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British Airways’ new boss said vaccinated people should be allowed to travel without restriction and non-vaccinated people with a negative Covid-19 test, as he set out his ideas for a travel restart a month before the UK government finalises its plans. Holidays will not be allowed until May 17 at …

Everyone watches Netflix around the world, and almost half of those people do it on someone else’s Netflix subscription. Netflix is now cracking down on those shared passwords. The company is testing a new log-in warning that is said to prevent unauthorised password sharing. “If you don’t live with the …

Daily life in China follows a rhythm of digital check-ins, with the QR code — at offices, malls and transport hubs — an integral defence against Covid-19 that helps to track, trace and isolate patients. Now the country where the coronavirus was first detected is launching a digital “health passport” …

About 28% of MBBS seats in India cost over Rs 10 lakh per annum in just tuition fees. The high fees effectively makes these seats a quota for the rich, one that is larger than those for the SC (15%), ST (7.5%) or OBC (27%). And that’s without taking into …

New Delhi: Every year on International Women’s Day, there’s talk of celebrating the essence of being a woman. But seldom does anybody highlight how important it is for a woman or a man to stay healthy and not ignore their body. Since Woman’s Day is knocking at the door (March …

A group of African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries have supported India for supplying Covid-19 vaccines to different developing and least developed nations. During a discussion at the WTO (World Trade Organisation), a group of Latin American member states including Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and Paraguay have also expressed their …

Leading global IT and professional services company Accenture will cover the cost of Covid-19 vaccination for all its 200,000 employees in India as well as their dependents who are enrolled on the company’s medical benefits programme. “For employees who are eligible and choose to receive the Covid-19 vaccination, Accenture will …

NEW DELHI: A Chinese state-backed hacking group has in recent weeks targeted the IT systems of two Indian vaccine makers whose coronavirus shots are being used in the country’s immunisation campaign, cyber intelligence firm Cyfirma told Reuters. Rivals China and India have both sold or gifted Covid-19 shots to many …

NEW DELHI: Education budgets were cut by 65 per cent of low and lower-middle-income countries after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic while only 33 per cent of high and upper-middle-income countries did so, according to a report by the World Bank. The report, compiled in collaboration with UNESCO’s Global …

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has notified Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, thereby laying down rules about digital media and OTT. It also focuses more on in house and self-regulation mechanism whereby a robust grievance redressal mechanism has been provided while upholding journalistic …