This Password Manager just put users in a fix; You may need to take this action

This Password Manager just put users in a fix; You may need to take this action

The Password Manager was generating weak passwords putting you at risk; so, if you have been using it, you might want to change some of your passwords. A recent report has revealed that Kaspersky Password Manager was using an insecure method of generating passwords for many years that could be brute-forced by hackers in just a few minutes. Some of the people who were using its services now need to change their passwords. Passwords should ideally be easy to remember while being difficult for a computer to guess, but in…

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Why did India open a backchannel to the Taliban?

Why did India open a backchannel to the Taliban

Recent developments in the region forced India to rethink its approach to the armed group. Abdul Basit In a crucial policy shift, India recently acknowledged that it entered into backchannel communications with the Taliban in Afghanistan. In early June, the Indian media reported that New Delhi has started talking to certain factions and leaders of the armed group against the backdrop of the withdrawal of the United States forces from Afghanistan. A few days later, India’s Ministry of External Affairs all but confirmed these reports, stating that “we are in…

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Kashmir hospitals see a rise in Post-COVID complications: Experts

Kashmir hospitals see a rise in Post-COVID complications: Experts

Even as Covid-19 cases are declining, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said hospitals in Kashmir are witnessing a rise in the number of patients with severe post-Covid-19 complications.“We are getting many Covid patients with severe neurological complications weeks after recovery,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr. Nisar ul Hassan. Dr. Hassan said recovered Covid patients come with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), an autoimmune disorder of the peripheral nervous system in which the body’s immune system attacks the healthy nerve cells. “Patients with GBS manifest with weakness of all four…

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Tourists attack doctors, medical staff in Tangmarg

Tourists attack doctors, medical staff in Tangmarg

A group of tourists from Mumbai allegedly attacked two doctors and two other government employees on covid-19 duty for not giving them a “negative report” for the covid-19, purportedly underhand, in Sub District hospital Tangmarg on Wednesday. Official sources told GNS that at least sixteen tourists comprising seven male and nine female members entered Sub-District Hospital Tangmarg and sought covid-19 negative without undergoing the required test for visiting some tourist destination in the area. On refusal by the staff on duty, they said, seven male tourists attacked the staff, injuring…

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