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Mobile health tech can aid elderly with heart disease
Cutting down on sedentary lifestyle, maintaining an optimal body weight and adopting a healthy diet are very important to curb heart ailments. Other factors such as blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol can be kept under control by timely use medications.
“This statement highlights the potential benefits that mobile health interventions can provide for monitoring, prompting, encouraging and educating older adults with cardiovascular disease,” Schorr added.
RBI orders MobiKwik to probe alleged data leak: source
“The RBI has given MobiKwik an ultimatum and ordered them to retain an external auditor to conduct a forensic audit,” said the person, adding the RBI could also impose fines if the breach is proven.
52% of Indian firms report cyber attack in last 12 months
“Cyberbreaches are a reality that we cannot afford to ignore. Within an organisation, there will always be multiple threats that can exploit various vulnerabilities and launch full blown cyberattacks,” Sunil Sharma, Managing Director — sales, Sophos India and Saarc, said in a statement.
“The only way to stop these threats is to actively hunt for them and neutralize them. This makes threat hunting an important function to mitigate the damage caused by cyberattacks.”
Max Life Insurance selects four startups to build innovative solutions
The four selected start-ups will partner with Max Life to co-develop solutions in the areas of non-invasive medical tests, digital twin, intelligent data acquisition, and health and wellness through targeted programs.
Gig economy can support 90 million jobs in India, add 1.25% to GDP: BCG Report
The gig economy, where workers get hired typically for short durations, can lead to transactions of over USD 250 billion over the long term, the report by the consultancy firm BCG said.
The firm said gig economy is not a new concept but has seen greater adoption following the advent of technology.
76 lakh Indians experience features of next car in 3D on internet in 2020: Survey
Eccentric Engine”s survey found that 51 per cent of the sessions were from six top-tier cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai), while Lucknow broke into the top-10 cities with 3 per cent of the digital sessions, said in a statement.
“The trend seems to be spreading to smaller tier-II and III cities nationwide, with the tier-III accounting for 9 per cent of total sessions between 2018-20. Cities like Secunderabad, Udaipur and Imphal led the uptrend in 2020,” it added.
China found using surveillance firms to help write ethnic-tracking specs
The technical standards, published by surveillance research group IPVM, specify how data captured by facial recognition cameras across China should be segmented by dozens of characteristics – from eyebrow size to skin color and ethnicity.
Indian payments firm MobiKwik says it is probing date breach claims
“The company is closely working with requisite authorities, and is confident that security protocols to store sensitive data are robust and have not been breached,” MobiKwik said in a statement. “Considering the seriousness of the allegations, and by way of abundant caution, it will get a third party to conduct a forensic data security audit”.
Healthcare sector expected to reach USD 372 bn in 2022: Niti Aayog report
According to the report, around 65 per cent of hospital beds in India cater to almost 50 per cent of the population concentrated in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, West Bengal and Kerala
Automatic recurring payment to comply with RBI direction from April 1
Under the new norms, banks will be required to inform customers in advance about recurring payment due and transaction would be carried following nod from the customer. So the transaction would not be automatic but would be done after authentication from the customer.