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Jimmy Lai’s Arrest Signals New Limits for Hong Kong Dissent

Lavern Vogel 21 hours ago

HONG KONG—China’s marketing campaign to quash dissent in Hong Kong accelerated with the arrest of pro-democracy media baron Jimmy Lai, sending an ominous signal about the future of a cost-free push and the new limitations on people hard Beijing’s tightening grip on the former British colony.

Mr. Lai was amongst 10 swept up Monday, such as Agnes Chow, a 23-yr-outdated politician who is properly acknowledged for aiding to guide pro-democracy protests, in the latest transfer by authorities to implement a new nationwide stability legislation imposed by the mainland on Hong…

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PM launches Rs 1 trn Agri-Infra Fund, sends Rs 17,100 cr to 85 mn farmers

Lavern Vogel 3 days ago

Primary Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday released a funding facility of Rs one trillion underneath the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund for agri-entrepreneurs, startups, agri-tech players and farmer groups for post-harvest administration and nurturing farm assets.

Modi also launched the sixth installment of Rs 17,100 crore to far more than eighty five.five million farmer beneficiaries underneath the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) plan.

The Primary Minister released the new Agriculture Infrastructure Fund by means of online video conference. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and senior ministry officers have been also present on the occasion.

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Taiwan’s QNAP Denies Storage Equipment Infections Are Rising

Lavern Vogel 4 days ago

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“Certain media experiences proclaiming that the affected device depend has increased from seven,000 to 62,000 since October 2019 are inaccurate”

Taiwanese storage software package and components seller QNAP says there is no indication that bacterial infections of its solutions are expanding, immediately after above 60,000 of its network connected storage (NAS) gadgets had been documented to be infected with malware by an unidentified attacker.

The sophisticated “Qsnatch” malware affecting QNAP’s NAS gadgets has the specially irritating function of stopping directors from running firmware updates.

In excess of three,900 QNAP NAS bins have been compromised in the United kingdom and an alarming 28,000-moreover in Western Europe, the NCSC warned July 27 in a joint advisory with the US’s CISA.

QNAP has since recommended the figures have been misrepresented as a steady surge in bacterial infections from preliminary experiences in late 2019 and says the situation is contained. (Carnegie

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