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India is home to approximately 6.3 crore MSMEs which forms the backbone of the economy and the second wave of COVID-19 crisis has adversely impacted this community also. Unlike during the first wave, the current situation is dire as there is higher loss of lives across the country. In a time like this, we request the central and state governments to announce guidelines that will help sustain the livelihood of MSMEs and lives of the fellow countrymen.   Recommended guidelines: Home delivery of products during the lockdown hours: In order to…

Sandeep Sengupta, MD, ISOAH Data Securities Educating customers & employees  Over the last 10 years, our “Indian School of Anti Hacking” has conducted several in-house training at top companies like Deshaw, Mjunction, CESC, National Power Grid, Banks; where our ethical hackers have shown LIVE demos of Hacking. This is the new form of training where you not only read and hear, but see practical demonstrations of the consequences of cyber security mistakes. This gives the best awareness. What you see is what you believe. Mitigating threat situation Organisations have always…

Dr. Harsha E Thennarasu Chief IT & Cyber Security Advisor, HKIT Security Solutions   Measures adopted for combatting threat  Customers must ensure, are there any vulnerabilities that are residing in their laptops, those are major challenges for customers.  Their laptops might consist of hidden BOTs and malware, spyware, etc., employee safety depends on the customers, IT and security guys to ensure patches and updates, etc. Educating customers & employees   Regular webinars and video conferences are being used to bring continuous awareness. Increased the frequency of training from quarterly to monthly…

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has blamed a general complacency- on – on part of the government, administration and the public at large- for the explosive second wave of coronavirus infections in India. The RSS Sarsanghchalak, however, urged citizens to stay united and work as a team, instead of pointing fingers at each other.   Bhagwat further said, We are facing this situation as government, administration and public-all became negligent after the first Covid Wave. He further said that advice from doctors and medical practitioners were ignored once the first wave seemed…

Arguing that the country needs to create a more equal society, he stated that as the nation comes out of this crisis. said Industrialist and philanthropist Azim Premji at the RSS lecture. We need to restructure our society and economy such that our country does not have this kind of inequity and injustice. Azim Premji said science and truth have to be the foundations to tackle the Covid-19 crisis, and the scale and spread of the pandemic need to be accepted truthfully.   Speaking during the ‘Positivity Unlimited’ series of lectures organised…

India’s Muslim population is rising. In 2015, their number stood at 195 million, which, due to high birth rates, has almost doubled since 1991, according to the Pew Research Center. Their share has increased from 12% to 15% in this time period. By 2060, Pew estimates, there will be more Muslims in India than anywhere else in the world (Indonesia has more today), and they will constitute 19% of Indians.At the same time, the share of Muslims in the Lok Sabha, India’s 545-seat lower house of parliament, is in decline.…

The Indian Army, on October 20, launched attacks on terrorist camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). The attacks were in retaliation to the Pakistan Army’s support to push terrorists into Indian territory, news agency ANI reported.   News agency PTI reported that at least four-five terrorists were killed in the shelling by the Indian Army. However, News18 reported that over 35 terrorists have been eliminated.   According to ANI, the Indian Army used artillery guns to target the terrorist camps opposite the Tangdhar sector, inflicting significant damage to the Pakistani side.   Sources…

The Indian railways, in a major policy shift has decided to do away with paper-based traditional tendering methods and assign an e-tendering process while bidding for parking, catering and parcel leasing, worth about Rs 3,000 crore a year.   Besides, the contracts for getting space at rail premises for ATMs, advertisements and other publicity-related matters will also go online to bring about transparency and thus making deadlock for unethical elements in the tendering process.   “There were complaints against the prevailing bidding system as the scope of formation of cartels…

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The government took a number of steps and barred e-commerce firms from selling products of the companies in which they have equity stakes or management control. The commerce and industry ministry also prohibited e-commerce companies from entering into an agreement for exclusive sale of products. The law that will be enforced to keep an eye on the online marketplaces with foreign investment are going to help and hinder many. The new rule in the policy bars any entity related to ecommerce platforms from selling on that site and imposes a…