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Average cost of data breach in India touches Rs 17.9 cr in 2023: IBM study

Average cost of data breach in India touches Rs 17.9 cr in 2023: IBM study

Rediff.com25 Jul 2023

The average cost of a data breach in India reached Rs 17.9 crore in 2023, according to the IBM Security report that classified it as an "all-time high" for the report and almost a 28 per cent increase since 2020. The most common attack type in India was phishing (almost 22 per cent), followed by stolen or compromised credentials (16 per cent). Social engineering was the costliest root cause of breaches at Rs 19.1 crore, followed by malicious insider threats, which amounted to nearly Rs 18.8 crore.

Modi's guarantee in LS: NDA will cross 400 seats, BJP 370+

Modi's guarantee in LS: NDA will cross 400 seats, BJP 370+

Rediff.com5 Feb 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed confidence that the NDA will get more than 400 seats and the BJP will win at least 370 seats in the Lok Sabha elections.

Got An I-T Notice? Don't Be An Ostrich!

Got An I-T Notice? Don't Be An Ostrich!

Rediff.com22 Sep 2023

If you disagree with the notice, be ready to explain.

How the oil ministry justifies KG gas price rise

How the oil ministry justifies KG gas price rise

Rediff.com10 Apr 2014

It added this wasn't aimed at benefiting Reliance Industries Ltd alone.

How to get good sleep in 2013

How to get good sleep in 2013

Rediff.com6 Jan 2013

Shameem Akthar, yogacharya, trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, Kerala on how you can beat insomnia.

Ban on barium firecrackers binds every state, not limited to Delhi alone: SC

Ban on barium firecrackers binds every state, not limited to Delhi alone: SC

Rediff.com7 Nov 2023

The clarification by the top court, which had in 2018 banned the bursting of conventional firecrackers to curb air and sound pollution, will have ramifications across the nation.

'Togetherness Is The Message From Ayodhya'

'Togetherness Is The Message From Ayodhya'

Rediff.com3 Feb 2024

'Sri Ayodhyaji will emerge as the greatest centre of cultural togetherness, universal harmony, vasudeva kutumbakam, compassion, and love for every single living being on this Earth.'

2nd autopsy finds IIT Kharagpur student was murdered

2nd autopsy finds IIT Kharagpur student was murdered

Rediff.com7 Jun 2023

A second post-mortem of an IIT Kharagpur student whose body was exhumed for examination has indicated that his death was possibly due to an injury on the back of his head.

Subsidised tomatoes to now cost Rs 70 per kg: Govt

Subsidised tomatoes to now cost Rs 70 per kg: Govt

Rediff.com19 Jul 2023

The Union government has reduced prices of subsidised tomatoes to Rs 70 per kilogramme from Thursday from Rs 80 per kg now to provide relief to common man from high retail prices. The Centre is selling tomatoes to people at a subsidised rate of Rs 80 a kg in Delhi-NCR and some other key cities through the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF) and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED). The all-India average retail prices of tomatoes is ruling at nearly 120 per kg, although the key kitchen item is selling as high as Rs 245 per kg at some places.

How To Protect Yourself From Poor AQI

How To Protect Yourself From Poor AQI

Rediff.com26 Dec 2022

Breathing polluted air for long periods of time can cause more serious problems. Avoid exercising outdoors on bad air days, suggests Dr Varun Gupta.

No amount of alcohol is safe, shows WHO analysis

No amount of alcohol is safe, shows WHO analysis

Rediff.com11 Jan 2023

The agency has previously found that alcohol causes at least seven types of cancer, including the most common cancer types, such as bowel cancer and female breast cancer. It is also linked with oesophagus, liver and colorectal cancers.

Pilots Fume as DGCA Moves to Ban Perfumes

Pilots Fume as DGCA Moves to Ban Perfumes

Rediff.com6 Oct 2023

DGCA's move seeks to ban perfumes for pilots as they have alcohol and can affect the results of breathanalyser tests. But the FAA and EASA have different standards, says senior journalist Shobha John.

India's Untold Nepal Stories

India's Untold Nepal Stories

Rediff.com11 Mar 2024

In 2017, a retired R&AW officer conveyed that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was keen to get monarchy restored in Nepal and suggested that I support these efforts.

'When people are suffering, how can you call it a good cause?'

'When people are suffering, how can you call it a good cause?'

Rediff.com23 Nov 2016

'How can you ask the common man alone to suffer when the rich is not doing any sacrifice?' 'To take out 10% of black money, you are punishing 90% of the public who have genuine white money.'

What Swami Vivekananda Thought Of Gau Rakshaks

What Swami Vivekananda Thought Of Gau Rakshaks

Rediff.com17 Jul 2023

The gau rakshak stated that the famine-stricken people were suffering because of their past karma and nothing could be done for them. The reply apparently infuriated Vivekananda, who told the gau rakshak bluntly that he had no sympathy to spare for societies which would not lift a finger to help human beings but wasted piles of food on birds and beasts. A fascinating excerpt from Govind Krishnan V's book, Vivekananda The Philosopher of Freedom.

Govt extends ED director S K Mishra's tenure by a year

Govt extends ED director S K Mishra's tenure by a year

Rediff.com17 Nov 2021

The government on Wednesday extended the tenure of Enforcement Directorate Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra by a year till November 18, 2022, days after the Centre brought ordinances to allow ED and Central Bureau of Investigation directors to occupy the office for up to five years.

'Air pollution can lead to cancer'

'Air pollution can lead to cancer'

Rediff.com17 Nov 2023

'If you keep on irritating the body by allowing all kinds of pollutants to get into it, the body cells are going to get irritated and cancer will come.'

Replacing officer probing coal scam routine affair: CBI

Replacing officer probing coal scam routine affair: CBI

Rediff.com15 Apr 2013

Terming the replacement of its officer supervising some cases pertaining to the coal mining scam as a "routine affair", the Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday said he had completed his tenure and left because of "family reasons", even though an extension was offered to him.

Govt interfered in CBI probe into coal scam: SC told

Govt interfered in CBI probe into coal scam: SC told

Rediff.com15 Apr 2013

A non-government organisation on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking a special investigation team probe into alleged "blatant" interference by the Centre into the Central Bureau of Investigation probe of the coal block allocation scam.

NEET, Vishwakarma Scheme, And Tamil Angst

NEET, Vishwakarma Scheme, And Tamil Angst

Rediff.com28 Sep 2023

Medical seats for under-graduates and post-graduates remaining vacant in the NEET era, together with the Centre 'freezing' the number of medical colleges and seats in (Dravidian) Tamil Nadu and the launch of the PM's 'Vishwakarma Scheme' for the nation's craftsmen, are all seen as a bid to further reverse the state's progressive socio-economic agenda of and its achievements of the past hundred-plus years, argues N Sathiya Moorthy.

What Brought About South Africa's Downfall

What Brought About South Africa's Downfall

Rediff.com17 Nov 2023

A place in the ICC ODI World Cup final once again eluded the South Africans as they went down to Australia by three wickets.

Rahul seeks SC stay on conviction, calls Modi remark a trivial offence

Rahul seeks SC stay on conviction, calls Modi remark a trivial offence

Rediff.com2 Aug 2023

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has once again refused to apologise for his Modi surname remark that led to his disqualification as an MP but urged the Supreme Court to stay his conviction in the criminal defamation case stemming from his comment, asserting he is not guilty.

Haryana violence: VHP protests in Noida, seeks compensation for victims' kin

Haryana violence: VHP protests in Noida, seeks compensation for victims' kin

Rediff.com2 Aug 2023

The Hindu-right group carried out its demonstration despite the imposition of CrPC Section 144 in the city.

Former CEC, ex-Navy chief move SC on coal-gate

Former CEC, ex-Navy chief move SC on coal-gate

Rediff.com4 Oct 2012

Members of the civil society including former chief election commissioner N Gopalaswami, ex-navy chief L Ramdas and former cabinet secretary T S R Subramanian on Thursday approached the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored Special Investigation Team probe into the coal block allocation scam.

157 killed, 160 injured as strong earthquake jolts Nepal

157 killed, 160 injured as strong earthquake jolts Nepal

Rediff.com4 Nov 2023

According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, the earthquake with an epicentre in Jajarkot district was recorded at 11.47 pm.

Why the Zika virus is causing alarm

Why the Zika virus is causing alarm

Rediff.com29 Jul 2016

Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has spread to many countries in the Americas.

MoSha Know Yogi Is His Own Master

MoSha Know Yogi Is His Own Master

Rediff.com14 Nov 2023

In the recent past, Adityanath and the RSS seem to have come closer. The warmth is more on the part of the RSS. And even now, not all requests from the RSS are accommodated by the UP government, points out Aditi Phadnis.

Surge in Covid cases indicates endemicity: Experts

Surge in Covid cases indicates endemicity: Experts

Rediff.com7 Apr 2023

'These number surges will be the outcome of emerging virus variants, loss of vaccine- or infection-acquired protective immunity in people, and environmental factors'

'Israel like James Bond has a licence to kill'

'Israel like James Bond has a licence to kill'

Rediff.com21 Nov 2023

'But unlike Bond who killed an individual, Israel is killing a nation.'

'Same-sex marriage may take 40-50 years'

'Same-sex marriage may take 40-50 years'

Rediff.com19 Oct 2023

'Given the current dispensation, I have no hope for the legislature passing a law in favour of the LGBTQ community.'

Can Vijay Succeed Where Rajini Couldn't?

Can Vijay Succeed Where Rajini Couldn't?

Rediff.com2 Feb 2024

Will Vijay will go the most successful MGR/Jayalalithaa way, or that of Vijayakanth, Seeman or Kamalahaasan, or will he end up as another Rajinikanth who cries wolf at the last minute and quits the scene even before it all had really begun, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.

Confident of meeting fiscal deficit, nominal GDP targets: DEA secy

Confident of meeting fiscal deficit, nominal GDP targets: DEA secy

Rediff.com4 Sep 2023

The government is confident of meeting the fiscal deficit target of 5.9 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) and the nominal GDP target of 10.5 per cent despite pressure in the initial months of FY24, Economic Affairs secretary Ajay Seth told Business Standard. Normally the initial months of any financial year see proportionally a higher fiscal deficit because the expenditure is evenly paced while revenue picks up in the later months, he said. "This year the proportional fiscal deficit so far is much closer to the target than in most other years.

Daylight robbery in Delhi: Cops suspect mastermind was insider

Daylight robbery in Delhi: Cops suspect mastermind was insider

Rediff.com27 Jun 2023

In a statement issued late in the evening, Delhi Police's Public Relations Officer (PRO) Suman Nalwa said two men were apprehended, the remaining suspects have been identified and raids are being conducted to arrest them.

On camera, armed men rob car at gunpoint inside Delhi tunnel

On camera, armed men rob car at gunpoint inside Delhi tunnel

Rediff.com26 Jun 2023

The incident took place on Saturday inside the Pragati Maidan tunnel when the victims were going towards Gurugram in a cab to deliver the money.

Government names companies selected for coal blocks

Government names companies selected for coal blocks

Rediff.com17 Jan 2014

SC judges suspected a lack of objective criteria in the selection.

Kudankulam: PIL in SC to make supplier liable for damage

Kudankulam: PIL in SC to make supplier liable for damage

Rediff.com17 Sep 2012

A group of Non-Governmental Organisation and social activists on Monday approached the Supreme Court seeking a direction to make it binding on the Russian company involved in setting up of the controversial Kudankulam nuclear power plant to pay damages in case of an incident.

IOC mulling return of anti-war Russian athletes

IOC mulling return of anti-war Russian athletes

Rediff.com1 Oct 2022

Earlier on Friday, the IOC voiced serious concerns over the amateur boxing world body IBA's ban of the Ukraine National Federation, saying it would conduct a full review at its next meeting in December.

Education vs Personal Loan: What You Must Know

Education vs Personal Loan: What You Must Know

Rediff.com10 Aug 2023

Personal loans offer more flexibility in usage but may come with higher interest rates and shorter repayment terms. It is important for individuals to evaluate their needs, financial situation, and future goals before deciding between the two loan options.

10 most common workout mistakes you're probably making

10 most common workout mistakes you're probably making

Rediff.com27 Apr 2015

Fitness entrepreneur Nawaz Modi Singhania and founder of Body Art Fitness Studio lists them out. Read and learn!

'I wanted to commit suicide but didn't'

'I wanted to commit suicide but didn't'

Rediff.com3 Jul 2012

Arun Pandit who runs a popular motivational website -- dontgiveupworld.com -- writes about how he almost ended his life but decided to give life one more shot and became a successful entrepreneur. This is his story.