Kochi (Kerala) [India], May 15 (ANI): Kerala High Court on Friday posted to May 18 hearing on a petition challenging the Central government's decision to mandate the use of Aarogya Setu app for all public and private sector employees returning to work amid the COVID-19 crisis.
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has started taking the destination address of all passengers, booking online tickets.
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The Aarogya Setu, COVID-19 contact-tracing app, is the safest application and was designed keeping privacy in mind, said Ajay Sawhney, chairman of Empowered Group-9, which has been given the responsibility for technology and data management for combating COVI
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 9 (ANI): Five more people have tested COVID-19 positive in Bihar on Friday, said Sanjay Kumar, State Principal Health Secretary.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 8 (ANI): A driver, who works with the Pune Fire Brigade has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, in the city, which continues to be adversely affected by the contagion.
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) has prepared a 'Compendium of Indian Technologies for Combating COVID-19 (Tracing, Testing and Treating)'.
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The Aarogya Setu app team on Wednesday assured that no personal information of any user has been proven to be at risk and there has been "no data or security breach". The statement came after claims regarding data security issues were made by an ethical hacker
Washington D.C. [USA] May 5 (ANI): Two of the tech giants -- Apple and Google -- on Tuesday said that the usage of location tracking in their applications will be banned and they will no longer allow contact tracing applications to track the location of users.
California [USA], April 27 (ANI): Australia has launched its coronavirus tracing app named COVIDSafe despite drawing criticism for its approach to privacy.
Canberra [Australia], April 27 (ANI): Over a million Australians have downloaded the government's coronavirus tracing app within hours of its launch, Xinhua news agency reported citing local media sources.
California [USA], April 11 (ANI): Two of the biggest tech companies, Apple and Google, have come together to build a software-based solution that can help in contact tracing of coronavirus-positive individuals.
Massachusetts [USA], April 9 (ANI): Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have built a system for COVID-19 contact tracing while preserving privacy of an individual.