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Hacker leaks Domino’s customer data; firm says financial information safe
”Data of 18 crore orders of Domino’s India has become public. Hacker created a search engine on Dark Web. If you have ever ordered @dominos_india online, your data might be leaked. Data include Name, Email, Mobile, GPS Location etc,” Rajaharia tweeted.
German cyber security chief fears hackers could target hospitals
German clinics have been targeted by a series of cyberattacks over the last five years, and Arne Schoenbohm, president of the BSI federal cybersecurity agency, told Zeit Online newspaper he saw “a greater danger at hospitals”.
46% of businesses in India saw rise in fraud amid pandemic: Report
Considering that 56 per cent of consumers in India cite online privacy as a significant concern, businesses must take robust actions to safeguard themselves and their customers against potential digital risks, it said.
Hero MotoCorp to resume operations at all manufacturing units from May 24
The other plants of Hero MotoCorp — Neemrana in Rajasthan, Halol in Gujarat and Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh — will also start single shift operations from May 24.
How long do Covid-19 vaccine protections last? Science can’t say for sure
The gap in knowledge and testing raises the prospect of heightened anxiety in the coming months for vaccine recipients wondering if they’re still protected — anxiety that could curb willingness to venture out in public. That in turn could put a renewed drag on the global economic recovery.
Scientists are racing to figure out the so-called correlates of protection against Covid; in other words, which test results assure immunity.
India faces antifungal drug shortage as rare complication adds to COVID-19 woes
At least 7,250 such cases have been found across the country as of May 19, local media reported.
“One patient needs 60 to 100 injections (of amphotericin B) depending on severity of illness. With current case load, we need more than 150,000 injections,” Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope told reporters.
SDGs: Greater urgency needed to meet environmental goals, improved data likely key
The SDGS are at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which outlines internationally agreed targets in areas such as poverty, hunger, health, climate action, clean energy and responsible consumption.
Ask retailers to display stock, rates of COVID medicines, LG tells Delhi govt
It has been noticed that the COVID-19 patients are facing difficulties in procuring essential COVID-19 management drugs in time and at the prescribed rates which in turn is causing hindrance in their timely and effective treatment in NCT of Delhi, said the order. It stated that in order to facilitate the timely procurement of essential COVID-19 management drugs at prescribed rates, it is necessary to disseminate proper and reliable information in respect of availability and pricing of these drugs to general public in NCT of Delhi.
No consensus yet on COVID vaccine passport issue at WHO level: Govt
On COVID-19 prevalence among children, Paul said seropositivity rate between 10-17 years is roughly the same as between 30-40 and children can also spread the infection.
“Whenever children contracted the infection then almost always symptoms are minimal, very mild disease or they are asymptomatic and because it is mild the mortality is very very less in them,” he said.
COVID spreads to rural India as deaths again rise above 4,000
“While it (spread of coronavirus) has stabilised in many parts of the country, and overall the burden has been lessened, we have a long way to go with this wave,” Dr. V. K. Paul, part of a federal government panel on COVID-19 management, told a news conference adding “For the first time, we have seen that rural areas have been affected in this pandemic.” .