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World’s largest rice exporter restricts shipments
India has banned sending broken rice abroad and imposed a 20% duty on other varieties.
The South Asian nation cited food security concerns in making the move, which was announced on Thursday, as below-average monsoon rainfall had curtailed planting. India exports rice to more than 150 countries.
IceAgeFarmer note: this is the “food nationalism” that was described by Podesta’s Food Chain Reaction Game leading to massive geopolitical instability and hunger
#india #rice
https://www.rt.com/business/562484-india-restricts-rice-exports/
India has banned sending broken rice abroad and imposed a 20% duty on other varieties.
The South Asian nation cited food security concerns in making the move, which was announced on Thursday, as below-average monsoon rainfall had curtailed planting. India exports rice to more than 150 countries.
IceAgeFarmer note: this is the “food nationalism” that was described by Podesta’s Food Chain Reaction Game leading to massive geopolitical instability and hunger
#india #rice
https://www.rt.com/business/562484-india-restricts-rice-exports/
RT
World’s largest rice exporter restricts shipments
Major global rice exporter, India, has reportedly curbed shipments to provide domestic availability
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Another mass kill of livestock: 57,000 cows perish in India - milk shortages and "hundreds of carcasses of dead cows have been found lying in the open, causing a nauseating stench, with crows and vultures feeding on them."
Media asking "Why" — some farmers suggesting the cows were recently vaxxed against Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD).
"Pictures taken with the help of drone cameras reveal a large number of carcasses spread over several square kilometre area. In some places, it is even difficult to keep a count of those dead."
#WarOnDairy #India
https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/opinion-who-is-responsible-for-the-death-of-thousands-of-cows-in-rajasthan-aaj-ki-baat-rajat-sharma-blogpost-2022-09-10-807048
Media asking "Why" — some farmers suggesting the cows were recently vaxxed against Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD).
"Pictures taken with the help of drone cameras reveal a large number of carcasses spread over several square kilometre area. In some places, it is even difficult to keep a count of those dead."
#WarOnDairy #India
https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/opinion-who-is-responsible-for-the-death-of-thousands-of-cows-in-rajasthan-aaj-ki-baat-rajat-sharma-blogpost-2022-09-10-807048
India TV
OPINION | Who is responsible for the death of thousands of cows in Rajasthan?
In Jodhpur, there is now acute milk shortage and milk prices have shot up by 50 per cent. Farmers who rear cattle are facing problems
Russian, Indian Banks Working on New Trade Mechanism
India’s UCO Bank and Yes Bank are in talks with several Russian lenders over a new payment mechanism.
The banks are trying to work out a currency pair for the payments, with the options being the Indian rupee paired with the Russian rouble or Saudi Arabia's riyal, a senior official told the Economic Times.
Earlier it was reported by Reuters that large Indian banks were avoiding direct transactions in rupees with Russia due to fear of being targeted by Western sanctions.
#India #payment
India’s UCO Bank and Yes Bank are in talks with several Russian lenders over a new payment mechanism.
The banks are trying to work out a currency pair for the payments, with the options being the Indian rupee paired with the Russian rouble or Saudi Arabia's riyal, a senior official told the Economic Times.
Earlier it was reported by Reuters that large Indian banks were avoiding direct transactions in rupees with Russia due to fear of being targeted by Western sanctions.
#India #payment
CCI slaps ₹1337.76-crore penalty on Google
https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/technology/cci-slaps-rs-1337-76-crore-penalty-on-google-for-unfair-biz-practices-in-android-mobile-device-ecosystem/2722877/
https://wikiless.org/wiki/Umar_Javeed,_Sukarma_Thapar,_Aaqib_Javeed_vs._Google_LLC_%26_Ors.?lang=en
#google #fine #antitrust #india #cci
https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/technology/cci-slaps-rs-1337-76-crore-penalty-on-google-for-unfair-biz-practices-in-android-mobile-device-ecosystem/2722877/
https://wikiless.org/wiki/Umar_Javeed,_Sukarma_Thapar,_Aaqib_Javeed_vs._Google_LLC_%26_Ors.?lang=en
#google #fine #antitrust #india #cci
Financial Express
CCI slaps Rs 1,338-crore penalty on Google
Further, Google also secured significant competitive edge over its competitors, in relation to its another revenue earning app such as YouTube in the Android devices.
#India's government bans Element – the flagship client for the Matrix network
https://element.io/blog/india-bans-flagship-client-for-the-matrix-network/
NoGoolag banned india's government anyway
https://element.io/blog/india-bans-flagship-client-for-the-matrix-network/
NoGoolag banned india's government anyway
Element Blog
India bans flagship client for the Matrix network
Element is one of 14 messaging apps blocked by the Central Indian Government which - we believe from media reports - relates to Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Indian government gives itself the power to “fact-check” and delete social media posts
Journalists, opposition parties, and advocacy groups are worried what this “absolute power” means for press freedom in India
The Indian government on April 6 announced a state-run fact-checking unit that will have sweeping powers to label any piece of information related to the government as “fake, false or misleading” and have it removed from social media. The country has tweaked its tech rules that now require platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to take down content flagged by the fact-checking body. Internet service providers are also expected to block URLs to such content. Failure to comply could result in the platforms losing safe harbor protection that safeguards them from legal action against any content posted by their users, said India’s minister of information technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
“The amended rules now also make it obligatory on the intermediaries to not to publish, share or host fake, false or misleading information in respect of any business of the Central Government. [This] fake, false or misleading information will [be] identified by the notified Fact Check Unit of the Central Government,” the government said in a press release.
https://restofworld.org/2023/indian-government-fact-check-delete-social-media/
https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1914358
#india
Journalists, opposition parties, and advocacy groups are worried what this “absolute power” means for press freedom in India
The Indian government on April 6 announced a state-run fact-checking unit that will have sweeping powers to label any piece of information related to the government as “fake, false or misleading” and have it removed from social media. The country has tweaked its tech rules that now require platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to take down content flagged by the fact-checking body. Internet service providers are also expected to block URLs to such content. Failure to comply could result in the platforms losing safe harbor protection that safeguards them from legal action against any content posted by their users, said India’s minister of information technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
“The amended rules now also make it obligatory on the intermediaries to not to publish, share or host fake, false or misleading information in respect of any business of the Central Government. [This] fake, false or misleading information will [be] identified by the notified Fact Check Unit of the Central Government,” the government said in a press release.
https://restofworld.org/2023/indian-government-fact-check-delete-social-media/
https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1914358
#india
Rest of World
Indian government gives itself the power to “fact-check” and delete social media posts
Journalists, opposition parties, and advocacy groups are worried what this “absolute power” means for press freedom in India.
Forwarded from Pegasus NSO & other spyware
Android spyware camouflaged as VPN, chat apps on Google Play – June 2023
Togo: Hackers-for-hire in West Africa: Activist in Togo attacked with Indian-made spyware - Amnesty International – 2021
DoNot APT Elevates its Tactics by Deploying Malicious Android Apps on Google Play Store - CYFIRMA – 2023
#DoNot #APT #India #Africa #Togo #spyware #GooglePlay
Three Android apps on Google Play were used by state-sponsored threat actors to collect intelligence from targeted devices, such as location data and contact lists.
The malicious Android apps were discovered by Cyfirma, who attributed the operation with medium confidence to the Indian hacking group "DoNot," also tracked as APT-C-35, which has targeted high-profile organizations in Southeast Asia since at least 2018.
In 2021, an Amnesty International report linked the threat group to an Indian cybersecurity firm and highlighted a spyware distribution campaign that also relied on a fake chat app.Togo: Hackers-for-hire in West Africa: Activist in Togo attacked with Indian-made spyware - Amnesty International – 2021
DoNot APT Elevates its Tactics by Deploying Malicious Android Apps on Google Play Store - CYFIRMA – 2023
#DoNot #APT #India #Africa #Togo #spyware #GooglePlay
Forwarded from Pegasus NSO & other spyware
Securonix Threat Labs Security Advisory: New MULTI#STORM Attack Campaign Involving Python-based Loader Masquerading as OneDrive Utilities Dropping Multiple RAT Payloads Using Security Analytics - Securonix – June 2023
#RAT #MultiStorm #Trojan #JS #Python #malware #India #US
An interesting phishing campaign was recently analyzed by the Securonix Threat Research Team. The attack kicks off when the user clicks on a heavily obfuscated JavaScript file contained in a password protected zip file. Some of the victims targeted by the MULTI#STORM campaign appear to be in the US and India.
The attack chain ends with the victim machine infected with multiple unique RAT (remote access trojan) malware instances, such as Warzone RAT and Quasar RAT. Both are used for command and control during different stages of the infection chain.#RAT #MultiStorm #Trojan #JS #Python #malware #India #US
#India's government terrorists switch from windows to Linux
https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/maya-os-windows-replacement-defence-ministry-computers-8885509/
https://news.itsfoss.com/indian-govt-linux-windows/
https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/maya-os-windows-replacement-defence-ministry-computers-8885509/
https://news.itsfoss.com/indian-govt-linux-windows/
The Indian Express
What is Maya OS, the indigenous Windows replacement for India’s defense systems?
The Indian Ministry of Defence is ditching Windows for Maya OS, which is based on Ubuntu, a free and open-source Linux distro that's considered to be more secure and reliable than Windows.
#India government imposes new ID verification requirement for sellers of SIM cards
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202308/india-imposes-new-id-verification-requirement-for-sellers-of-sim-cards
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202308/india-imposes-new-id-verification-requirement-for-sellers-of-sim-cards
Biometric Update
India imposes new ID verification requirement for sellers of SIM cards
India government officials announced Thursday that new dealers of SIM cards are now subject to biometric ID verification.
#India’s Laws Create Dangerous 'Backdoor' for Surveillance Companies, Govt Surveillance
https://thewire.in/tech/indias-laws-create-dangerous-backdoor-for-surveillance-companies-govt-surveillance-ft
https://thewire.in/tech/indias-laws-create-dangerous-backdoor-for-surveillance-companies-govt-surveillance-ft
The Wire
India’s Laws Create Dangerous 'Backdoor' for Surveillance Companies, Govt Surveillance: FT
India finds itself amongst countries like Uganda and Rwanda, as far as laws allowing for interception of communication goes. Most companies globally ask governments for a ‘court-approved warrant for targeted interception’. Not so, here.
Forwarded from Pegasus NSO & other spyware
India: Damning new forensic investigation reveals repeated use of Pegasus spyware to target high-profile journalists - Amnesty International –
Forensic investigations by Amnesty International’s Security Lab confirmed that Siddharth Varadarajan, Founding Editor of The Wire, and Anand Mangnale, the South Asia Editor at The Organised Crime and Corruption Report Project (OCCRP), were among the journalists recently targeted with Pegasus spyware on their iPhones, with the latest identified case occurring in October 2023.
#India #Pegasus #NSO #Spyware #Iphones
Forensic investigations by Amnesty International’s Security Lab confirmed that Siddharth Varadarajan, Founding Editor of The Wire, and Anand Mangnale, the South Asia Editor at The Organised Crime and Corruption Report Project (OCCRP), were among the journalists recently targeted with Pegasus spyware on their iPhones, with the latest identified case occurring in October 2023.
#India #Pegasus #NSO #Spyware #Iphones
Media is too big
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Small Indian farmers demand fixed prices amidst pro-corporation farming law vulnerability
Indian farmers are fighting for their livelihoods as they demand fixed prices for their crops in the face of pro-corporation farming laws that leave smallholders vulnerable. The agriculture sector is a vital part of India's economy, but these new laws have caused widespread protests and strikes across the country. Farmers fear that the laws will benefit large corporations at their expense, leaving them with no power to negotiate prices for their produce.
Source : Al Jazeera
#India #Farmers #Agriculture
#Corporations
Indian farmers are fighting for their livelihoods as they demand fixed prices for their crops in the face of pro-corporation farming laws that leave smallholders vulnerable. The agriculture sector is a vital part of India's economy, but these new laws have caused widespread protests and strikes across the country. Farmers fear that the laws will benefit large corporations at their expense, leaving them with no power to negotiate prices for their produce.
Source : Al Jazeera
#India #Farmers #Agriculture
#Corporations
Forwarded from Pegasus NSO & other spyware
eXotic Visit campaign: Tracing the footprints of Virtual Invaders | We Live Security
Via @androidMalware
#Android #Espionage #XploitSPY #India #Pakistan
ESET researchers have discovered an active espionage campaign targeting Android users with apps primarily posing as messaging services. While these apps offer functional services as bait, they are bundled with open-source XploitSPY malware. We have named this campaign eXotic Visit and have tracked its activities from November 2021 through to the end of 2023. The targeted campaign has been distributing malicious Android apps through dedicated websites and, for some time, through the Google Play store as well.
Via @androidMalware
#Android #Espionage #XploitSPY #India #Pakistan
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"Is Pegasus 2.0 coming?
Apple warns some Indian users their iPhone may be bugged by Pegasus-type spyware | Technology News - The Indian Express -
#Pegasus #NSO #Apple #iPhone #India #Spyware
Apple warns iPhone users in India and 91 other countries about potential spyware attacks. The company previously sent similar warnings to Indian politicians, suggesting possible state-sponsored spyware attacks."Apple warns some Indian users their iPhone may be bugged by Pegasus-type spyware | Technology News - The Indian Express -
#Pegasus #NSO #Apple #iPhone #India #Spyware
Forwarded from Pegasus NSO & other spyware
iOS LightSpy Returns: Renewed Espionage Campaign Targets Southern Asia, Possibly India
@androidMalware
#LightSpy #Spyware #India #SouthAsia #Asia #iOS
LightSpy possesses modules designed to exfiltrate device information and saved files, including data from popular messenger applications such as QQ, WeChat, and Telegram. It also has a plugin capable of crawling the payment history of the victim from WeChat Pay (Weixin Pay in China). It can additionally access a user’s contacts, SMS messages, phone call history, GPS location, connected WiFi history, and the browser history of Safari and Chrome. This comprehensive set of features can turn a user’s infected phone into a potent spying device.
@androidMalware
#LightSpy #Spyware #India #SouthAsia #Asia #iOS