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In a unique gesture to mark International Women's Day, the Maharashtra government has set up 189 special vaccination centres exclusively for women. An official of the health department informed that the government has set up an average of five vaccination centres dedicated only for women in each of the 36 districts in the state. Follow Mumbai City Latest Updates here Of the 189 centres spread across Maharashtra, Thane district has been allotted the maximum - 19 - women vaccination sites. At all these special centres, elaborate arrangements have been made to welcome women trooping in for the vaccination doses along with other facilities and the presence of female staff. These centres will remain operational only for the day and women willing to take the vaccine can go to these centres, the official added. Maharashtra on Sunday added 11,141 new cases of coronavirus, taking the tally to 22,19,727. The state has so far reported 52,478 deaths due to the virus. … [Read more...] about Covid-19 vaccination: Maharashtra government sets up 189 centres for women today

(CNN) The UN Security Council will discuss the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia's Tigray region on Thursday behind closed doors, two UN diplomats have told CNN. The development comes after investigations were published by CNN and Amnesty International last Friday into the massacre of civilians in two separate assaults in Tigray late last year. Thousands of civilians are believed to have been killed since Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military operation against leaders in the Tigray region. CNN has previously reported that soldiers from neighboring Eritrea have perpetrated many of the extrajudicial killings, assaults and human rights abuses in the Tigray region. Following the release of the investigations, Ethiopia has come under pressure from the United States to prevent further violence. Massacre in the mountains US Secretary of State Tony Blinken spoke Tuesday with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed "to emphasize the … [Read more...] about UN Security Council to discuss Ethiopia conflict following CNN investigation into Tigray massacre

Four previously unknown or 'zero-day' vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server are now being used in widespread attacks against thousands of organisations with potentially tens of thousands of organisations affected, according to security researchers. The bugs are being tracked as CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065. Microsoft, which issued emergency patches for last week , attributed the attacks to a newly discovered hacking team it calls Hafnium, most likely a China-backed group. Microsoft said they were "limited targeted attacks" but warned they could be more widely exploited in the near future. More on privacy Microsoft to apply California's privacy law for all US users Mind-reading technology: The security and privacy threats ahead How to replace each Google service with a more privacy-friendly alternative Cyber security 101: Protect your privacy from hackers, spies, and the government Since then, the Department of … [Read more...] about Microsoft Exchange zero-day attacks: 30,000 servers hit already, says report

Washington: A US official said that President Joe Biden 's administration is expected to put together a task force to deal with major cyber intrusions that Microsoft said this week were linked to China as relations between the two -- Washington and Beijing -- continues to spiral downwards. CNN, citing the US official, reported that there are an estimated 30,000 affected customers in the US and 250,000 globally, though those numbers are expected to increase. However, the White House declined to comment on the number of victims affected. "We are undertaking a whole of government response to assess and address the impact. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an emergency directive to agencies and we're now working with our partners and looking closely at the next steps we need to take. This is an active threat still developing and we urge network operators to take it very seriously," a White House official said. The US official said that the … [Read more...] about Biden admin to form task force to deal with Microsoft hack linked to China

The hack of a company that manages ticket-processing and frequent-flier data for major global airlines -- including Star Alliance and OneWorld members -- has compromised the personal data of an unspecified number of travelers. The hackers were able to access some computer systems at Atlanta-based SITA Passenger Service System for up to a month before the incident's seriousness was confirmed on Feb. 24, a spokesman for the company's Geneva-based parent company said. The spokesman, Sandro Hofer, would not say how many airlines were affected - SITA says it serves more than 400 and is industry-owned. The company said that Singapore Airlines , New Zealand Air and Lufthansa were among those affected. "The extent to which (frequent flyer alliances') individual airlines were affected varies from airline to airline," SITA said in a statement. It said Malaysia Airlines , Finnair , Japan Airlines, Cathay Pacific had either issued statements or reached out to frequent-flyer … [Read more...] about Airline IT provider hacked, frequent flyer data breached