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NTRO: Increase in Cyber Attacks due to work from home
On April 29, 2020, the National Technical Research Organization has reported that the number of cyber attacks in the country has increased due to the work from home scenario. According to the report, the critical sectors may fall prey to inimical forces to relax geofencing restrictions that are granted to employees. Highlights The report says ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Cyber Attack • Cyber-security • Cybercrimes • geo-fencing • National Security Advisor • national technical research organization (ntro) • PM Modi • Ransomware
COVID-19 Quarantine Alert System: Geo Fencing application to locate Quarantine Violators
The Department of Telecommunications has issued Standard Operating Procedure for the use of COVID-19 Quarantine Alert System (CQAS). The CAQS is an application used to track COVID-19 patients who have violated quarantine. Highlights The application was developed by DoT and C-DoT (Centre for Development of Telematics). The app collects phone data of the quarantine violator ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Department of Telecommunication • geo-fencing • GPS • mobile application • Quarantine • RFID
Govt. launches ‘Krishi Kisan’ mobile app
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar launched ‘Krishi Kisan’ mobile app to help farmers take benefit of field demonstration of new farm technologies, seed hubs as well as weather advisories. The Minister urged farmer to utilize these services for betterment of their cultivation methods and thereby ensuring higher agricultural productivity. About ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
Topics: Geo Tagging • geo-fencing • Krishi Kisan • Mobile app • Union Ministry for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare