Risk intelligence (18/03/2021) - India
COVID-19 UPDATE
Indian authorities in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad districts have imposed prohibitory orders against public gatherings with immediate effect in view of the rising COVID-19 graphs in Delhi & the National Capital Region (NCR), India.
The order has been enforced in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad - three important satellite cities near Delhi, and will be in force till 30 April at least. Authorities may extend the order depending on the prevailing outbreak situations there.
Risk intelligence (16/03/2021) - India
India’s active COVID-19 caseload has been rising again over the last fortnight and has left health experts wondering whether the second wave of outbreak has already set in amid the country-wide vaccination drive.
India recorded the highest single-day jump in fresh infection number in nearly three months on Monday, 15 March - 26,291 new patients were added to the country’s tally over a period of 24 hours till 0800hrs, and 24,492 more over the next 24 hours.
The country has also reported a 33% rise in fresh COVID-19 cases on a week-to-week basis from 8-15 March.
Risk intelligence (08/03/2021) - India
Last week, The New York Times published an article detailing the possibility that a city-wide grid failure in Mumbai last year that left millions without power for several hours could have been the result of a cyberattack.
Much of the story is based on an analytical report by cyber threat research firm Recorded Future.
The report described a substantial increase in suspected “targeted intrusion activity” directed at Indian assets, primarily in the power sector, from state-sponsored hacking groups, but noted that no link between the outage and a cyberattack has been substantiated.