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- World
WHO asks China to regularly share data on COVID-19 situation
United Nations: The World Health Organization has again urged China to regularly share specific and real-time data on the COVID-19 situation in the country, amid a surge in coronavirus cases after Beijing…
- India
Risk of data tampering in Assam’s NRC updation process: CAG report
Guwahati: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India have flagged the “risk of data tampering” in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam, due to “improper” software development related to data capture…
- Technology
Data of 6 lakh Indians sold on ‘bot’ markets for nearly Rs 490 each
New Delhi: As data-harvesting malware or bots flourish, data of at least 6 lakh Indians have been stolen and sold on bot markets and the average price for the digital identity of…
- Business
India more conscious than ever about its data usage: Jaishankar
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday said that the country is now more conscious of the fact that where and who processes its data. Speaking at the 7th Global…
- Business
Toyota admits 300,000 customers’ data was leaked for 5 years
Tokyo: Automaker Toyota has revealed that personal information of nearly 300,000 customers may have been exposed since July 2017. In a statement, the car maker said that e-mail addresses and customer management…
- India
Industrial production slips to 18-month low, contracts 0.8 pc in August: Govt data
New Delhi: India’s industrial production slipped to an 18-month low, contracting by 0.8 per cent in August, mainly due to a decline in output of the manufacturing and mining sectors, according to…
- Technology
Meta settles lawsuits with 2 firms engaged in scraping its data
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) has settled a lawsuit for “significant sum” against two companies that were engaged in data scraping operations on its platforms. Israel-based BrandTotal and US-incorporated Unimania, agreed to…
- Technology
New Data Protection Bill to augment efficient usage of data by industry: Centre
New Delhi: The Centre on Monday said that the new draft of the data protection bill is being prepared to augment efficient usage of data since it would largely be used by…
- Technology
Deleted popular hotel chain’s data ‘for fun,’ claims hacker couple
London: The Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), which owns Holiday Inn, was the target of a destructive cyberattack by hackers who claimed they did it “for fun”. According to the BBC, the IHG…
- India
Over 47% antibiotic formulations used in India in 2019 unapproved: Lancet study
New Delhi: More than 47 per cent of antibiotic formulations used in India’s private sector in 2019 were not approved by the central drug regulator, according to a study published in The…
- Technology
Zoom allows customers their own encryption keys to protect data
New Delhi: Video-conferencing platform Zoom on Friday announced a new offering that will allow users to protect certain data stored at rest within the Zoom Cloud infrastructure using their own encryption keys.…
- Telangana
Telangana: NCRB data shows 17 per cent raise in crimes against women
Hyderabad: According to the National Crime Records Bureau’s Crimes In India (CII) report, Telangana saw a significant increase in crimes against women from 2020 to 2021. (NCRB). According to the NCRB study,…
- Technology
Hackers exploiting LinkedIn’s chat, job posting tools to steal users’ data
New Delhi: Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is being used by hackers to spread data stealing malware via sending connection requests in disguise of people working with reputed companies, a report showed on Tuesday. Researchers…
- Technology
DoorDash confirms data breach, customers data exposed
San Francisco: Online delivery giant DoorDash has confirmed that it has been hit by a data breach, which has affected several customers and merchants. The company said it recently became aware that…
- India
IRCTC to sell traveller data for monetisation amid data concerns
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a public sector undertaking that provides ticketing, catering, and tourism services for the Indian Railways, is going to monetize train travellers’ data to raise…
