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In June, Google removed over 50 apps from its Play Store, after discovering they contained a malicious adware which could leave Android devices unusable. A cyber security firm has now revealed a further 25 malicious apps which have been banned by Google, and is advising Android users to remove them from their devices. The apps allow hackers to target Facebook users and steal their personal details. In total the 25 malicious apps have been installed over 2.3 million times. These apps were mostly offered services like file managers, wallpaper management, screenshot editor and weather. These apps came with a malware…

Saroj Khan, Bollywood’s ‘masterji’, dies of cardiac arrest at 71 . She died at a Mumbai hospital early on Thursday night. The Bollywood choreographer had complained of breathing difficulties and has been in the hospital since June 17. She was admitted to Mumbai’s Guru Nanak Hospital last month after she complained of trouble in breathing. Fondly called ‘Masterji’ by stars whom she choreographed, Saroj directed over 2000 songs in her long and storied career. Her most famous collaborations were with actors Madhuri Dixit and Sridevi. Saroj Khan was in the hospital since June 17 after she complained of breathing difficulties.…

Calling the ban on Chinese apps a “digital strike”, Union Minister Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said India is wants peace, but if someone casts an evil eye, the country is capable of giving a befitting reply. Hailing the “strong” leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he asserted, if our country has lost 20 soldiers, the toll is double on the Chinese side. China has never given any official casualty figure after the worst border clash between the two countries since 1967, in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed in the line of duty. The Chinese have officially…

Microsoft is introducing a new Windows 10 Start menu design that will de-emphasize its Live Tiles. The software giant first hinted at the refreshed design earlier this year, and it’s arriving for Windows 10 testers today. “We are freshening up the Start menu with a more streamlined design that removes the solid color backplates behind the logos in the apps list and applies a uniform, partially transparent background to the tiles,” explains Microsoft in a blog post. The update was shared to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel as part of the technology company’s Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20161.…

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated India's first 'Plasma Bank' through video conference on July 2, 2020. The plasma bank has been set up for the treatment of COVID-19 patients at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in Delhi. The Delhi Government had announced its intention to set up the unique plasma bank on June 29. The Delhi CM had issued an appeal to all recovered COVID-19 patients to come forward and donate their plasma in the bank to help in the treatment of other coronavirus patients. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said there are now 1,065…

At least 113 people were killed Thursday in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, the government and rescue workers said, the latest in a series of deadly accidents at the sites in recent years. A statement from the Ministry of Information gave the death toll as 116, while Khin Maung Win, chairman of the Thingaha rescue group working at the site, said the number of the dead surpassed 113. Khin Maung Myint, a lawmaker from Hpakant, where the accident occurred, said 54 people were injured and sent to hospitals. Maung Khaing, a 38-year-old miner from the area,…

India's premier medical research agency the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) wants to launch its COVID-19 vaccine 'Covaxin' by August 15 in partnership with Bharat Biotech International Limited. The institutes have been asked by the ICMR to step up clinical trials as it is a "priority project" monitored at the topmost level of the government. A dozen institutes have been selected for clinical trials of the indigenous COVID-19 vaccine (BBV152 COVID vaccine), the government's top medical research body has said. "The vaccine is derived from a strain of SARS-CoV-2 isolated by ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune. The ICMR talked about plans…