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First-ever EU cyber sanctions hit Russian, Chinese, North Koreans The European Union has imposed its first-ever sanctions over cyberattacks, slapping them on alleged Russian military agents, Chinese cyber spies and organisations including a North Korean firm Current Affairs  : The European Union has forced its first-historically speaking approvals over cyberattacks, slapping them on supposed Russian military specialists, Chinese digital government agents and associations including a North Korean firm. The six individuals and three gatherings hit with sanctions incorporate Russia’s GRU military knowledge office. EU central station accused them in an announcement for the 2017 WannaCry ransomware and NotPetya malware assaults and the Cloud Hopper cyberespionage crusade. EU international strategy boss Josep Borrell said on Thursday the authorizations are a movement boycott and resource stick to characteristic people and a benefit stick to elements or bodies. It is additionally pre...

Samsung launches UV Sterilizer with wireless charging in India Samsung has launched a new UV sterilizer with wireless charging that can be used to disinfect Galaxy smartphones, Galaxy Buds and smartwatches. Current Affairs  : Samsung has propelled another UV sterilizer with remote charging that can be utilized to sanitize Galaxy cell phones, Galaxy Buds and smartwatches. It will be accessible for buy from one month from now for Rs 3,599. “The UV Sterilizer is an ideal and minimal gadget to keep our own day by day possessions germ free, secured and purified,” said Mohandeep Singh, Senior Vice President, Mobile Business, Samsung India. The gadget has been made by Samsung C&T, an accomplice of the Samsung Mobile Accessory Partnership Program (SMAPP) and is intended to fit an assortment of gadget measures so you can clean a large number of the items you utilize the most. As per tests done by two free confirmation foundations, Intertek and SGS, UV Sterilizer successfully execut...

Sisodia tried to scare by claiming Delhi would have 550,000 cases: BJP The Delhi situation was brought under control with the intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the city BJP unit said on Friday. Current Affairs  : Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had attempted to “alarm” individuals by guaranteeing that COVID-19 cases in Delhi will arrive at 5.5 lakh by July 31, yet the circumstance was managed with the intercession of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the city BJP unit said on Friday. In June, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) pioneer had said that Delhi was probably going to have 5.5 lakh novel coronavirus cases before the finish of July and 80,000 beds would be expected to oblige patients. Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta in a question and answer session asked the Arvind Kejriwal government to respond in due order regarding what valid reason it had attempted to “alarm” individuals with Sisodia asserting that there would be 5.5 lakh coronavirus cases by July 31. There wa...

SC refuses to pass interim order on pleas for stay of final year exams The UGC told the top court that nobody should remain under the impression that since the Supreme Court is examining this issue, the final year /semester examination will be stayed Current Affairs  : The Supreme Court Friday would not pass any interval request on a group of petitions looking for crossing out of conclusive year/semester assessments in September in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and requested that the Center away from remain of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on the issue. The UGC told the top court that no one ought to stay under the feeling that since the Supreme Court is inspecting this issue, the last year/semester assessment will be remained. A seat head by Justice Ashok Bhushan, which directed the meeting through video conferencing, said that it isn’t passing any requests on the issue and posted the issues for additional consultation on August 10. The seat, additionally involving Just...

ITBP inks deal with KVIC to procure ‘swadeshi’ items for CAPF personnel The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Friday inked a deal with the KVIC to procure a variety of ‘swadeshi’ and ‘khadi’ goods for around 10 lakh personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces. Current Affairs  : The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Friday inked an arrangement with the KVIC to get an assortment of ‘swadeshi’ and ‘khadi’ merchandise for around 10 lakh staff of the Central Armed Police Forces. The power will secure 1,200 quintals of mustard oil from the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) with “an all out monetary ramifications of over Rs 1.73 crore”, an ITBP representative said. “A Memorandum of Understanding was marked between the different sides on Friday. The point is to progressively get ‘swadeshi’ or indigenously made items,” he said. The MoU was marked by KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena and authorities of the ITBP obtainment wing in Delhi. The ITBP, a mountain-fighting ...

21 die after drinking spurious liquor, Punjab CM orders magisterial probe Twenty-one people have died in Punjab’s three districts allegedly after drinking spurious liquor, prompting Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to order a magisterial probe, officials said on Friday. Current Affairs  : The utilization of cell phones while driving will presently welcome a punishment of Rs 1,000 for the principal offense and Rs 10,000 for the second such offense, said a notice gave by the UP State Transport Department. The choice to force such a weighty fine came following a bureau meeting in mid-June this year. The notice gave on Thursday additionally said that riding without a protective cap will draw a thousand rupee fine too. Traffic fines were fundamentally expanded by the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act a year ago by the Union government.Twenty-one individuals have passed on in Punjab’s three areas supposedly in the wake of drinking misleading alcohol, inciting Chief Minister Amarinder Singh...

Fines of up to Rs 10,000 for using phone while driving: UP transport dept The notification issued also said that riding without a helmet will draw a thousand rupee fine as well Current Affairs  : India’s Covid-19 recuperation rate presently remains at 64.54 percent, said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan here on Friday. “Over the most recent 24 hours, we have crossed the 1-million sign of patients who have recouped from Covid-19. Today we have 10, 57,805 who individuals have now recouped. The complete number of cases the nation over now remains at 16,38,870 cases,” Dr Harsh Vardhan said at the Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting here. He included, “Two-third of the cases have recouped and have returned home. The casualty rate is likewise descending and today it remains at 2.18 percent. The recuperation rate has improved to 64.54 percent. The multiplying rate is correct presently remaining at 21 days.” Vardhan said that near 6,42,588 examples have been tried over the most rec...

India’s coronavirus recovery rate stands at 64.54%, says Harsh Vardhan The Union Health Minister said that only 0.27% patients were on the ventilator Current Affairs  : India’s Covid-19 recuperation rate presently remains at 64.54 percent, said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan here on Friday. “Over the most recent 24 hours, we have crossed the 1-million sign of patients who have recouped from Covid-19. Today we have 10, 57,805 who individuals have now recouped. The complete number of cases the nation over now remains at 16,38,870 cases,” Dr Harsh Vardhan said at the Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting here. He included, “Two-third of the cases have recouped and have returned home. The casualty rate is likewise descending and today it remains at 2.18 percent. The recuperation rate has improved to 64.54 percent. The multiplying rate is correct presently remaining at 21 days.” Vardhan said that near 6,42,588 examples have been tried over the most recent 24 hours and in the “mo...

Specify benefits for frontline workers’ kin: HC to Maharashtra govt The Bombay HC directed the government to file an affidavit about the benefits extended to the kin of frontline health and administrative workers, who get infected to Covid-19 in the line of duty. Current Affairs  : The Bombay High Court on Friday guided the Maharashtra government to document an affirmation about the advantages stretched out to the kinfolk of cutting edge wellbeing and regulatory specialists, who get tainted or surrender to COVID-19 in the line of obligation. A seat of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sarang Kotwal was hearing two open intrigue suits looking for that cops, specialists and attendants, who bite the dust of COVID-19 subsequent to getting the disease on the job, be given the title of “saints” by the state. The candidate’s legal advisor Aparna Vhatkar told the court that the state must perceive the penance made by such forefront laborers and pronounce them as saints to offer...

Financial systems have design flaws, Covid has revealed weaknesses: Yunus In a conversation with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Yunus called for making a new beginning towards a system that will create space for the informal and rural economy and all sections of society Current Affairs  : Nobel laureate and author of the Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, on Friday said the coronavirus pandemic has allowed the world to reflect and take “absurdly” strong choices to make another request where there is no a worldwide temperature alteration, no riches fixation and no joblessness. In a discussion with Congress pioneer Rahul Gandhi, Yunus called for making a fresh start towards a framework that will make space for the casual and rustic economy and all segments of society. The exchange was a piece of an arrangement propelled by Gandhi after the episode of the Covid-19 pandemic. He has prior conversed with a few specialists, both in the economy and the study of disease transmission, other t...

Ram temple ‘bhoomi pujan’ not required amid pandemic: Raj Thackeray MNS chief Raj Thackeray said that the ‘bhoomi pujan’ ceremony of the proposed Ram temple in Ayodhya, scheduled to be held on August 5, could be organised later when things normalised. Current Affairs  : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) boss Raj Thackeray on Friday said that the ‘bhoomi pujan’ function of the proposed Ram sanctuary in Ayodhya, booked to be hung on August 5, isn’t required in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and could be composed later when things standardized. He additionally dismissed Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s recommendation for “e-bhoomi pujan” and said the historic function ought to be held with extraordinary enthusiasm. Addressing a Marathi news channel, the MNS boss stated, “The bhoomi pujan isn’t required as of now as individuals are in an alternate attitude at the present time. It could have been held following two months when things standardize. Individuals would have apprecia...

Coronavirus provides opportunity for a new imagination: Rahul Gandhi Rahul Gandhi was speaking to Bangladesh Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus Current Affairs  : Previous Congress boss Rahul Gandhi in his discussion with 2006 Nobel Peace Prize victor and Bangladesh Grameen Bank organizer Muhammad Yunus said on Friday that the novel coronavirus pandemic has allowed a chance to have a spic and span creative mind and accentuated on returning to the rustic economy as the western model settled on has some significant issues. Addressing the Congress chief, Yunus stated: “I said Covid-19 pandemic out of nowhere halted the entire machine, the whole financial machine. Presently the entire push is coming over how rapidly we can return to where you were coming from.” Yunus stated: “I stated, what is the rush to return. For what reason do we need to return to that world and why we need to return to the world with an Earth-wide temperature boost, with riches fixation?” He said riches in ...

United in their ire, US lawmakers lash out at big tech cos leaders For more than five hours, the 15 members of an antitrust panel in the House lobbed questions and repeatedly interrupted and talked over Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Mark Zuckerberg Current Affairs  : The CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook, four tech goliaths worth almost $5 trillion joined, confronted shriveling inquiries from Republican and Democratic administrators the same on Wednesday for the strategies and market strength that had made their undertakings effective. For over five hours, the 15 individuals from an antitrust board in the House hurled questions and more than once hindered and talked over Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Sundar Pichai of Google. It was the principal congressional hearing for quite a while where Democrats and Republicans went about as though they had a typical adversary, however for various reasons. Law based officials ...

White House to lure US firms to Latam from Asia in nearshoring drive US President Donald Trump made “Buy America” policies a centerpiece of his administration since taking office in 2017 Current Affairs  : The Trump organization is preparing another activity that would utilize budgetary motivators to support U.S. firms to move creation offices out of Asia and into the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, a senior White House guide said on Wednesday. The task could bring $30 billion to $50 billion in U.S. venture back to the Americas, Mauricio Claver-Carone told Reuters in a meeting, including that foundation, vitality and transportation could be the main possible territories of core interest. “We’re basically making a ‘Back to the Americas’ drive,” he said. That would incorporate both restoring a few offices redistributed to China back to the United States and basing others in Latin America and the Caribbean in a drive for all the more purported nearshoring, Claver-...

European startup Infobip raises over $200 mn in Series A funding: Report Founded in 2006, Infobip provides technology in omnichannels marketing, allowing companies to communicate with customers through text messages or third-party apps such as WhatsApp Current Affairs  : (Reuters) – Infobip has raised over $200 million from private value firm One Equity Partners in an arrangement which esteems the Croatian cloud correspondences firm at over $1 billion and was its first outer round of subsidizing, individuals acquainted with the issue said on Wednesday. The speculation will help Infobip further grow in the United States through expected acquisitions, as it contends straight on with opponents, for example, San Francisco-based Twilio, the sources said. Established in 2006, Infobip gives innovation in omnichannels showcasing, permitting organizations to speak with clients through instant messages or outsider applications, for example, WhatsApp. It checks worldwide firms Uber, Cost...

‘Invisible hands’: How millions of domestic workers fare under Covid-19 Most domestic work is informal, leaving workers vulnerable, especially in times of crisis like Covid-19 Current Affairs  : As per the International Labor Organization (ILO), there are 67 million household laborers around the globe — 80 percent are ladies. Household work happens in the private circle and is regularly imperceptible. Laborers clean, cook, deal with kids or old relatives, frequently without an agreement or with poor legitimate security. Regardless of being “at the cutting edges” of Covid-19, they are once in a while part of Covid-19 reaction plans. During the pandemic and under control measures to stop the spread of Covid-19, how are female residential laborers faring far and wide? No compensation for household laborers in Argentina, Afghanistan and Indonesia Most household work is casual, leaving laborers defenseless, particularly in the midst of emergency like Covid-19. In Argentina, which h...

Mark Zuckerberg bought Instagram as it was a ‘threat’ to Facebook Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion in 2012, a shocking sum at that time for a company with 13 employees Current Affairs  : The US House antitrust subcommittee has made open the email trades between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and previous CFO David Ebersman, uncovering that the organization (and Zuckerberg, specifically) needed to purchase Instagram to maintain a strategic distance from rivalry as it could have harmed the informal organization. Rep Jerry Nadler (D-NY) on Wednesday flame broiled Zuckerberg about the Instagram securing during the declarations from the Big Tech CEOs, including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple. The messages uncovered that Zuckerberg needed to purchase Instagram as it was turning into a danger to Facebook. “Facebook, by its own confirmation saw Instagram as a danger that might siphon business away from Facebook,” Nadler said during the meeting...

Boeing to further assess workforce size amid pandemic as market shrinks In Commercial Airplanes Programs, Boeing delivered a total of 20 aircraft in the second quarter of 2020 Current Affairs  : Boeing will additionally evaluate the size of its workforce in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the American plane monster’s President and CEO Dave Calhoun said. The market just won’t bolster higher yield levels as of now, and the organization needs to adjust in like manner, Xinhua news office detailed refering to Calhoun as saying in a letter to workers sent on Wednesday. Boeing recently declared a net 10 percent workforce decrease in 2020 through a blend of willful cutbacks, whittling down and automatic cutbacks (ILOs) to adjust to a littler market. As indicated by Calhoun, the principal wave of partners influenced by ILOs got warning in May, and the organization keeps on leading littler, staged workforce decreases to arrive at the objective. Continue Reading

Despite looming FATF deadlines, Pakistan yet to curb terror financing The 13 conditions that remain unimplemented are related to curbing terror financing, enforcement of the laws against the proscribed organisations and improving the legal systems Current Affairs  : With cutoff times approaching one month from now, Pakistan is yet to agree to 13 conditions out of the 27-point Action Plan of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) including controling dread financing, requirement of the laws against the restricted associations and improving the legitimate frameworks. Pakistan has been on the FATF dim rundown since June 2018. Pakistan Financial Monitoring Unit chief general Lubna Farooq told the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance on Tuesday that the nation is still completely agreeable on 14 out of the 27-point Action Plan and said it should present an execution report on the rest of the focuses in the following eight days, announced Express Tribune As per Dawn, Isla...

Condemning ‘tragedy’ of citizen’s killing, US urges Pak to pursue reforms Tahir Ahmad Naseem, from the minority Ahmadi community, was shot dead in a courtroom in Peshawar on Wednesday. He was on trial for blasphemy Current Affairs  : Naming the executing of an American resident in Pakistan’s court as a “despicable misfortune”, the US State Department has approached Islamabad to make quick move and foundation changes to forestall comparable occurrences in future. Tahir Ahmad Naseem, from the minority Ahmadi people group, was shot dead in a court in Peshawar on Wednesday. He was being investigated for sacrilege. “Sympathies to group of Tahir Naseem, an American resident who was killed today inside a court in Pakistan. We encourage Pak to make prompt move and seek after changes that will keep such a disgraceful misfortune from happening once more,” tweeted Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, US State Department. The youthful attacker, distinguished as Khalid Khan who figur...