Travel firms pause Azerbaijan, Turkey tours 

[ad_1] Travel trip planning hotel booking tablet computer search reservation | Photo Credit: alexsl Travel firms have halted bookings to Azerbaijan and Turkey for condemning India’s retaliatory strikes against nine terrorist sites in Pakistan earlier this week. Turkey has also drawn the ire over the export of arms and drones to Pakistan which were used…

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How SIM swapping led to a $1.8M cyber fraud case

[ad_1] A San Fernando Valley, California, man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison after orchestrating a massive fraud operation that targeted dozens of victims, many of them elderly.  Oren David Sela, 36, stole mail, hijacked phone numbers through SIM swapping, and used victims’ identities to drain bank accounts, stealing over $1.8…

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India reaches out to US, France for twin-engine naval helicopters

[ad_1] The Indian Navy has sent formal letters to embassies and manufacturers like Airbus, outlining requirements for a 5-tonne-class, all-weather helicopter with folding blades. (A representative image) The government has reached out to at least the United States and France to explore government-to-government procurement of twin-engine light naval utility helicopters (NUHs) to augment the maritime…

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Soviet spacecraft hits Earth after failed Venus launch

[ad_1] A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed its uncontrolled reentry, based on analysis and no-shows of the spacecraft on subsequent orbits. The European Space Agency’s space debris office also indicated that the spacecraft had reentered…

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Should You Switch to UPS?

[ad_1] The Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), which guarantees pension to Central government employees, has been launched from April 1. Government employees enrolled in the National Pension System (NPS) have been given an option to switch to this scheme before June 30. New employees joining the government can also opt for the UPS within 30 days…

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