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China has mobilised conventional and cyber forces to threaten India: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Mar 3: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that China had mobilised its conventional and cyber forces to threaten India and warned that the government’s “cowardice” would have tragic consequences in the future. He cited a news report that claimed that night satellite images show Chinese […]

Mumbai power outage could have been cyber sabotage, says minister

A power failure that crippled India’s financial capital of Mumbai in western Maharashtra state last year could have been a case of cyber sabotage, a local minister said on Monday, as China denied a report that it was behind the outage. Mumbai police were investigating further after a […]

Chinese hackers target Indian vaccine makers SII, Bharat Biotech, says security firm

A Chinese state-backed hacking group has in recent weeks targeted the IT systems of two Indian vaccine makers whose coronavirus shots are being used in the country’s immunisation campaign, cyber intelligence firm Cyfirma told Reuters. Rivals China and India have both sold or gifted COVID-19 shots to many […]

India’s daily gasoline sales in Feb rise 1.5% y/y, diesel sales fall 5.3% – prelim data

Indian state refiners’ daily gasoline sales in February rose by 1.5% from a year earlier, its slowest pace of growth in six months, preliminary industry data showed, as record-high retail prices hit consumption. State-refiners’ daily diesel sales, which are related closely to economic growth and account for about […]

PM Modi takes first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS

New Delhi, Mar 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS here and appealed to all those who are eligible to get inoculated Sister P Niveda, from Puducherry, administered Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN to the prime minister, sources said “Took my […]

India’s economy exits from recession, recovery seen gathering pace

India’s economy returned to growth in the three months to December and the recovery is expected to gather pace as consumers and investors shake off the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, economists said. Fiscal and monetary policy could boost India’s recovery prospects, they said, amid signs of a […]

India’s Reliance partners with Google, Facebook for digital payment network bid – ET

India’s conglomerate Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) has partnered with Facebook Inc (FB.O), Google (GOOGL.O) and fintech player Infibeam (IFIB.NS) to set up a national digital payment network, Economic Times newspaper reported on Saturday, citing unnamed sources. Last year, India’s central bank invited companies to forge new umbrella entities (NUEs) to create a payments network that would […]

India has disappointing level of AI development: Book

New Delhi, Feb 28:  India currently has a disappointing level of artificial intelligence (AI) development and it needs to embark on a rapid program to catch up, says a new book by researcher-author Rajiv Malhotra. In “Artificial Intelligence And The Future Of Power: 5 Battlegrounds”, he argues that […]

Lawyer hacked to death over family feud

Hospet(Karnataka), Feb 27: A lawyer was hacked to death at the district court of Hospet in Vijayanagara district of Karnataka on Saturday morning allegedly over a family feud, police said. T Venkatesh (48) was writing something when the assailant came with a machete and attacked the lawyer in […]

Priyanka offers prayers at Ravidas temple in Varanasi

Lucknow, Feb 27:  Sant Ravidas taught people a true religion which is easy and has no politics or discrimination, said Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday after offering prayers at a temple dedicated to the seer in Varanasi. The Congress leader arrived at the Varanasi airport […]

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