Apple’s reply on device vulnerability not totally clear: government on iPhone alert to MPs

Apple’s reply on device vulnerability not totally clear: government on iPhone alert to MPs

The government is still waiting for a clear reply from iPhone maker Apple on the iPhone alert sent to opposition political leaders around five months back on alleged hacking of their devices by state-backed hackers. In an interview to PTI, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the government has asked Apple … Read more

Andhra Pradesh officials sound alert on bird flu, collect samples from poultry farms

Andhra Pradesh officials sound alert on bird flu, collect samples from poultry farms

Chickens at a poultry farm in Vijayawada on Sunday. There has been a drop in chicken sales due to the bird flu scare in the last two days, according to traders. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao Officials sounded an alert over the presence of Avian Influenza A(H5N1), also known as bird flu, in Nellore district. … Read more

Pegasus infection found on Indian journalists’ phones after Apple alert: Amnesty International

Pegasus infection found on Indian journalists’ phones after Apple alert: Amnesty International

Representational image only. The Pegasus spyware, which the Union government has not categorically denied buying or using, allows attackers to extract all the contents of smartphones by leveraging software weaknesses that are known to a select few hackers, and sold for millions of dollars.  The Wire news website’s editor Siddharth Varadarajan and another journalist in … Read more

Covid alert: UT to get genome sequencing of patients done – ET HealthWorld

Covid alert: UT to get genome sequencing of patients done – ET HealthWorld

CHANDIGARH: The UT health department has started gearing up for any rise in Covid numbers especially in view of cases of new variant JN 1 getting reported in the country. The health department will get genome sequencing of the patients done, so that the variants of the virus can be detected in time and preventive … Read more

Be alert against attempts to create communal tension: Kanthapuram

Be alert against attempts to create communal tension: Kanthapuram

Sunni leader Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar on Sunday called upon the State government to initiate stringent action against those who try to upset the communal harmony in the State in the wake of the Kalamassery incident. He also said the explosion during the convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses was a shocking and painful incident. Both the … Read more

Andhra Pradesh: Officials remain alert as flood threat continues in the Godavari

Andhra Pradesh: Officials remain alert as flood threat continues in the Godavari

A boat is arranged to shift villagers to safety in case of an emergency in Konaseema district. With the floods continuing, the villagers residing along the Godavari river bund are in panic in the Eluru and Konaseema districts. Officers on flood duty have been put on alert in the tail-end areas of West Godavari district. … Read more

Yellow alert issued for five Kerala districts today

Yellow alert issued for five Kerala districts today

Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI Kerala is likely to witness isolated heavy rains and thundershowers for the next four days, said a weather bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department in Thiruvananthapuram on June 17. A yellow alert has been issued for five districts — Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, and … Read more