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How World Scrambled To Deal With One Of The Biggest IT Crashes?

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Microsoft CrowdStrike outage: The global nature of the software failure prompted some commentators to question the reliance on a single provider for such a variety of services Airlines, banks and businesses across the world were scrambling today to deal with one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years, caused by an update to an antivirus program. The US grounded all planes briefly; flights in other nations were affected. Here's your 10-point cheat sheet to this big story 1 Microsoft said the issue began at 1900 GMT on Thursday, affecting users of its Azure cloud platform running cybersecurity software CrowdStrike Falcon. "We recommend customers that are able to, to restore from a backup from before this time," the US software giant said in a technical update on its website. 2 CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said in a post on several social media platforms that a fix had been rolled out for the problem, describing it as a "defect found in a single content update for Wi...

In Rahul’s debut as LoP, some flashbacks, a familiar script and new role’s aggression

In first speech in House as LoP, courts religion head-on, contrasts it with BJP Hindutva; takes on PM Modi constantly; repeats themes of the LS campaign. In his first speech as Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Monday, Mr.Rahul Gandhi set the tone for the new Parliament, his aggression reflecting the changed power equations in the House. His repeated potshots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi riled up the Treasury Benches and prompted the PM and his senior Cabinet colleagues, including Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah, to intervene and counter him repeatedly. Essentially, Rahul picked up from where he had left off during the Lok Sabha campaign, where he led the Opposition campaign from the front. Participating in the debate on the motion of thanks on the President’s address, Rahul attacked the NDA government over the Agnipath scheme, the NEET row, the MSP issue, the turmoil in Manipur, even the Modi government’s 2016 demonetisation move. He accused the ruling BJP of having created an ...

BJP Alleges Rahul Gandhi Insulted Hindus, Portions Of His Speech Expunged

Parliament session 2024: The specific trigger to all the ruckus was Mr. Rahul Gandhi's pointed attack on the BJP and the RSS, whom he accused of violence against minorities and about whom he said "Aap Hindu ho nahin. The Bharatiya Janata Party - led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh - hit back strongly to Rahul Gandhi's Monday afternoon speech in Parliament, accusing the Congress MP, and new Leader of the Opposition, of insulting all Hindus. This was after Mr. Gandhi - who came armed to deliver his first speech as the LoP with a copy of the Constitution and photos of religious figures, including Lord Shiva - launched a fierce attack on the BJP and its ideological mentor, the RSS. Mr. Narendra Modi rose twice to rebut the Congress leader's remarks. "Calling the entire Hindu society violent is a serious issue..." Mr. Narendra Modi said first. His second intervention drew jeers from his rivals; the Prime...

Mr. Narendra Damodardas Modiji 3.0 & the Ministries have been allocated to the 71 ministers who joined the Modi 3.0 in a grand swearing-in ceremony on Sunday.

Here's a full list of who has got what ministry & for whom the ministry has been attoted. Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of Cooperation - Union Minister: Amit Shah. Ministry of Defence - Union Minister: Rajnath Singh. Ministry of External Affairs - Union Minister: S Jaishankar. Ministry of Finance - Union Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman. Ministry of Corporate Affairs - Union Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways - Union Minister: Nitin Gadkari. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers - Union Minister: JP Nadda. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports - Union Minister: Mansukh Mandaviya. Ministry of Labour and Employment - Union Minister: Mansukh Mandaviya. Ministry of Food Processing Industries - Union Minister: Chirag Paswan. Ministry of Agriculture And Farmers Welfare - Union Minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Ministry of Power & Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs - Union Minister: Manohar Lal K...

Norway Chess Championship 2024: Praggnanandhaa loses to Alireza, Carlsen jumps to sole lead

With four rounds still to come in both sections, Carlsen is now followed by Nakamura on 11 points while Praggnanandhaa is still third on 9.5 points in all The brother-sister Indian duo of R. Praggnanandhaaa and R. Vaishali suffered defeats in their respective section while Magnus Carlsen justified his top billing with a win over an off-colour Ding Liren to surge to sole lead on 12 points in the Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger. The brother-sister Indian duo of R. Praggnanandhaaa and R. Vaishali suffered defeats in their respective section while Magnus Carlsen justified his top billing with a win over an off-colour Ding Liren to surge to sole lead on 12 points in the Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger. Fabiano Caruana also scored over compatriot Hikaru Nakamura to help Carlsen emerge as the front runner for the crown in the six-player double round-robin contest being fought for a total prize pool of $161000. Pragganandhaa lost to Firouzja Alireza of France in the Armageddon tiebre...

Woman doctor electrocuted while charging laptop at Chennai hostel

What had just happened? Why in recent news? The victim has been recognized as Saranitha, 32, a local of Namakkal region who has finished her MBBS and was pursuing after a post-graduate clinical course in Coimbatore. A 32-year-elderly person specialist was shocked as she came into contact with electric stockpile supposedly while she was charging her PC in a ladies' lodging in Ayanavaram. The victim has been distinguished as Saranitha, 32, a local of Namakkal region who has finished her MBBS and was chasing after a post-graduate clinical course in Coimbatore. She was remaining with her better half Udayakumar who is likewise a specialist in Coimbatore. Since she was to go through one month preparing program at Establishment of Psychological well-being grounds here, she came to the city on May-1-2024. She was remaining at a ladies' inn on K.H. Street, Ayanavaram and was going to the preparation program. On Sunday, May 26, 2024 when her significant other attempted to reach her, she ...

Five year old Kerala girl dies of inflation from rare brain eating amoeba - Kerala girl diagnosed with rare infection caused by brain eating amoeba dies.

What has just happened? Why in the recent news? Taking a dip in contaminated water cannot only be dangerous bupt also fatal. In a recent instance from Kerala, a 5 year old girl died after swimming in a contaminated water of a pond. The girl who bathed in the pond is said to have died due to rare infection caused by a brain eating amoeba. The girl was afflicted by amoebic meningoencephalitis a rare brain infection. The child hailing from Moonniyur Panchayat passed away on Monday night at the Kozhikode Medical College Institute of maternal and child healthcare where she was undergoing treatment for over a week. The girl had bathed in the nearby pond on May-1-2024 & showed symptoms of fever, headache & vomiting by May-10-2024, according to PTI sources. The child was on a ventilator & unresponsive to medication other children who also swim with the girl in the same pond were under observation. However they were discharged after being found to be free of infection the report add...