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Days after a ransomware attack on the servers of AIIMS Delhi, a massive hacking attempt was made on the website of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), according to sources. 
 

India records 165 new cases of Covid-19, taking the nation's tally from the pandemic to 44,673,783. With three new deaths, India's Covid fatality toll has reached 530,633. The nation's tally of cured Covid cases now stands at 44,138,805 as 251 people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours. 

The World Bank on Tuesday revised upwards its GDP growth forecast for India to 6.9 per cent for 2022-23, saying the economy was showing higher resilience to global shocks. In October, it had cut India's GDP growth forecast to 6.5 per cent from 7.5 per cent earlier. Now, it has upgraded the projection to 6.9 per cent for 2022-23 (April 2022 -March 2023).
 

The BJP was set to win the Gujarat Assembly elections comfortably, exit polls predicted, but they signalled a tight finish in Himachal Pradesh. In the Delhi municipal elections, however, the saffron party seemed to be headed for a big defeat at the hands of AAP. A voter turnout of 59.19 per cent was recorded till 5 pm on Monday across 93 seats in the second and final phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections, said the EC. According to the exit polls, the Congress tally reduced drastically in the 182-member Gujarat Assembly, but it was fighting back in the 68-seat Himachal Pradesh Assembly. However, in what was once its bastion, Delhi, it was set to post a miserable result.

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Number of pending cases across various courts could touch 5-crore mark in couple of months: Rijiju

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MHA clears issuance of visa to 34 players and officials of Pakistan blind cricket team for World Cup in India.

According to media reports, a home ministry official has said that the ministry has given clearance for issuance of visa to 34 Pakistani players and officials to take part in the Blind Cricket World Cup.

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India G20 Presidency: Amitabh Kant calls discussions with G20 Sherpas 'frank and thought-provoking'

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Fire broke out in a factory in Jhilmil Industrial area. Eleven fire tenders were rushed to the spot

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PM Narendra Modi expresses condolences over the demise of former Union minister YK Alagh

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The over 130-day long protest against Vizhinjam seaport construction called off for now: Leader of agitation

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Online registration of OPD patients resumes at AIIMS-Delhi

The online registration of new patients visiting the OPD at the AIIMS, Delhi has resumed, while the online appointment system is still not working and laboratory services are operating in manual mode, official sources said on Tuesday.The servers of the premier hospital here essentially remained down most of the time during the day, they said.Outpatient department OPD registration and admission processes were brought online in the eHospital system yesterday Monday.

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Noted economist and former Union minister YK Alagh passes away at his residence in Ahmedabad

Yoginder K Alagh, a well-known economist, former minister and an emeritus professor at Ahmedabad-based Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research (SPIESR), passed away at his home in the city Tuesday.

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Railways to enhance maximum permissible speed of trains to 75 km per hour: Official

Railways to enhance maximum permissible speed of trains to 75 km per hour from present 60 km per hour to combat delays during foggy winter months, according to an oIndian Railways.

“It has been decided that with the use of fog devices in locomotives, the maximum permissible speed during foggy/inclement weather conditions can be enhanced from 60 kmph (km per hour) to 75 kmph,” the Indian Railways said.

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CM Shinde must take all parties in confidence before any decision: Pawar on border issue with Karnataka

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Explosion at money exchange market of Afghanistan's Jalalabad city

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ICMR website safe: Official Sources

The ICMR website is safe. The site is hosted at NIC Data Centre, the firewall is from NIC and is regularly updated. NIC was informed through email regarding a cyber attack and has reported that the attack was prevented. ICMR has found the website in the order

 

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Days after AIIMS, top medical body ICMR reports cyber attack

According to souces, on November 30, hackers made 6,000 attempts to breach the ICMR server firewall. Attack was made from Hong Kong based blacklisted IP address 103.152.220.133. ICMR's server firewall did not have any loopholes and thus the attempt were not successful. 

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Maruti Suzuki recalls 9,125 vehicles to fix possible defects in seat belts

Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday said it is recalling 9,125 units of its models Ciaz, Brezza, Ertiga, XL6 and Grand Vitara to fix possible defects in a part of the front row seat belts.

The affected vehicles were manufactured between November 2-28, 2022, Maruti Suzuki India said in a regulatory filing.

"It is suspected that there is a possible defect in one of the child parts of shoulder height adjuster assembly of front row seat belts, which in a rare case, may lead to seat belt disassembly," it said.

The company said it has decided to recall the suspected vehicles for inspection and replacement of the faulty part, free of cost.

 

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India's benchmark bond yield seen at 7.5%, rupee at 84 by March: UBS

India's benchmark 10-year bond yields are expected to rise on the back of higher government borrowings, while the rupee could see steep depreciation by end of this financial year as pressure on emerging market currencies resurfaces, a rates strategist with UBS told Reuters on Tuesday.

"For the fiscal year end, we are forecasting the 10-year India bond yield at around 7.50%," Rohit Arora, senior emerging markets forex and rates strategist at UBS Global Research said in a telephone interview. "Over the course of next few months, we expect the debt markets' demand-supply misbalances to resurface."

Arora does not see much value in entering the Indian bond market at current levels as a combination of "somewhat elevated supply burden," and a tapering demand form banks fuel a rise in yields.

India's benchmark 7.26% 2032 bond yield was at 7.25%, down 25 basis points over the last one month, as inflation in India and the United States eased, leading to bets of slower pace of interest rate hikes. The rates strategist pegs India's terminal repo rate at 6.50%, with a rate hike at the end of policy meet on Wednesday, as well as in February.