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Judges should refrain from using social media: SC
"Judicial officers should not go to Facebook. They should not...
Hacking rooftop solar can disrupt of Europe’s Power Grid
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IIT Mandi-led team develops AI app to track home quarantined COVID patients
The mobile application, dubbed LakshmanRekha, uses a combination of biometric verification, geofencing and AI so that no patient can breach the assigned quarantine space.
Geofencing technology uses GPS signals to determine when a person enters a certain boundary.
McKinsey to pay $573 million to settle claims over opioid crisis role: Report
More than 3,200 lawsuits are pending, seeking to hold drug makers, distributors and pharmacies responsible for an opioid addiction epidemic that according to U.S. government data resulted in 450,000 overdose deaths from 1999 to 2018.
India tells Twitter to comply with order to block accounts – sources
Twitter blocked dozens of accounts in India on Monday after the country’s Home Affairs Ministry complained that users were posting content aimed at inciting violence, a government had previously told Reuters.
But it later unblocked some of these accounts, prompting New Delhi to write to the U.S. social media giant demanding that it obey the government order, the technology ministry sources, who declined to be named as the notice to Twitter was not public, told Reuters.
Govts, people incur financial losses in any agitation: MHA
“Delhi Police has informed that Ghazipur, Chilla, Tikri and Singhu borders of the national capital are blocked by the agitating farmers and it is inconvenient for the residents of Delhi and neighbouring States. In any agitation, there is a financial loss incurred by people and governments,” MHA replied in Rajya Sabha today.
Data of 25 lakh Airtel customers in J-K allegedly leaked; telco claims no breach in server
A sample of the leaked database was shared on Twitter by cybersecurity researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia which shows masked details of the subscribers. Rajaharia also shared a video of an email conversation between Bharti Airtel and the hackers with the name of ‘Red Rabbit Team’.
India bans Future CEO from securities market in insider trading case
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said the two brothers traded in shares of Future Retail through a group company on the basis of unpublished price sensitive information before a demerger of certain businesses of Future Retail that pushed its share price higher.
RBI appoints firm to audit HDFC Bank’s IT infra in view of service outages
“RBI has issued an order dated December 2, 2020, to HDFC Bank Ltd with regard to certain incidents of outages in the internet banking/ mobile banking/ payment utilities of the bank over the past two years, including the recent outages in the bank’s internet banking and payment system on November 21, 2020, due to a power failure in the primary data centre,” HDFC Bank had said in a regulatory filing.
Aviva investors threatens to ditch top carbon emitters over climate inaction
Among the actions Aviva said it expects of the companies are that they commit to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and ensure their plan to do so is in line with the Science-Based Targets Initiative, an NGO-led group that signs off on corporate climate plans.
The companies would need to integrate the climate goals into their business strategy, including capital expenditure plans; set short- and medium-term targets; align management pay with the goals; and ensure lobbying efforts supported the goals.
“Average ransomware payout grows from $10,000 per event in 2018 to more than $233,000 in 2020”er event in 2020
People should understand that this problem is not going away, said Eva Velasquez, ITRC’s president and CEO. Cybercriminals are simply shifting their tactics to find a new way to attack businesses and consumers.”
India tells Sri Lanka to honour pact after Colombo takes back port contract
Sri Lanka had previously said the port would be 49% operated by India and Japan, with SLPA retaining the majority stake.The decision comes less than a month after a visit by Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar to Colombo to shore up support for the 2019 deal, that also involved Japan and India’s Adani Group.