Tech to the Rescue Bennett University webinar, ‘AI Solutions for Covid’, highlighted the crucial role technology can play in preventing and mitigating health emergencies around the world

Rohini Srivathsa, National Technology Officer, Microsoft India said organisations and developers have to nurture practices to make sure AI is used responsibly as it has “broad ramifications”.

The exports stood at Rs 1,28,807 crore in FY '20 against Rs 1,09,219 crore in the FY '19. The sector has 5,82,126 employees as of March 31 against 5,43,033 personnel at the end of 2018-19, the release said.

Launched in March 2020, StepOne represents the largest number of nationwide volunteer doctors, 21 startups, and active citizenry to power state government helpline numbers to combat Covid-19 and mental health issues. It operates in seven states including Karnataka, Punjab, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Nagaland.

Based on inputs received from INTERPOL, CBI has issued an alert relating to a banking Trojan known as Cerberus, the agency said. It added that the malicious software takes advantage of COVID-19 Pandemic to impersonate and send SMS using the lure of COVID-19 related content to download the embedded malicious link.

Early this month, a French hacker and cyber security expert who goes by the name Elliot Alderson had claimed that "a security issue has been found" in the app and that "privacy of 90 million Indians is at stake". The government had categorically rejected this claim saying no data or security breach has been identified in the app and "no personal information of any user has been proven to be at risk by this ethical hacker".

Tech Mahindra's Makers Lab aims to promote technology innovation and recognize transformative ideas that have a potential to make a difference and create disruptive solutions to solve real world problems. The R&D team has used molecular docking approach because of high transmission rate of COVID-19, the statement said.