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Global IT outage: Enhancing cyber resilience
The incident highlights the need to shift our perception of...
CrowdStrike blames defect in content update for massive IT crash
The incident crashed Microsoft Windows computer systems around the...
Delta dominates the world, but scientists watch for worrisome offspring
People infected with Delta carry around 1,200 times more virus in their noses compared with the original version of the coronavirus. The amount of virus in vaccinated individuals who become infected with Delta is on par with those who are unvaccinated, and both can...
Dubai eases visa rules, UAE makes labour laws more competitive
The Gulf state has recently launched a raft of economic reforms and legal reforms, including longer-term residency visas, to attract investment and foreigners to help the economy recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic In the latest move to boost the United...
Jhunjhunwala’s Akasa Air orders 72 Boeing 737 MAX jets
The order by billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed airline comes months after India's air safety regulator allowed the country's airlines to fly the MAX jet, ending its nearly two and a half years of regulatory grounding after two fatal crashes in five...
New Research on Looming Threat of Global Insurance Raises Alarms
The study was conducted in partnership with IBM and Luxoft. "We've seen organized scammers exploit the telehealth system; intercept personal information through phishing scams and other data harvesting schemes; carry out ransomware attacks; and run a number of...
Combustion of coal has led to increase in premature mortality rate in India: Lancent Report
Data from the 2021 global Lancet Countdown report shows that there has been a nine-per cent increase in the number of deaths related to coal-derived PM2.5 in India in 2019 compared to 2015. New Delhi:The combustion of coal, mainly in power plants followed by...
US health agency eases Covid-19 travel advisory for India, Pakistan
In its advisory for India, the State Department urged US citizens not to travel to Jammu and Kashmir due to terrorism and civil unrest, and also within 10 kilometres of the India-Pakistan border due to the potential for armed conflict. "Indian authorities report rape...
If a citizen loses his job due to vaccination, is the state not obliged to redress it? Kerala High Court’s proposal to the Center
Justice PV Kunhikrishnan on Tuesday said the court is not blaming the Center but when a citizen stands to lose his employment or his movement is restricted because of the vaccine given to him by the state, “is it the duty of the government to Isn’t that redressal of...
Global Covid-19 Caseload Tops 253.8 Million, Deaths Over 5.10 Million
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 47,221,549 and 764,363, according to the CSSE.The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (34,447,536 infections and 463,655 deaths), followed by Brazil...
India resumes quarantine-free entry of foreign travellers from 99 countrie
Travellers from these 99 countries, including the US, the UK, France, Germany, Australia, the Netherlands and Russia, which have been listed under "Category A", have to submit a self-declaration form on the Air Suvidha portal (newdelhiairport.in) before the scheduled...
Delhi pollution: SC asks Centre, states to take decisions to stop non-essential construction transport, power plants
"We direct the government of India, NCR states to examine introducing work from home for employees," the bench said. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to call an emergency meeting on Tuesday to take measures like stopping non-essential...