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Chinese hackers luring Indian WhatsApp users into ‘part-time’ jobs
Such proliferating messages on WhatsApp, which come with attached links, claim that one can earn Rs 200 to Rs 3,000 in a day in 10 to 30 minutes.
“There are multiple links that redirect to a common URL and each link uses different numbers to send a message,” New Delhi-based think-tank Cyberpeace Foundation said in a statement.
Governments should partner with pvt sector to maximise the potential of digital healthcare in Asia:Survey
Social media is the most frequently cited source of personal health and wellness information. However, the survey respondents overwhelmingly agreed that the most trustworthy sources are national government and public health authorities. Governments can seize the opportunity by becoming the most reliable source of quality health information for citizens.
Security enhanced at airport as first batch of COVID vaccine reaches Delhi
A SpiceJet flight carrying the vaccines landed at the Delhi airport around 10 am on Tuesday, four days ahead of the launch of a nationwide drive against the coronavirus.
India records 12,584 new cases, lowest in seven months
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,01,11,294 pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 96.49 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.44 per cent.
The COVID-19 active caseload remained below 3 lakh.
There are 2,16,558 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 2.07 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
GSK, Vir to test antibody for COVID-19 treatment
The new trial, supported by England’s National Health Service, is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2021 at multiple sites across the UK, the companies said in a joint statement. Preclinical data suggested the companies’ monoclonal antibody (mAb) has the ability to clear infected cells and the potential to enhance virus-specific T cell function, which could help treat and/or prevent infection
UN chief calls for ‘urgent transition’ from fossil fuels to renewable energy
Painting a picture of some 789 million people across the developing world without access to electricity – three-quarters of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa – the top UN official called it “both an injustice and an impediment to sustainable development”.
Coronavirus spurred changes to global workforce to be permanent
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has estimated that the impact of huge job losses worldwide is creating a fiscal gap that threatens to increase inequality between richer and poorer countries.
The ILO estimated that global labour income declined by 10.7 per cent, or $3.5 trillion, in the first three quarters of 2020, compared with the same period in 2019, excluding government income support.
Japan passport most powerful in 2021, Pakistan continues to be in worst category: Report
According to the report released on January 5, Japanese citizens can travel to as many as 191 countries visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 191 destinations around the world. Singapore is in second place (with a score of 190) and South Korea ties with Germany in third place (with a score of 189).Countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Switzerland are tied at the seventh position with regard to the most powerful passports in the world with a visa-free score of 185. Australia stands at the 8th position with a visa score of 184.
India ranks 85th in the most powerful passport report with a visa-free score of 58.
Indian banks pay Rs 13,234 crore premium to cover their deposits, receive Rs 80.7 crore claims in 2019-20
Reserve Bank of India owned Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation’s fully protected accounts constituted 98.3 per cent of the total number of accounts. in the Indian banking system
New Covid-19 mutations threaten to stall fragile economic recovery:RBI governor
In his forawrd in the latest Financial Sytability Report(FSR), released by the RBI on Monday, Das has cautioned the disconnect between certain segments of financial markets and the real economy that has been accentuating in recent times, both globally and in India.
As growth impulses take root, the private sector capex cycle should revive as existing capacities get utilised and new capacities are added, he said..