be an art monster instead.” Naturally, Elkin hardly needed to be told that such a monster is almost inevitably male: a beast who relies on women for all the mundane things in life (the cooking, the washing, the regular praise due to an undoubted genius). Female art monsters are thin on…