Move Over Jamtara NCR Now Turns Phishing Spot

Mewat region, at the tri-junction of 3 states, becoming new phishing capital with crooks exploiting spike in Internet usage

- Ajay Kumar

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

47,703 FRESH CASES ACROSS INDIA TAKE TOTAL TO 14,83,156

654 MORE DIE, TOLL NOW 33,425

1,056 NEW CASES IN DELHI, TOTAL NOW 1,32,275

28 MORE DEATHS, TOLL MOUNTS TO 3,881

FIGHTING FLOOD & COVID

PPE-clad National Disaster Response Force personnel rescue villagers from flood-affected areas in Dhubri district of Assam.

$320bn

Revenue loss by the global tourism sector during the first five months of 2020 due to the pandemic, the UN said. This is more than three times the loss during the 2007-08 financial crisis.

6,54,000 and counting — is the global death toll, as WHO warned that coronavirus isn’t affected by seasonality.

64% is now the recovery rate in India, up from 53% in mid-June, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday.

79% Plunge in housing sales across eight major Indian cities in April-June, real estate watcher PropTiger said on Tuesday. In NCR, 81% decline in sales — to just 1,886 units.

ON JULY 2, South Delhi resident Veeresh Malik informed the Cyber Cell of the Delhi Police that the website of his local club had been hacked. In his complaint, Malik said the website includes account details of members that may be misused by the hackers. Two days later, entrepreneur Shilpi Arora lodged a complaint with the Cyber Cell informing them of frauds emptying her daughter’s bank account.