Karishma Mehrotra

The representatives cited the "sensitive" nature of their functions and duties, as well as gave the Covid-19 pandemic as a reason why the government needed access to personal data.

The labs launched on Monday will conduct testing not just for Covid-19 but also Hepatitis B and C, HIV, dengue and other diseases.

India bans Chinese apps: A month since the last ban, sources in the Ministry tells The Indian Express that “the problem is with the operational ethics of certain apps. This is an ongoing process."

While most licences were for Chinese rapid antibody test kits that never entered the country, at least two others have been sold in the Indian market.

Examining this data, the researchers found that the average number of monthly domestic violence complaints per red zone district was below 1.5 in March 2020, which went up to almost 2 in May 2020.

The minister’s remarks come in the backdrop of the Centre banning 59 apps with Chinese links, citing “emergent nature of threats” and saying that they were engaged in activities “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity”, defence, security and public order.

This is the only pan-India study on the topic, and institutions have submitted their findings to ICMR.

In an email to the companies, the Group Coordinator of Cyber Laws and E-Security Rakesh Maheshwari, warned that if any of the listed applications were still available or operating, it would be an offence under the Information Technology Act and could warrant penal provisions.

In a letter to the states on Monday, Health Secretary Preeti Sudan and ICMR's director-general Dr Balram Bhargava suggested that states should help increase testing capacity by adding more labs, enhancing testing facilities of existing labs, and procuring more kits and machines.

A June 1 ICMR study found a correlation between healthcare workers testing negative for Covid-19 and healthcare workers taking a high HCQ dosage (four or more).

In October 2019, WhatsApp sued NSO for developing a software called Pegasus. The software exploited vulnerabilities in the platform to hack into the mobiles of 1,400 human rights activities, journalists, and lawyers — including 121 Indians, according to WhatsApp.

Ravi Shankar Prasad said various government technologies in architectures — called “stacks” — will be the “powerhouse of data for India.”

On Wednesday, hackers conducted unprecedented takeovers of some of the platform’s highest-profile accounts, such as US presidential candidate Joe Biden, former US President Barack Obama, and billionaire Elon Musk.

Bihar has carried out only 3.3 lakh tests so far – and taking this low base into account, the positivity rate is among the highest in the country.

The turnaround came on the heels of eight lawsuits from top-tier US universities, technology companies and state governments against the order.

Only eight of the 29 members of the committee attended the meeting due to travel restrictions related to Covid-19.

The aim of this data-sharing regulation is to shift data’s “economic benefits for citizens and communities in India” as well as help the government in policy making and service delivery.

The committee, formed last September, is chaired by Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan and includes industry, government and academic experts.

Much of Hong Kong’s future identity and the global Internet hinges on what the technology companies decide to do next in the region.

India’s Covid-19 reproduction number, or R, which estimates the number of people infected by one already infected person, was on a steady decline from 1.83 for months since March 4.

A little over 46,000 F-visas (which include students’ family members) were issued to Indians in 2019, roughly 11% of the total 3.9 lakh such visas issued that year, records of the US State Department show.

The ICE directive, issued Monday US time, applies to the F-1 non-immigrant visas for academic work and M-1 non-immigrant visas for vocational coursework.

Consumer demand for pulse oximeters increased by 23 times, and demand for infrared thermometres rose by 26 times on Flipkart over the past six months, a spokesperson said.

In a statement issued Saturday, ICMR said: “The aim is to complete these phases at the earliest, so that population-based trials for efficacy could be initiated without delay.”