Rajkot (Gujarat), May 06 (ANI): A second 'Shramik special' train carrying around 1200 labourers departed from Gujarat's Rajkot on May 06 amid coronavirus lockdown. The train will reach Uttar Pradesh's Ballia. A local NGO paid tickets of all the labourers. There are total 6245 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Gujarat. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of COVID-19 active cases rose to 33, 514 with 1694 deaths in India.  

Second 'Shramik special' train ferries 1200 people from Gujarat's Rajkot amid lockdown 3.0

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India emerged as the second most targeted nation in terms of cyber attacks in the world as 95 Indian entities came under data theft attacks in 2024, cyber intelligence firm CloudSEK said in a report.
According to the company's ThreatLandscape Report 2024 based on data monitoring in dark web, the US was the most targeted country, with 140 attacks, due to its economic dominance and digital infrastructure followed by India where data of 95 entities were attacked in 2024.
"India: Rapid digitization exposed 95 entities, making it the second most attacked nation," the report said. Israel was on the third spot where 57 entities faced attacks due to geopolitical tensions.
"The threat actors impacted various sectors in India, with the finance and banking sectors experiencing the highest number of victims at 20. This was followed by the government sector with 13 victims, telecommunications with 12, and the healthcare and pharma and education sectors with 10 and 9 victims, respectively," the .

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Leaders from across the political spectrum will pay their tributes to former prime minister Manmohan Singh at a prayer meeting on Friday.
The 'Shabadv Kirtan and Antim Ardas' of Dr Singh would be held at the Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib at 3 pm.
Before the prayer meet, the family of the former PM would also hold a 'bhog' of the 'Akhand Path' kept in the memory of Singh at their 3, Motilal Nehru Marg residence.
Singh, who steered the country as prime minister from 2004 to 2014, was considered the architect of India's economic reforms in the 1990s.
He died at AIIMS Delhi December 26. He was 92.

Before the prayer meet, the family of the former PM would also hold a 'bhog' of the 'Akhand Path' kept in the memory of Singh at their 3, Motilal Nehru Marg residence

Union minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday said his goal is to increase the price of finished jute bags from Rs 1,15,000 per tonne to Rs 2 lakh in the near future, driven by value addition through innovations and modernisation efforts.
Speaking to reporters here, the Union minister of textiles said, "This is possible with close coordination between all stakeholders, including the government, mills, and farmers."
He also informed that the Centre had approved a new pricing formula for jute bags meant for government procurement for foodgrains packaging.
Singh said, "the sale of jute products is expected to cross Rs 14,000 crore this year," demonstrating the growth and potential of the industry.
The growth of the golden fibre, he said, "will benefit around 4 lakh jute mill workers and 40 lakh farmer families engaged in its cultivation, primarily in West Bengal."
During his visit to ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore, the minister met industry representatives to review the sector and discussed "va

Singh informed that his ministry has "taken several initiatives to strengthen the sector's contribution to growth and enhance India's position in the global textile industry"

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Second 'Shramik special' train ferries 1200 people from Gujarat's Rajkot amid lockdown 3.0

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