Investors of companies in pandemic hotspots can help mitigate new pandemic risks, researchers sayA study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal suggests that financial entities investing in companies operating in hotspots for ...
08 Dec, 2023, 08.21 PM IST
Surveillance hotspot, Hyderabad, sees facial recognition taken to courtMasood's petition in the southern state is seen as a test case as facial recognition systems are deployed nationwide, with digital rights a...
21 Jan, 2022, 10.11 AM IST
Amid cluster outbreaks, states asked to step up surveillanceEven as the threat of the Omicron variant looms large, the Centre has red-flagged cluster outbreaks in some states. According to sources, t...
04 Dec, 2021, 08.20 AM IST
Govt says intensifying effort to sequence travelers from high risk countries to OmicronThe government has been keeping a track of the evolving situation with the emergence of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 (B.1.1529) whic...
28 Nov, 2021, 08.55 PM IST
In view of new Covid variant, govt lists measures to be followed by states/UTsln view of the possible threat that the new COVID-19 variant can pose to the nation, the Centre has asked all states and UTs to focus on in...
28 Nov, 2021, 03.55 PM IST
Centre urges states to track and trace coronavirus by using ITIHASAccording to a home ministry official, the department of telecommunication is helping health authorities predict emerging hotspots by using...
19 Apr, 2021, 07.59 AM IST
Kerala records highest single-day recoveries of 8,924 Covid-19 patients on SundayThe state has also reported 25 deaths taking the overall doll to 1003. There are 2,84,924 persons under observation across the state, and 2...
11 Oct, 2020, 09.12 PM IST
COVID controls turn Asia into global surveillance hotspot, analysts sayAmong the worst-scoring Asian nations in the Verisk Maplecroft index were Pakistan, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, India and the Phili...
01 Oct, 2020, 08.35 AM IST
Covid: New hotspots drive daily cases to 50,000 in India, Delhi sets an exampleWhile earlier epicentres — Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad — are seeing lower numbers, other cities such as Pune, Bengaluru and Hyderabad are s...
28 Jul, 2020, 08.17 AM IST
Prevalence of Covid-19 infection, at 55%, is the highest in Ahmedabad containment zones: SourcesWhile data indicates that a large population in the containment zones has already been infected and developed some immunity to Covid-19, Ah...
21 Jul, 2020, 07.19 AM IST
Containment ops to be scaled down if no secondary COVID-19 case for 4 weeks: GovernmentThe closing of the surveillance for the clusters could be independent of one another provided there is no geographic continuity between clu...
17 Apr, 2020, 04.26 PM IST
Convert Covid-19 hotspots to non-hotspots: Centre to StatesA red ‘hotspot’ district will be designated as orange zone if no fresh case of Covid-19 is reported there for 14 straight days and will bec...
16 Apr, 2020, 12.07 AM IST
Gujarat reports 241 coronavirus cases, 17 deathsOut of the 55 new cases, 50 are from Ahmedabad, two from Surat, and one each from Dahod, Anand and Chhotaudepur district, the state governm...
10 Apr, 2020, 09.46 AM IST
Infected patients from two or more districts to be kept in one hospital: UP health secretaryHotspots have been identified in 15 districts in the state. Essentials in all these hot spots to be provided by state, added the health off...
08 Apr, 2020, 05.00 PM IST
Health Ministry identifies 20 existing, 22 potential coronavirus hotspots in India"Although there is no evidence to widespread community transmission, 20 existing and 22 potential hotspots have been identified. The contai...
02 Apr, 2020, 02.43 PM IST
Surveillance business turns multi-billion dollar domainSnooping has ever been part of human nature, and is now a multi-billion dollar business domain, too
22 Jun, 2011, 11.34 AM IST
- Surveillance business turns multi-billion domain
An ISR expert says there is an ever-increasing role for unarmed aerial vehicles as surveillance requirements are growing in different parts...
21 Jun, 2011, 08.57 PM IST