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23andMe notifies customers of data breach into its ‘DNA Relatives’ feature
In the new emails, 23andMe told customers there was a breach of one...
India should not agree to take binding commitments on free cross-border data flows under IPEF: GTRI
The framework,launched jointly by,14 IPEF partners represent 40 per...
India courts private hospitals to boost ‘Modicare’ insurance programme
India has so far registered about 20% of the eligible 500 million people, due to lack of public awareness of the scheme and low private sector participation, said Indu Bhushan, CEO of the National Health Authority (NHA), which runs the programme.
Indonesia starts insuring state assets after year of disasters
The assets are going to be insured against natural disasters such as earthquake, floods and fires, as well as man-made disasters like rioting, terrorism and plane crashes
Urban unemployment rate slows in March quarter: Govt data
Joblessness among the youth – those aged between 15-29 years and who account for roughly over a third of India’s 1.3 billion people – was also marginally lower at 22.5% in the quarter ending March 2019, from 23.7% in the preceding quarter.
Cyber attacks top the India Inc’s risk chart: Marsh & RIMS Survey
Some other risks which are identified as a part of Top 10 risks for India Inc are- data fraud or theft, fiscal crises, failure of critical infrastructure, failure of critical infrastructure, failure of climate change adaption, asset bubble, energy price shock, terrorist attacks and failure of urban planning
Vulnerability detected in WhatsApp; CERT-In issues advisory
The advisory comes in the backdrop of recent developments where WhatsApp had informed the Indian government in September that over hundred Indian users were targeted by the Israeli spyware Pegasus.
Climate impacts to cost world US$7.9 trillion by 2050: report
The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Climate Change Resilience Index measured the preparedness of the world’s 82 largest economies and found that based on current trends the fallout of warming temperatures would shave off three percent of global GDP by 2050.Its analysis, which assesses each country’s direct exposure to loss as climate change brings more frequent extreme weather events, found Africa was most at-risk, with 4.7 per cent of its GDP in the balance.
Watch Out Finance, Business, Tech Workers. Artificial Intelligence Is Coming.
AI is less likely to be able to take over in situations where relationships between people are key, which means men are more likely to be affected than women, Webb said in an interview. “Women are much more likely to be in occupations that require strong interpersonal skills,” Webb said in a phone interview.
Develop ways to detect fraud, contribute to Rs 5 trn economy aim: PM to CAG
“CAG should look for innovative methods to deal with occupational fraud,” he said, adding that the auditor can paly a role in improving governance and efficiency.
Achieving $5-trn GDP target simply out of question: Ex-RBI Guv Rangarajan
“The definition of a developed country is the one whose per capita income is USD 12,000. It will take 22 years for us to reach that level provided we grow at 9 percent per annum,” the former central banker said.
Govt finalising new IT rules for social media entailing traceability of info originator
The proposed new norms include the deployment of technology-based automated tools or appropriate mechanisms for proactively identifying and removing or disabling public access to unlawful information or content, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Sanjay Dhotre said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.