Malware, Ransomware attacks pose biggest cyber threat challenge in India: Microsoft

According to the Security Endpoint Threat Report 2019 released by Microsoft, India has been placed among the topmost countries with cryptocurrency mining encounters and drive-by download attacks. The report has been published based on diverse data sources including 8 trillion ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Top GKToday’s News Headlines-31 July 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for July 31, 2020 India Mauritius: Supreme Court Building built with Indian aid inaugurated in Port Louis PM Modi and Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth jointly inaugurated the new Supreme Court Building in ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

India-UN Development Partnership Fund supports projects to respond to COVID-19

The India-United Nations Development Partnership Fund is supporting various projects pertaining to the efforts of India to combat the deadly COVID 19 pandemic in the country. The projects are primarily aimed at boosting national healthcare facilities, reducing the risk of ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Bill to promote Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr’s legacies passed in US

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives has passed legislation for setting up an exchange program for Indian and American students to study Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. The Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act was ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

EPF contributions to revert to old levels from August

As part of relief measures of the Government of India for both employers and employees during the COVID 19 pandemic, Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) contribution was slashed by 4% for the months of May, June and July but from August ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

First Pawan Hans Helicopter Service Launched in Uttarakhand under UDAN-RCS Scheme

The Civil Aviation Minister has flagged off the first-ever helicopter service by Pawan Hans in Uttarakhand under the UDAN-RCS (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik – Regional Connectivity Scheme) in order to improve the connectivity of various areas in the hilly ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

World’s 1st COVID19 vaccine to be ready for use by August 12, claims Russia

Russia has claimed that its first vaccine to treat the deadly COVID 19 disease will be ready by as soon as August 12, 2020. The vaccine is being developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute and Russian Direct Investment Fund. Highlights The ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

NASA Prepares to Launch the Mars Rover Perseverance

NASA is all set to launch its car-sized rover named Perseverance and a robotic helicopter named Ingenuity to the Red Planet, Mars, on July 30, in order to find out the answer for the most intriguing question – Did human ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

CSIR signs MoU with Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, IIT-D and Vinjana Bharati for adoption of CSIR Technology in Rural Areas

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has entered into a tripartite agreement with the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, IIT Delhi and Vinjana Bharati in order to adopt the CSIR Technology to be utilized for rural development. It is also ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

National clinical registry of COVID-19 patients to be rolled out by ICMR

The Indian Council of Medical Research, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, is planning to roll out a project to create a database of the COVID 19 ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020