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Log4Shell is being touted as one of the worst cybersecurity flaws to have been discovered. The Log4Shell vulnerability is based on an open-source logging library used in most applications by enterprises and even government agencies. The vulnerability first came to Read More …
Saudi Arabia has banned the Tablighi Jamat and Da’wah group, also known as Al Ahbab, calling it ‘danger to society and one of the gates of terrorism’. Tablighi Jamat is the Sunni Islamic missionary movement that was launched in Mewat Read More …
Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk on December 13 was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” 2021. Musk was given the recognition “for creating solutions to an existential crisis, for embodying the possibilities and the perils of the Read More …
Switzerland has retained its top spot on the World Talent Ranking report 2021, which is published annually by the IMD World Competitiveness Center. India slips two places to 53rd position on global talent ranking. The top 10 countries on the IMD’s index Read More …
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched a National Helpline Against Atrocities (NHAA) with an aim to ensure proper implementation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities){PoA} Act, 1989. The act was enacted with Read More …
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on December 10, 2021 made Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) mandatory for cross-border transactions for capital or current account transactions of Rs 50 crore and above, from October , 2022. Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is Read More …
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed a function on “Depositors First: Guaranteed Time-bound Deposit Insurance Payment up to Rs. 5 Lakh” in New Delhi on December 12. Prime Minister said that Rs 1,300 crore had been paid to over 1 Read More …
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Air Force (IAF) flight-tested the indigenously designed and developed Helicopter launched Stand-off Anti-tank (SANT) Missile from Pokhran ranges on December 11, 2021. The missile is equipped with a state-of-the-art MMW seeker which Read More …
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal on December 11, 2021 attended the India International Science Festival (IISF) 2021 in Panaji, Goa. IISF is an annual event considered to be the biggest platform in the Read More …
A Steering Leadership meeting of Global Methane Initiative (GMI) has been held virtually in which the Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Shri V.K. Tiwari as the Vice Chairman of this global initiative. Global Methane Initiative(GMI) is a voluntary Government and Read More …
Successful tests of Pinaka Extended Range (Pinaka-ER), Area Denial Munitions (ADM) and indigenously developed fuzes have been carried out at various test ranges. The Pinaka-ER Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher System was successfully tested at Pokharan range. Pinaka-ER is the upgraded Read More …
Ministry of Tourism under its Dekho Apna Desh Initiatives organising webinars on various tourism centric subjects, themes etc. In continuation under “75 Destinations with Tour Guides” a webinar on ‘Jyotirlingam Temples of Maharashtra’ was conducted on 11th December 2021. The Read More …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Saryu Canal National Project at Balrampur district in Uttar Pradesh on December 11. The project will facilitate irrigation to over 14 lakh hectares of land in nine districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh. The project Read More …
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has floated a consultation paper on regulatory framework for algorithmic trading (algo trading) by retail investors to make such trading safe and prevent market manipulations. In stock market parlance, algo trading refers to Read More …
Uttar Pradesh’s Haiderpur wetland has been added to the list of Indian wetlands of international importance. With this addition, India is now a land of 47 Ramsar sites. The human-made Haiderpur wetland spreads over an area of 6,908 hectares in Read More …