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Women unemployment rate falls to 4.2% in 2019-20 from 5.1% in 2018-19

Unemployment rate for women fell to 4.2 per cent in 2019-20 from 5.1 per cent in 2018-19, according to Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by National Statistical Office

Millions sleep well, walk safely due to technologies like Pegasus: NSO

NSO Group has defended itself by saying that millions of people around world sleep well at night and walk in streets safely due to such technologies with intelligence and law enforcement agencies

Categorically stand by findings of Pegasus Project: Amnesty International

Amnesty International said it "categorically stands" by the findings of the Pegasus Project and asserted that the data is irrefutably linked to potential targets of NSO Group's Pegasus spyware.

Mexico: $300 million in Israeli spyware spending included kickbacks

Mexico's top anti-money laundering investigator has said that officials from previous administrations from 2012 to 2018 spent about $300 million in government money to purchase spyware from NSO Group

Israel sets up team of ministers to examine NSO spyware allegations: Report

The team is headed by Israel's National Security Council, which answers to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and has broader areas of expertise than the Defence Ministry

Maharashtra govt did not avail of NSO's services till I was CM: Fadnavis

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said Maharashtra government did not avail of the services the private Israeli firm NSO as long as he was the state chief minister.

Amazon Web Services shuts down Pegasus-owner NSO Group's infrastructure

After the massive Pegasus spyware controversy, Amazon Web Services, which is the Cloud arm of Amazon, has shut down infrastructure and accounts linked to the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group

GDP grows 0.4% in Q3 after shrinking for two quarters, may fall in Q4: NSO

Imputed Q4 GDP seen falling 1.1%; Services to catch up with mfg; Tall growth of 30% in govt spending needed; Investments better than expected, show revised numbers

Covid slump may cause 7.7% GDP contraction in FY21: First Advance Estimate

The government's First Advance Estimate suggests the worst performance ever for the Indian economy in the wake of the slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic

Microsoft, Google, Dell join FB in legal battle against hacking company NSO

Tech giants including Microsoft and Google on joined Facebook's legal battle against hacking company NSO, filing a brief that warned that the Israeli firm's tools were "powerful, and dangerous"

Industrial recovery slow as manufacturing leads 8% fall in August IIP

Though September high-frequency indicators offer hope, August IIP data shows well performing FMCG sector went from green to red, while recovery turned stale for primary goods

38% engaged in employment, related activities in 2019: NSO time-use survey

The NSO, which is a wing of Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, has conducted the first Time Use Survey (TUS) in India during January to December 2019

Q1 GDP numbers just first instalment of a bad news story on economy

If not for the numbers on agriculture and government expenditure, the GDP growth print for the first quarter of 2020-21 would have been far worse

First economic contraction in 4 decades: India's GDP shrinks 23.9% in Q1, FY21

The first economic contraction since 1980, and maiden quarterly GDP fall on record, follows limited activity during the June quarter amid lockdowns to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic

CPI-based inflation rose to 6.1% in June; food inflation eased to 7.9%

The National Statistical Office (NSO) released the headline CPI numbers after a gap of two months.

India retains position of 3rd-largest economy on PPP basis for 2017

PPP of the rupee per dollar at GDP level rose to 20.65 in 2017 from 15.55 in 2011, while the exchange rate of a dollar to a rupee rose to 65.12 from 46.67 during the period

Food inflation crosses 9% in May, data on snacks and sweets held back

Statistics office also does not release retail headline inflation number

More regular-income labour denied social security before Covid-19 hit India

Though more firms were switching to formal sector and paying workers regular wages, that didn't necessarily mean they were passing on social security benefits to them

Covid-19 to structurally change collection of data for official statistics

The National Statistics Office is exchanging ideas with international agencies about handling data and statistics amid the pandemic situation

Retail inflation slows down to 5.91% in March on easing food prices

The retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 6.58 per cent in February 2020 and 2.86 per cent in March 2019