I had a lot of emotions going through me, says PV Sindhu

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West Indies, Pakistan T20I series suffers second washout

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Rafael Nadal returns from foot injury needing work before US Open

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Olympics: India down Britain 3-1 to make last 4, to face Belgium next

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Vettel disqualified from Hungarian GP, Hamilton inherits second place

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Major bureaucratic reshuffle likely to happen soon

A major bureaucratic reshuffle is on the cards as several senior officials are set to retire in the next two months and many secretaries, who are holding additional charges, are likely to be relieved of their extra responsibilities. Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba will complete his term on August 21, but it is widely speculated that he may get an extension. Home secretary Ajay Bhalla’s term ends on August 22. Department of Personnel and Training secretary Deepak Khandekar will also retire this month.The office of the Central Vigilance Commissioner has been vacant since June after Sanjay Kothari’s exit. Civil aviation secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola is set to retire on September 15.Higher education secretary Amit Khare, who is also holding additional charge of the information and broadcasting ministry, is due to retire on September 30. The grapevine has it that he may be retained in a significant post.Culture secretary Raghvendra Singh, who’s on a year’s contract after his retirement, will complete this term in September. It will be keenly watched whether he will get another extension because he is steering a key project — the upcoming national museum on the prime ministers of India. Indian Trade Promotion Organisation chairman LC Goyal, who is on an extension, will retire on August 30.Road transport and highways secretary Giridhar Aramane has been holding additional charge of the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade since April-end after Guruprasad Mahapatra got infected with Covid-19 which ultimately claimed his life. Aramane has also been saddled with the chairmanship of the National Highways Authority of India since last month after Sukhbir Singh Sandhu was appointed as Uttarakhand Chief Secretary.Sports secretary Ravi Mittal is holding additional charge of the skill development ministry. The ministry may get a new person at the helm. Similarly, Anjali Bhawra, secretary, department for empowerment of persons with disability, is holding additional charge of the minority affairs ministry. Drinking water and sanitation department as well as the water resources are under Pankaj Kumar. Most recently, science and technology secretary Ashutosh Sharma was handed over additional charge of the earth sciences ministry following the retirement of Madhavan Nair Rajeev last week.Agriculture secretary Sanjay Agarwal has, in the meanwhile, been given additional charge of the cooperation ministry.Changes at the additional secretary and joint secretary levels are also expected with new batches coming in.

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Where electronics buyers are finding more value

Ahead of the festive season, India’s notoriously value-conscious consumers would now prioritise security and privacy to resolution and memory on their electronic devices like smartphones and laptops. And companies have caught on with this shift in customer behaviour.The steep rise in incidents of cyberattacks, malware and hacking has led to an increase in demand for smartphones and laptops with enhanced inbuilt privacy measures and anti-virus software. Companies are now leveraging the demand by launching more such devices or including these for marketing pushes, industry executives said. “We have launched the Dell EMC PowerProtect DP series integrated appliances and PowerProtect Data Manager Software that help customers in counteracting the effects of cyber threats while safeguarding data across traditional and cloudnative applications,” said Ripu Bajwa, director, Data Protection Solutions, Dell Technologies, India.84962907More than a year since the pandemic struck, cyberattacks have surged manyfold and become more sophisticated, preying on both company and personal data. Retailers like Sangeetha Mobiles have seen an uptick in sales of antivirus software after recent data privacy concerns. “There has been an increase in anti-virus programs since the Pegasus issue with customers opting for the 999 priced software versus 499 taken earlier,” said Chandu Reddy, director of Sangeetha Mobiles.The Pegasus Project revealed that more than 50,000 phone numbers were targeted by a spyware created by NSO Group, an Israeli software company.

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