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North Korean hacking grp uses ChatGPT to create a deepfake to attack South Korean target
Attackers used the artificial intelligence tool to craft a fake...
Australia to $6 billion on climate adaptation through 2030
The money is earmarked for flood mitigation, bushland conservation,...
FPIs pressed massive equity sale of Rs 24,000 cr in last 3 days
One, the US bond yield started rising with the 10-year yield rising from the recent level of 3.9 per cent to 4.15 per cent triggering capital outflows from emerging markets. It is important to understand that FPIs were big sellers in other emerging markets too like...
Traffic through the Panama Canal is being cut due to drought, disrupting global trade
On Wednesday, Panama Canal Administrator Ricaurte Vásquez said they would cut daily ship crossings to 24, after already gradually slashing crossings last year from 38 a day in normal times A severe drought that began last year has forced authorities to slash ship...
NGT fines Birla Carbon unit in UP Rs 12 lakh for discharging untreated water in drain
A bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava said an inspection on January 21, 2021, revealed the discharge of ''black material'' in the drain and the company did not object to the inspection report, nor did it give any explanation to the Uttar Pradesh...
NDRF developing app, national plan to bring down number of drowning deaths, pegged at 38k a year
NDRF Director General Atul Karwal said that every year, as per the NCRB data, about 38,000 drowning deaths are reported in the country. This is more than 100 deaths each day. We need to find ways to deal with this situation in the earnest New Delhi: Drowning accounts...
India saw 15% spike with 2,138 weekly cyberattacks per organisation in 2023: Report
According to the cybersecurity company Check Point Research (CPR), India emerged as the second most targeted nation, trailing only behind Taiwan's 3,050 incidents New Delhi: India has recorded a spike of 15 per cent in cyberattacks within APAC (Asia-Pacific), with...
Poverty, chronic inflammation together triple cancer death risk: Study
Poverty has been documented to individually heighten the risk of mental illness, heart disease, hypertension, and stroke, in addition to higher mortality and lower life expectancy The combined effect of poverty and chronic inflammation could more than double the risk...
COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1: India logs 1,226 cases, highest from K’taka, Andhra Pradesh
Data compiled by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) showed that 17 states and UTs have detected the presence of the variant New Delhi: A total of 1,226 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been reported in the country so far with Karnataka and...
Russia allocates another $1.23 bln to company buying planes from Western lessors
Russia has allocated an additional 107.7 billion roubles ($1.23 billion) from its rainy day fund to a state company that has been purchasing aircraft from foreign lessors, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry said it had purchased bonds of NLK-Finance,...
Sensex crashes 1,628 points, Domestic equities plunge 2%
HCL Technologies, SBI Life Insurance, Infosys, LTIMindtree, and TCS were the top gainers on the Nifty, while the biggest losers were HDFC Bank, Tata Steel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Bank, and Hindalco Industries. Mumbai: The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex tanked 1,628...
Innovation is key for achieving Insurance for all by 2047 : LIC Chief
Siddharth Mohanty, chairman, Life Insurance Corporation In the age of high competition for the business in the industry, Mohanty, however,emphasised that insurance companies also need to prioritize purpose before profit and should focus on social consciousness rather...