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Kerala floods: UN report says Rs 310 billion needed to rebuild state

The highest amount would be needed for the reconstruction of roads and transportation (Rs 100.46 billion), followed by housing (Rs 54.43 billion), agriculture, fisheries and livestock (Rs 44.98 billion), employment and livelihood (Rs 38.96 billion), other infrastructure (Rs 24.46 billion), irrigation (Rs 14.83 billion) and water and sanitation (Rs 13.31 billion). 

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India staring at demographic disaster: Shashi Tharoor

“Sixty five per cent of our population is under the age of 35. The ILO (International Labour Organisation) says in 2030 we will have 160 million people on the job (with the) starting age group of 19 to 23, whereas China will have only 92 million. So, we are going to be, in a sense, in a position to be the dynamic, productive, youthful nation,” Tharoor said. 

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Indian firms overly confident about their Cybersecurity, Survey

-88 percent of Indian firms surveyed said they are better prepared for data breaches than their competitors
-Financial services and utility respondents were least realistic, with 100 percent rating their firm as above average or as top performers, while retail services had the highest percentage who said their firms were top performers at 60 percent
-In the coming year, 80 percent of Indian financial services firms believe the overall level of cyber-threats and data breach activity will go up
-62 percent of Indian firms say cybersecurity investment will increase in the year ahead. This rose to 67 percent amongst Indian financial services firms and 80 percent for utilities

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