Over 76 per cent organisations in India were hit by cyber attacks in 2018 as IT security continued to be a major issue across the globe, global cyber security major Sophos said on Wednesday.


76% Indian companies hit by cyber attacks in 2018


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India announced that all Boeing 737 aircraft will stop operating in the country from 4 p.m. on Wednesday but the US aviation regulator questioned the global grounding of the fleet after an Ethiopian Airlines crash.


India bans B737s, US won't ground them


"Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman has appeared in a US federal court here on charges of paying a bribe to boost her daughters SAT score.


US College scam: Felicity Huffman posts $250K bail


US federal prosecutors have charged nearly 50 people, including celebrities in a scam where the wealthy paid to have their children admitted to elite schools.


Celebs among 50 charged in 'largest college admissions scam' in US


The UK on Tuesday joined Singapore, Australia and a number of other countries in banning Boeing 737 Max planes from operating in or over its airspace, following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane of the same model that killed all 157 people on board.


UK too grounds Boeing 737 MAX aircraft (Third Lead)


One of South Korea's most successful boyband stars has announced his retirement from showbiz, a day after he was charged with supplying prostitutes to business investors, BBC reported.


SKorean boyband star quits amid sex bribery claims


The Enforcement Directorate has identified some 24 properties across India, including in the national capital, that belong to Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Ahmed Watali and were bought with money received from alleged 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed.


Kashmiri trader got funds from 26/11 mastermind: ED


Admitting that the web has created opportunity for cheats, promoted hatred and made all kinds of crime easier to commit, web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has said it is possible to change the web for the better in the next 30 years.


Web can be changed for better: Tim Berners-Lee


Singapore on Tuesday temporarily suspended the Boeing 737 Max fleet of aircraft from flying in and out of the country, joining other leading carriers who made similar moves following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane of the same model that killed all 157 people onboard.


Singapore suspends Boeing 737 MAX flights


Following China, Indonesia, Ethiopia, now Singapore's aviation regulator on Tuesday temporarily suspended Boeing 737 MAX 8 flights in its airspace after an Ethiopian Airlines crashed minutes after take-off killing all 157 onboard.


Now, Singapore suspends Boeing 737 MAX flights


The Jammu-Srinagar highway was restored for one-way traffic on Tuesday after it remained closed for several hours, a traffic official said.


Only Srinagar to Jammu traffic allowed


Swiss Bank accounts of Mumbai-based software services firm Geodesic Ltd, new owners of decades-old children's magazine Chandamama, is to come under scrutiny of Indian investigating authorities in an ongoing money laundering and financial irregularities case.


Swiss accounts of 'Chandamama' owners under lens


Indonesia has suspended operations of all Boeing 737 Max 8 planes operated by airlines in the country, Indonesia's Transport Ministry said here on Monday.


Indonesia suspends operations of Boeing 737 Max 8 planes after  Ethiopia crash


The Chinese government and Ethi­o­pia on Monday grounded all Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets, a day after an Ethiopian Airlines plane of the same model crashed shortly after take-off, killing all 157 people on board.


Chinese carriers, Ethiopian Airlines ground Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets


The Chinese government on Monday grounded all Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets, a day after an Ethiopian Airlines plane of the same model crashed shortly after take-off, killing all 157 people onboard.


China grounds Boeing jets following Ethiopia plane crash


China on Monday grounded all Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets, after an Ethiopian Airlines plane of the same model crashed shortly after take-off killing everyone onboard.


Ethiopian crash: China grounds all Boeing 737 Max 8s


Rapper R. Kelly has been released from jail here after the $161,000 he owed in child support was paid.


R. Kelly released from jail


With fugitive scamster Mehul Choksi incorporating a company in London after calling himself a Belgian citizen, the Congress on Sunday accused the Modi government of trying to shield him by not seeking his extradition from either the UAE or Belgium with which India has treaties.


Centre trying to shield Choksi: Congress


Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi fled India in January 2018 only days before the epic Punjab National Bank (PNB) Swift scam broke. Even as investigators swooped down on PNB, it was clear that Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi have ingeniously defrauded the PNB of Rs 13,000 crore using Letters of Undertaking for the malady exercise.


Nirav Modi IANS Investigation - Tracks down Nirav Modi ops in London


With billionaire Nirav Modi, wanted in the Rs 13,500 crore PNB fraud case, tracked down to London, the Congress on Saturday slammed the Centre for its "failure" to bring back the fugitive diamantaire to justice while he apparently thrived elsewhere.


Nirav Modi tracked down to London, Congress slams Centre


Nirav Modi, the Indian diamantaire wanted in a multi-crore bank fraud, is living in a swanky Rs 75-crore flat in a posh London locality and has a flourishing new diamond business, a UK daily reported on Saturday.

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