Germany to go into national lockdown over Christmas to stem rise of Covid-19 cases

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It’s one of the biggest logistical challenges in modern history: How will millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses that must be kept at incredibly cold temperatures be quickly shipped across continents and oceans? One company is using its experience with tuna as a guide. Thermo King — which revolutionized the transportation of food through advances in … Read more

BJP President JP Nadda tests positive for COVID-19

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BJP President JP Nadda Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, he informed in a tweet and shared that he was under isolation and feeling ok. In his message on Twitter, Nadda shared that he got the Coronavirus test done after exhibiting the initial symptoms. He added that his … Read more

How IFSC at Gift City can position India as an international financial centre

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Since the 2015 launch of International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Gujarat’s GIFT City, several initiatives at policy, regulatory and operational levels have helped India’s IFSC dream take shape and gain attention from far and wide. IFSC has the potential to become an investment gateway for India as apart from providing a global financial platform, … Read more

Kamal Haasan asks PM Modi to explain need for new Parliament building

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Chennai: MNM chief Kamal Haasan on Sunday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi spell out the rationale behind constructing a new Parliament building for about Rs 1,000 crore “when half of India is hungry due to coronavirus pandemic triggered loss of livelihoods”. Seeking to liken the proposed construction of the new edifice to the centuries … Read more

Coronavirus vaccine news and updates from around the world

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It’s one of the biggest logistical challenges in modern history: How will millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses that must be kept at incredibly cold temperatures be quickly shipped across continents and oceans? One company is using its experience with tuna as a guide. Thermo King — which revolutionized the transportation of food through advances in … Read more

PgMiner botnet attacks weakly secured PostgreSQL databases | ZDNet

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Security researchers have discovered this week a botnet operation that targets PostgreSQL databases to install a cryptocurrency miner. Codenamed by researchers as PgMiner, the botnet is just the latest in a long list of recent cybercrime operations that target web-tech for monetary profits. According to researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, the botnet operates by … Read more

Goa CM Pramod Sawant pays tribute to Manohar Parrikar on his birth anniversary

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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant paid homage to former state CM and senior BJP leader Manohar Parrikar on his birth anniversary on Sunday, terming him as an “inspiration and a guiding force”. Parrikar, who also served as the country’s defence minister during the first term of the Narendra Modi government, was born on December 13, … Read more