Vaccination of priority groups was one of the agenda items in PM-CMs meet on November 24. The Centre is currently conducting phase 1 of the vaccination, under which healthcare workers and frontline workers are getting vaccinated

WhatsApp said that the proposed changes to its privacy policy do not expand its ability to share user data with Facebook and that it is open to answering questions on the issue

Given the skewed finances of the central government owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no elbow room at all to provide any relief to the common taxpayer

Since the new changes in the WhatsApp's privacy rules would see deeper integration of the app with Facebook, businesses want to examine the new policy carefully as they use WhatsApp frequently to transfer private data to their customers

The posts are pointers on the new policy. While one reads 'We are committed to your privacy', another reads, 'WhatsApp can't read or listen to your personal conversations as they're end-to-end encrypted'

WhatsApp users received a notification this month that it was preparing a new privacy policy and terms, and it reserved the right to share some user data with the Facebook app

The petitioner has contended that WhatsApp rolled out its new policy without seeking permission from the government, and added it will violate the fundamental rights of Indian users

Lack of data protection bill puts India at a disadvantage and Facebook seems to be exploiting it, claim experts. They say WhatsApp has a different policy for European and non-European users

Google said it will be implementing strong measures to prevent abuse following reports that these fake loan apps were targeting vulnerable borrowers and then going to extreme lengths to recover money

The Bitcoin prices may have corrected about 25 per cent in last three days. It had shot through the roof over the last few months - from $6000-odd in April to $41,946.74 as on January 8, its all-time high. It hit a day's low of $30,549.60 on Monday

Govt aims to vaccinate 30 crore priority individuals by August 2021 and 50 crore private individuals by 2022-end. SBI think tank says India will require around Rs 56,000-72,000 crore to administer vaccines to 80 crore people

Initial 30 crore vaccinations (60 crore doses) planned by the Centre would have cost Rs 13,200 crore. However, need for 66 crore doses raises the cost by Rs 1320 crore

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There was immense pressure on governments to develop a vaccine at the earliest due to the destruction COVID-19 pandemic was unleashing. This led to a race among pharma companies to be the first to develop a vaccine

The variant was detected in a 23-year-old female student returning to China from Britain, who was tested in Shanghai on December 14

Suffering poor financial health, Central government has not given a concrete answer on who will bear the cost of vaccinating Indians - Centre, states, or the people themselves

Income tax deadline: Multiple associations, trade unions, and professionals have asked for staggered extensions in deadlines. They have requested the deadline to be extended to March 31

ITR filing date: A late filing fee will be applicable for filing your returns after the due date under section 234F. The penalty can be up to Rs 10,000 if the assessee files the return after the due date

Anil Rai Gupta of Havells is reaping the fruits of relying on own resources and an acquisition that is starting to pay off

The 70-year-old Aditya Puri, who spent over two-and-a-half decades as CEO & MD, banked on risk mitigation, technology and retail/rural outreach to create India's second-largest bank from scratch