Meat giant JBS pays $11m in ransom to resolve cyber-attack
The world's largest meat processing company has paid the equivalent of $11m (£7.8m) in ransom to put an end to a major cyber-attack. | Read more|
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UP govt seeks IIT, IIM students help to train madarsa teachers about online mode of teaching
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to conduct training for madarsa teachers to make them more adept in online mode of teaching, officials said on Wednesday. | Read more|
86 seamen dead: Unions to protest outside ONGC today
The Forward Seamen’s Union of India (FSUI) and Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) will protest outside the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) headquarters on Wednesday between 3.30 pm to 5.30 pm against the ONGC management, whom they allege is responsible for the death of the 86 people who died when barge P305 a | Read more|
Tax details of US super-rich allegedly leaked
Details claiming to reveal how little income tax US billionaires pay have been leaked to a news website. | Read more|
State-Run Coal India Sees 400 Deaths, Asks Centre For Help With Vaccines
Coal India Ltd., one of the nation's biggest employers, has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to help accelerate the vaccination of its work force after the deaths of almost 400 staff from Covid-19. | Read more|
Push of Covid-19 ‘lab leak’ theory ‘no different’ from Iraq WMD lies – Chinese Embassy
Beijing’s embassy in the US has blasted the renewed attempts to blame China for the Covid-19 pandemic, comparing it to how the George W. Bush administration hyped up false claims about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction. | Read more|
Uber to hire close to 250 engineers in India to expand tech, product teams
Uber on Wednesday announced it is recruiting close to 250 engineers for its Bengaluru and Hyderabad-based teams, as the company continues to expand the scope of operations for its engineering and product work in the country. | Read more|
France President Emmanuel Macron slapped in the face
French President Emmanuel Macron has been slapped in the face on an official visit to the south-east of France. | Read more|
South African Woman Claims She Gave Birth To 10 Babies At Once, Breaking World Record
A woman from South Africa has reportedly given birth to 10 babies at once, breaking the Guinness World Record held by Malian Halima Cisse - who gave birth to nine children in Morocco last month. | Read more|
Covishield At 780, Covaxin At 1,410: Maximum Price For Private Hospitals
The Centre today fixed the maximum price that private hospitals can charge for Covid vaccines amid opposition allegations of profiteering. The price of Covishield has been fixed at Rs. 780 a dose, Russian vaccine Sputnik V at Rs. 1,145 a dose and indigenously made Covaxin, at a steep Rs. 1,410 a dose. This includes tax | Read more|
ANOM: Hundreds arrested in massive global crime sting
Law enforcement agencies say they've arrested hundreds of criminals across the world in a three-year operation using an FBI-designed app. | Read more|
DU conducts first open-book exam successfully, nearly 35,000 students appear
Nearly 35,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students took the online open-book exams (OBE) of the Delhi University (DU) on Monday and no technical glitches were reported, officials said. | Read more|
Police Case Against Kerala BJP Chief For Allegedly Bribing Election Rival
An FIR (first information report) has been filed against the BJP's Kerala chief for allegedly bribing a rival candidate into withdrawing his nomination ahead of the April 6 Assembly election. | Read more|
US says it seized $2.3 million in bitcoin from ransom Colonial Pipeline paid to ‘Russia-based’ hackers
The US Department of Justice has managed to track down and recapture 63.7 bitcoin worth of ransom from a wallet allegedly used by hackers who extorted Colonial Pipeline. | Read more|
Myanmar: The mysterious deaths of the NLD party officials
The violence used by Myanmar's armed forces against unarmed opponents since the coup in February has shocked the world; more than 800 people have been killed, most by military gunfire. But the deaths in custody of two officials from the National League of Democracy - the party led by Aung San Suu Kyi - have cast an eve | Read more|