The state treasury employees' strike called by the treasury employees' JAC across the Seemandhra region on Thursday cost the government a whopping Rs 200 crore in just one day. The employees walked out of their office premises to organise a pen-down strike.Sub-treasury officer P Shankar, who is also district secretary of AP Treasury Services Association, made it clear that the strike would continue...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Black Friday is a distant memory. Small Business Saturday is long gone. Now, it's Cyber Monday's turn.Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed a spike in online sales on the Monday after Thanksgiving when people returned to their work computers, is the next in a line of days that stores are counting on to jumpstart the holiday shopping season.This year's Cyber...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regime is ramping up its cyber warfare capabilities. (AP)Iran’s rogue regime has significantly advanced its cyber military capabilities over the last couple of years, now flaunting it as a “source of national pride,” according to a cyber security expert.Experts fear Iran, already pursuing nuclear weapons as its leaders amp up their rhetoric against Israel, could...
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Beijing cyber-spies accused of using fake social networking accounts in bid to steal military secrets from the westAdmiral James Stavridis was targeted by cyber-spies on Facebook who set up fake accounts in his name. Photograph: Yves Logghe/AP's most senior military commander has been repeatedly targeted in a Facebook scam thought to have been co-ordinated by cyber-spies inhas learned. The spies are...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - United States Treasury officials say they still expect the government will hit the current debt borrowing limit at the end of this year. However, they say they can employ "extraordinary" measures that they have used in the past to keep the government functioning until sometime early next year.In a statement, Treasury Assistant Secretary Matthew Rutherford said the Treasury would employ...
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Federal Treasury wants Australia's online shoppers to pay 10% on goods under $1000Federal Treasury has advised the Government to impose a 10 per cent GST on international cyber sales for goods under $1000, which are currently exempt.GLOBAL "e-tailers" such as Amazon and eBay would have to slug Australian customers with GST under advice being considered by the Federal Government.The tax would be charged...
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Lent.U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew (L) speaks with China's President Xi Jinping during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 19, 2013.(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew met new Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday at a critical time in relations between the world's two largest economies, with cyber hacking, market access and the Chinese currency high on the...
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Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew is traveling to Beijing, his first foreign trip since being confirmed.plans to pressure Chinese leaders to crack down on cyber attacks against U.S. targets when he visitsthe Financial Times that one focus of Lew's talks in China will be to press the country to "take serious steps to investigate and put a stop to these activities."In addition to cyber-security, Lew will...
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to greenlight state-sponsored cyber attacks and to increase cyber defense capabilitiesQuotes...
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Following the increasing trend of cyber crimes in the nation, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) requested the institutions affiliated to it to introduce cyber-related courses as an option at the postgraduate level.“Though the rates of cyber related crimes is increasing in the nation, a meagre number of people are aware about issues like cyber security, cyber forensics and cyber...
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