Around 38.50 million new subscribers joined the EPF scheme during September 2017 to November 2020, with around 45 million subscribing to the ESI scheme and over 2 million contributing towards national pension scheme, shows NSO data

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WhatsApp filed a complaint against NSO Group in October 2019 for sending malware to 1,400 users worldwide.

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NSO field staff had to supplement price data with their personal purchases from neighbourhood outlets as they could not visit specified markets due to travel restrictions

Price indices of fuel and power major group have been computed based on the price data reported from Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, selected public sector undertakings (PSUs), Office of the Coal Controller and Central Electricity Authority

The wholesale inflation of food articles declined to 7.79% in February compared to 11.51% in January, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Trai suggested that both the number of subscribers as well as AGR should be considered for determining the market share in case of services like access, internet and VSAT

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WhatsApp has responded to CERT's queries but further clarifications have been sought, Prasad said, adding that the agency had also asked NSO Group to provide information about the malware and its impact on Indian users

Google, however, did not specify whether these attacks were carried out by governments against their own citizens or those in other countries

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The study further showed that among persons in the age group of 15 years and above, 30.6 per cent had completed secondary or above level of education in villages

Kumar said India's pledges of contributions for operational activities of development for the year 2020 is to the tune of USD 13.5 million, in line with the country's long-standing tradition of supporting development activities across the UN system

WhatsApp spygate: India Today tracked down the Israel firm NSO in Israel only to find that it had changed its office. WhatsApp downloads in India are down by 80 per cent after the scandal about security breach broke last week, putting NSO and malware Pegasus in the spotlight.