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Mark Zuckerberg defends WhatsApp privacy policy amid India backlash
The WhatsApp policy has now been put on hold till May 15. It aims to share commercial user data with parent Facebook. The Indian government has also written a letter to WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart to withdraw the policy.
“All of these messages are end-to-end encrypted, which means we can’t see or hear what you say and we never will, unless the person that you message chooses to share it and business messages will only be hosted on our infrastructure if the business chooses to do so,” Zuckerberg said.
Insurers face ‘mind-blowingly’ large loss if Olympics cancelled
The IOC and Japanese organizers have been adamant that another postponement isn’t an option. So it appears more likely the Games would have to be canceled, rather than postponed again, if they weren’t able to go ahead in Tokyo this summer.
Analysts at Jefferies have estimated the Tokyo Olympics is insured for around $2 billion, plus a further $600 million for hospitality.
The IOC takes out around $800 million of protection for each Summer Games, which covers most of the roughly $1 billion investment it makes in each host city.
Investors sue AstraZeneca over share price drop on covid-19 vaccine testingprice drop on covid-19 vaccine testing
In the three days after the release of the test results in late November, AstraZeneca’s stock price dropped 5%, according to the lawsuit filed Tuesday by the public employees’ retirement system in Monroe County, Michigan.
Alleging “wrongful acts and omissions” by the company and its chief officers, the pension fund is asking to be allowed to sue on behalf of a class of all investors injured by the share price decline.
Over 13,000 malware threats detected every hour in 2020: Report
“Attackers are going to innovate and roll out new ways to target businesses in 2021. It is, therefore, essential for them to invest in robust cybersecurity solutions that can prevent them from being prey to the evolving threat landscape,” said Himanshu Dubey, Director, QuickHeal Security Labs .
Google says North Korea-backed hackers sought cyber research
While the country has denied involvement, North Korea has been linked to major cyberattacks, including a 2013 campaign that paralysed the servers of South Korean financial institutions, the 2014 hacking of Sony Pictures, and the WannaCry malware attack of 2017.
How many variants of the coronavirus are there?
Data so far suggests current vaccines should still protect against these variants, though there’s some concern their effectiveness may be slightly diminished. There is some evidence that some antibody treatments may be less effective against certain variants.
India’s rank slips to 86th in corruption perception index 2020
Delia Ferreria Rubio, chair of Transparency International'(TI) said that Covid 19 is not just a health and economic crisis, it is also an economic crisis,which we are currently failing to manage. She said that countries with higher levels of corruption have been less able to meet the pandemic challenge.
Global public debt likely to touch 98 pc of GDP in 2020 amid COVID crisis: IMF
Noting that global public debt is projected to edge up further from 98 per cent of GDP in 2020 to almost 100 per cent of GDP in 2021 driven by advanced and emerging market economies, Paolo Mauro, Deputy Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at IMF said, with the pandemic still out of control and economies growing below potential, additional fiscal support will be necessary in 2021, to protect livelihoods.
Cyber Insurance- a must for Enterprises
A cyber insurance cover is a must especially for corporates as it is designed to help an organization mitigate risk exposure by offsetting costs involved with recovery after a cyber-related security breach or similar event.
Currently, insurance covers are designed to protect against a number of cyber exposures that can impact businesses including direct costs to the corporates as well as claims/losses from third parties.
In India, over 139 million women and girls now use modern methods of contraception: Report
“India continues to be one of the countries with the highest levels of domestic government expenditure, reflecting the governments’ commitment to its family planning programmes,” the report said.