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Govt warns against large-scale phishing attacks using COVID-19 as bait
‘Such emails are designed to drive recipients towards fake websites where they are deceived into downloading malicious files or entering personal and financial information,’ Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) said in its latest advisory dated June 19.
The advisory noted that the ‘malicious actors’ are claiming to have 2 million individual/citizen email IDs and are planning to send email with the subject line: free COVID-19 testing for all residents of Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Ahmedabad in a bid to coax users to disclose personal information
Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s wealthiest man, joins club of world’s 10 richest
The net worth of Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd., has jumped to $64.5 billion, making him the only Asian tycoon in the exclusive club of the world’s top 10 richest people, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He overtook Larry Ellison of Oracle Corp. and France’s Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, the wealthiest woman, to reach the No. 9 spot.mbani, who owns 42% of Reliance, has benefited from a flurry of investment into the company’s digital unit, Jio Platforms Ltd., that Reliance said has made it net-debt free ahead of a March 2021 target. The shares of the Indian conglomerate have doubled from a low in March, just as other billionaires on the list have been hit by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
New quarantine norms may turn away Delhiites from getting tested: Experts
Noted city-based lung surgeon Dr Arvind Kumar on Saturday said the move would ramp up the demand for Covid care beds manifold, given the fact that the city government was already trying hard to manage beds to meet the huge projected requirements in view of the growing number of Covid-19 cases.
India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 4 lakh with highest single-day spike of 15,413 cases
This is the first time 15,000 Covid-19 cases were reported in a single day, 14,516 people had contracted the infection on Saturday, taking the tally to 410,461.India added 101,468 Covid-19 cases in just eight days—there were 308,993 infections on June 13.
55.48 per cent of the patients have recovered so far.
Hetero, Cipla get nod to manufacture, market antiviral drug remdesivir
The Union health ministry, in its ‘Clinical Management Protocols for COVID-19’, recommended the use of the remdesivir on patients in moderate stage of the disease that is, those on oxygen. The drug has been included as an “investigational therapy” only for restricted emergency use purposes.
It is not recommended for those with severe renal impairment and high level of liver enzymes, pregnant and lactating women, and those below 12 years, the document on ‘Clinical Management Protocols for COVID-19’ stated.
Coronavirus crisis: Centre extends Rs 50 lakh insurance cover for healthcare providers till September
The insurance cover despite being a well-publicised scheme, awareness of the same appearsto be little amongst some of State Nodal Agencies as a substantial number of some 75 claims, lodged till date are outside the purview of the policy on account of either the deceased not being a health worker or the deceased having died of other than corona related ailments, said Atul Sahay CMD, NIA.
SBI’s new mantra work-from-anywhere
On the business side, the focus of the bank in the days ahead would be on revisiting risk assessment and business procedures in addition to rapid adoption of digital technology, said State Bank of India’s annual report.
“Bank will also have to revisit its risk management framework, its internal models of risk assessment and capital planning and business procedures to better adapt to new operating environment,” the report said.
FPIs infuse Rs17,985 cr in June amid increasing liquidity, risk appetite
Prior to this, overseas investors remained net sellers for three consecutive months. They pulled out a net Rs 7,366 crore in May, Rs 15,403 crore in April and a record Rs 1.1 trillion in March.
China bans some US hen, shuts Pepsi plant to struggle coronavirus
Officials on Friday additionally introduced a nationwide marketing campaign to examine all contemporary merchandise coming from “high-risk countries” following stories of recent virus clusters at crops in Germany and the US.
NGT imposes Rs 25 lakh fine on two units in Noida, says threat of irreversible damage to environment
“In view of depleting groundwater, there is a threat of irreversible damage to the acquifiers and salinity of the water. Moreover, it is leading to scarcity of drinking water, thereby depriving a section of the society from access to potable water which is already scarce. The rainwater harvesting systems have to be regularly maintained as per norms,” the bench said.