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Maharashtra announces stringent COVID-19 restrictions from Monday
The state, which includes the financial capital Mumbai, will shut down malls, cinemas, bars, restaurants and places of worship from Monday evening. Authorities will also impose a complete lockdown on weekends, Nawab Malik, a minister in the state government, told reporters after a cabinet meeting
6.1 million Indians among over 533 million users suffer Facebook data leak
“All 533,000,000 Facebook records were just leaked for free. This means that if you have a Facebook account, it is extremely likely the phone number used for the account was leaked,” tweeted Alon Gal, CTO of security firm Hudson Rock.
“I have yet to see Facebook acknowledging this absolute negligence of your data,” he added.
Facebook has confirmed the leak to The Record.
Cybercriminals using online gaming to target kids
Online gaming also exposes children to sexual predators, and serves as “gateway drugs” into online pornography, said the report titled, “Online Gaming- Issues, Challenges And Recommendations For End Users, Parents and Government Regulations”.
India’s daily coronavirus infections almost touch 90,000
Eight states witnessed a steep rise in daily new COVID-19 cases and accounted for 81.42 per cent of the infections reported on Saturday, the Union Health Ministry said.
These eight states are Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh.
India reports 93,249 new COVID-19 cases, 513 deaths in last 24 hours
Maharashtra alone accounts for more than half (58.19%) of the total active caseload of the country.
Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 49,447. This is followed by Chhattisgarh with 5,818 cases while Karnataka reported 4,373 new cases.
Twelve states including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases, the ministry said.
Apr 1 Renewals: Reinsurers slash rates, pay higher commissions to Indian cedants
“The overall drop in the rates during the Apr 1 renewals have been used by the cedants to take larger cover for their portfolios. For reinsurers like us, it is a case of double whammy, as rates have dropped and commissions paid to the cedants have flared up,” said sources.
India pushes back deadline for coal-fired utilities to adopt new emission norms
The new order dated April 1 from the environment ministry says plants near populous regions and the capital New Delhi will have to comply by 2022, while utilities in less polluting areas have up to 2025 to comply or retire units.
We will have to co-exist with virus for now: Multiplex, retail associations wary of lockdown in Maha
The Multiplex Association of India (MAI), Retail Association of India (RAI), and Shopping Centres Association of India has said they are following all the safety protocols mandated by the government and should not be the first casualty of such restrictions.Several films like ”Haathi Mere Saathi” (Hindi version), ”Bunty Aur Babli 2”, and ”Chehre” that were up for release in March and April have been pulled by the makers from the calendar due to uncertainty amid the pandemic.
World Bank projects India’s economic growth between 7.5 pc – 12 pc, expecting a better growth rate: Tarun Bajaj
“World Bank has said that our growth rate will be between 7.5 per cent – 12 per cent. Not just rating agencies, IMF said that our growth rate will be between 11 per cent to 11.5 per cent, it also has to do with low base effect, hence economy will grow. We expect a better growth rate this year,” said Revenue, and Department of Economic Affairs Secretary, Tarun Bajaj .
Centre raises ‘serious concern’ over COVID-19 situation in 11 states, UTs
Another worrisome aspect pointed out was that Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities along with peri-urban areas have recorded the recent high ruses in COVID cases; the spread of infection from these areas to the rural areas with weak health infrastructure would overwhelm the local administration was also highlighted.