Online registration at NIMHANS fails, OPD sees overcrowding

The average number of patients seeking services at the outpatient department daily has surged to 1000 resulting in overcrowding. Bengaluru: Technical difficulties in the online registration system of The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) has resulted in overcrowding in its Outpatient Department (OPD). Patients cannot register online and therefore arrive directly at the […]

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Government school students still awaits computer learning

 Lack of separate funds limits the availability of computers to selected schools in Karnataka.  The government schools in Karnataka lack digital infrastructure like computer labs and smart classes and a separate computer teacher to teach the subject. There are only a few systems in the schools and the basic skills are taught to the students […]

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Credential phishing, the top attack vector

Researchers have observed a 44 per cent increase in malware as compared to 2021. Credential phishing remains the top path that a hacker takes to exploit cyber security vulnerabilities in the email security landscape with a 478 per cent increase in malicious emails identified, a recent report shows. In the annual report from Cofense, a […]

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Solar Pumps yet to be popular among farmers

 Kusum scheme registration and funding has stopped as only 4000 farmers all over Karnataka have availed it since 2014. Due to high installation and maintenance cost, farmers in Karnataka prefer using diesel and grid power pumps over solar pumps. The Kusum scheme has stopped registration from lack of funds, as Karnataka sees few takers for […]

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LinkedIn fake accounts: Job seekers at loss

LinkedIn has detected and removed more than 58 million fake accounts and over 90 million spam and scam messages recently. Job seekers are having a hard time to trust on LinkedIn because of the presence of scammers on the platform. The recent community report shows that they have detected and removed almost 58 million fake accounts […]

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Gender Disparity in STEM Workforce

Despite women accounting for 44 percent of postgraduates and Ph.D. holders in STEM fields, their representation in the Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) workforce remains low, at just 13.9 percent. While the number of female students in STEM has risen, their participation in the workforce remains low shows a UNESCO report. Experts say that STEM […]

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Apple Stores Fall Prey To Window Shopping

The launch of two Apple stores in the country has left customers torn between enhanced experience and cost-cutting. The launch of two Apple stores in the country has left customers torn between enhanced experience and cost-cutting. Some customers are willing to trade experience in exchange for paying higher for Apple products, but others still prefer […]

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Injecting malware to apps: The new ‘expensive’ on dark web

The price of a loader, used to inject malware into an app ranges from $2,000 to $20,000 on dark web. Cyber criminals are negotiating prices on illegal markets, like the dark web for Google Play Loaders – programs used to inject malicious or unwanted codes into an application, shows a research  by Kaspersky, a Russian […]

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No more bluebirds, only funny dogs for Twitter

The Twitter logo has been replaced with the infamous Dogecoin after Musk was accused of causing inflation in the price of the cryptocurrency with a pyramid scheme. #Twitterlogo is now trending on Twitter after the Shiba Inu, ‘Dogecoin’ logo has replaced the bluebird on the web version of the social media site. The replacement of […]

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