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- Telangana
Telangana: Irrigation department seeks KRMB data on Srisailam
Hyderabad: The Telangana irrigation department on Friday wrote to the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) seeking data on the Srisailam project. In the letter, Irrigation department chief engineer Murlidhar said that the…
- Technology
Policybazaar admits cyber security incident, says customer data safe
New Delhi: Leading insuretech platform Policybazaar has admitted it was hit by a cyber security incident last week but no significant customer data was exposed. In a stock exchange filing, the platform…
- Technology
UIDAI seeks 20 ethical hackers to protect its data, plug security bugs
New Delhi: Amid increasing cyber attacks against key infrastructure and government websites in India, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has quietly announced a “bug bounty programme” to hire 20 ethical…
- India
Rupee drops 9 paise to hit lifetime low of 79.90 against US dollar
Mumbai: The rupee declined by 9 paise to settle at a new record low of 79.90 against the US currency on Thursday due to a firm US dollar in overseas markets and…
- Technology
Samsung treats smartphone users’ data as state secrets: Top global executive
New Delhi: As nation-state bad actors are infiltrating devices of high-profile users via government spyware like NSO Group’s Pegasus and now Android-based ‘Hermit’, Samsung is treating users’ secrets as state secrets and…
- World
346 children killed in Ukraine since beginning of war
Kiev: Since Russia began its ongoing invasion of Kiev on February 24, at least 346 children have been killed in Ukraine. In its latest update on Thursday, the Office of the Prosecutor…
- India
Only 3 states in India have at least one camera in each police station: Report
New Delhi: Despite the Supreme Court ruling which mandated CCTV cameras in all police stations, one in every three police stations do not have even a single camera, a report has found.…
- Technology
Senators asks FTC Chair Lina Khan to probe TikTok’s data practices
San Francisco: Top US Senators have called on Lina Khan, Chairperson of Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to investigate short-video making app TikTok over its alleged data sharing practices with China-based workers. In…
- Technology
IBM acquires Databand.ai to boost data observability biz
New Delhi: Tech company IBM on Wednesday announced it has acquired Databand.ai, an Israel-based data observability software provider that helps organisations fix issues with their data, for an undisclosed sum. This is…
- Technology
Meta sues Chinese firm for scraping data from FB, Instagram
San Francisco: Meta has sued Octopus, a US subsidiary of a Chinese high-tech enterprise, and a Turkish individual for scraping data from Facebook, Instagram and other big tech platforms. Octopus claims to…
- Technology
TikTok CEO denies handing over US users’ data to China
San Francisco: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has said that the short-video making platform has never provided data of US citizens to the Chinese government. In a letter addressed to nine Republican…
- India
Former, sitting MPs’ train travel bill Rs 62 cr in past 5 years: RTI
New Delhi: Free train travels of sitting and former Lok Sabha members over the past five years have cost the exchequer Rs 62 crore, which included nearly Rs 2.5 crore in the…
- Technology
Ransomware, IP & data theft top concerns for Indian pharma firms
Mumbai: Ransomware attacks and IP and data theft are the top cybersecurity concerns for pharma companies in India as they take the digital leap, a new report showed on Thursday. The pandemic…
- Technology
Facebook whistleblower to train lawyers how to fight Big Tech
San Francisco: Frances Haugen, a whistleblower who exposed Facebook and testified in front of lawmakers about the social network’s illegal data activities, is raising up to $5 million to kick off a…
- Andhra Pradesh
YS Jagan launches mobile app to curb corruption in Andhra
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday launched the ‘14400’ app developed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), dedicated to people of the state to register corruption-related complaints against…
